The students in our program come from a variety of backgrounds with a strong motivation to improve the health of our communities; locally, nationally and internationally. They learn essential public health theories and research?methods with a focus on community health improvement and community based participatory methods. There are many opportunities to work with research faculty, community organizations, clinicians and the MCW Centers. All our alumni have received prestigious job offers prior to graduation as faculty or post-docs in academia, foundations such as Robert Wood Johnson, and governmental agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control.

PhD Program Goals

  • Educate graduates who will conduct original research, impact policy development and become future faculty scholars with public and community health expertise.
  • Emphasize integrated, interdisciplinary approaches to address important public and community health issues.

Capitalize on the diverse strengths of health sciences, population health, medicine, nursing and the social and behavioral sciences.