BSPH orientation 2025
Empower the Future of Public Health

Address the public health challenges of tomorrow and protect the health of millions. 

Careers in public health

Through our unique service-learning component, you will directly engage with populations and observe how your coursework translates into real-world settings. 

  • Volunteer at a local farmers market to explore nutrition and food access
  • Work at a Pittsburgh-based food pantry to better understand the role of community-based organizations in solving food insecurity
  • Roll up your sleeves and join a neighborhood clean-up day focused on improving the built environment
Contact

Don't hesitate to reach out if you have questions about the BSPH program! 

Note: The School of Public Health is not directly involved in the admission, financial aid, or scholarship process for those applying to enter as first-year students.

Mara Koperwas

Mara Leff Koperwas (BCHS '16)
Director of Undergraduate Curriculum

If you are a current Pitt student with questions about transferring into the program, contact Mara Koperwas

Christian Goetz

Christian Goetz
Undergraduate Recruitment Coordinator

With other questions or to request more information about the program, contact Christian Goetz

News

Cindy McCarthy, DHCE, director of the Bioethics Certificate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health

McCarthy receives grant to support bioethics study abroad program

Associate Professor Cindy McCarthy, DHCE, director of the Bioethics Certificate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, has received a $10,000 Institute for the International Education of Students (IES Abroad) Faculty-Led Program Global Pillars Grant to help support students participating in a new study abroad program.

BSPH student May Coffman

BSPH undergraduate helps launch beauty clinic for women with gynecologic cancer

Bachelor of Science in Public Health sophomore May Coffman helped bring the Magee Beauty Clinic at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital to life by building on a concept she developed as part of her coursework. Held in June, the clinic brought together volunteers and beauty professionals to provide free beauty services, support and a welcoming community for more than 30 women receiving treatment for gynecologic cancers.

BCHS faculty members Jason Deakings, Grace Drnach-Bonaventura and Beth Hoffman.

Pitt Public Health students harness the power of history to produce podcasts

In a unique collaboration between the Heinz History Center and Pitt Public Health, students in the Introduction to Community-Based Approaches to Public Health course are bridging the gap between past and present.