This certificate program is designed to link the University and community in practical applied evaluation initiatives at the community level. As a student in this program, you will:
- Demonstrate a solid working knowledge of public health preparedness policies and practice
- Demonstrate mastery of skills needed for public health emergency preparedness that ensure equity and enhance community resilience in emergency preparedness and disaster response
Academic Requirements
15 credit hours are required, including 12 required hours and 3 hours of electives.
Required Courses
- IDM 2038 Global Infectious Disease (3 credits)
- HPM 2131 Public Health Law OR HPM 2130 Health Law and Ethics (2 credits)
- BCHS 2572 Risk Communication (3 credits)
- BCHS 2609 / CLRES 2431 Translating Research for Policy and Practice (1 credit)
- EOH 2140 Climate Change and Human Health (3 credits)
Select Electives
- BCHS 2509 Social Behavioral Science & PH (3 credits)
- BCHS 3015 Community Mapping and Introductory Spatial Analysis (3 credits)
- BMIS 2409 Information Systems (1.5 credits)
- EOH 2260 Environmental Justice and Health Equity (3 credits)
- EOH 2504 Principles of Environ Exposure (3 credits)
- EPIDEM 2143 Social Epidemiology (2 credits)
- EPIDEM 2160 Epidemiology Infectious Diseases (2 credits)
- IDM 2002 Molecular Virology (3 credits)
- IDM 2003 Host Response to Microbl Infec. (2 credits)
- IDM 2037 Advanced Vector-Borne Infectious Disease (3 credits)
- IDM 2161 Methods Infectious Disease Epid (1 credit)
- PIA 2522 Climate Policy- Local and Global (3 credits)
- PIA2533 Global Health Policy (3 credits)
- PUBHLT 2350 Navigating Public Health Complexities in Suriname: Implications for Population Health (3 credits)
Admissions
Admissions decisions will be made by the director of the certificate program.
Current graduate-level Pitt Public Health students can apply by emailing a brief statement including name, current program, details on your reasons for pursuing the certificate, and the term in which you would like to begin to Hadley Zonay, admissions coordinator.
