Public Health - Public Health Policy and Management The University of Arizona

Overview

Public health is about health promotion and disease and injury prevention through research, community intervention and education. It also is about eradicating health disparities.

Key Features

The Public Health - Public Health Policy and Management program at The University of Arizona prepares MPH students for leadership roles in the public and private sectors and to effectively create and implement policies and manage programs that promote the public's health with special emphasis on the diverse and rural populations of the Southwest.

Public Health Careers

Alumni from the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health make a difference worldwide. A few examples of positions held by the public health graduates are:

• 17th Surgeon General of the United States
• Diabetes Support, Education and Retention Coordinator for NIH
• Tribal Utility Consultant for the Indian Health Service
• Manager of Tobacco Control Programs for the American Lung Association®
• Infection Control Specialist in a large metropolitan hospital
• Industrial Hygienist for Intel Corporation®
• Nurse Coordinator in Africa for Doctors Without Borders
• Healthy People 2010 Coordinator for a Florida county health department
• Director, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program for the State of Vermont
• Commander for Aerospace Medicine Flight (NASA Shuttle)
• Humanitarian Assistance Liaison Officer for U.S. Air Force
• Asst. Commissioner, Chicago Dept. of Public Health
• Sr. Epidemiologist, State Health Department
• State Public Health Veterinarian
• Bioterrorism Preparedness Information Specialist for Hawaii State Health Department