Public health means improving health for everyone, everywhere.
It means keeping people healthy by preventing disease, disabilities, and premature deaths in our communities. It’s a proactive discipline that promotes people’s well-being on all levels.
Those who pursue public health careers typically want to make a positive and significant difference in the lives of others, and they have real opportunities to do so. Reduce infant death rates. Help adolescents stop smoking. Decrease childhood injuries. Prevent workplace accidents. Eliminate harmful toxins in the environment. Stop violence. Bring down health care costs. Lower the incidence of genetic diseases. Reduce the need for medication in those with diabetes. Even deter bioterrorist activities. And this is only a fraction of the “to do” list in public health.
If you’re looking for a school of public health that challenges you, that involves you in real world public health opportunities throughout your academic career, a school with accessible faculty who are the leaders in public health that government agencies rely on for solutions to the issues that impact international program and policy, and finally, a school that offers personalized attention and a nurturing environment, look no further than the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public Health.
GSPH is an integral part of a thriving university and health care environment in a comfortable urban cityscape. The collection of experts, disciplines, and facilities in the University and its medical center makes GSPH an outstanding choice for a public health education.