Are you trying to determine where you fit within public health? The following tables arrange some of the questions you may ask yourself as you think about a path in public health. They are grouped by what issues interest you, what tasks interest you, and what skills interest you. These suggestions are neither exhaustive nor absolute.
What Issues Do You Want to Study?
Issues | School of Public Health Department |
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| Behavioral & Community Health Sciences |
| Biostatistics & Health Data Science |
| Environmental & Occupational Health |
| Epidemiology |
| Health Policy & Management |
| Human Genetics |
| Infectious Diseases & Microbiology |
What Tasks Interest You?
Tasks | School of Public Health Departments |
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Political action (local/state/federal governments, lobbying) | Behavioral & Community Health Sciences |
Evaluate health promotion and disease prevention programs | |
Leadership in community groups (non-profit agencies or health departments) | Behavioral & Community Health Sciences |
Develop health promotion and disease prevention programs | Behavioral & Community Health Sciences |
Apply quantitative skills or programming to an area of public health | Biostatistics & Health Data Science |
What Skills Do You Want to Acquire?
Skills | School of Public Health Departments |
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Cost-benefit and cost effectiveness analyses | Health Policy & Management |
Geographic Information Systems | Biostatistics & Health Data Science Behavioral & Community Health Sciences |
Management of clinical trials | |
Management of laboratories | Infectious Diseases & Microbiology |