UTHealth School of Public Health explained

UTHealth School of Public Health
Established:	1967 (authorized 1947)
Type:	Public
Parent:	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Dean:	Eric Boerwinkle
City:	Main Campus Houston, Texas Regional Campuses San Antonio El Paso Brownsville Austin
Campus:	Urban

The UTHealth School of Public Health^[1] is one of six component institutions of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

The Texas Legislature authorized the creation of a school of public health in 1947, but did not appropriate funds for the school until 1967. The first class was admitted in the fall of 1969, doubled in the second year and doubled again in the third year, with continued growth over the years since.

UTHealth^[2] brings together the School of Public Health, with the Medical School, the School of Nursing, the School of Dentistry,^[3] the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the School of Biomedical Informatics,^[4] and the UT Harris County Psychiatric Center.^[5]

The school's main campus is located in Houston's famed Texas Medical Center. It originally occupied rented and borrowed space in the Medical Center but today it occupies its own building plus regional campuses^[6] in San Antonio, El Paso, Dallas, Brownsville, and Austin.

Degrees offered

The UTHealth School of Public Health ^[1] offers master's and doctoral degrees, including the M.P.H., M.S., Dr.P.H., and Ph.D. The school also offers certificate programs in public health.

The University has four departments:^[7] Biostatistics; Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences; Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences; Management, Policy and Community Health (MPACH).

Dual degree programs

The school also cooperates with other institutions within the University of Texas System and around the state to offer various dual degree programs.^[8]

MD/MPH

• Baylor College of Medicine
• Texas Tech Paul L. Foster School of Medicine
• University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
• University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
• UTHealth San Antonio Long School of Medicine
• UTHealth McGovern Medical School

DDS/MPH

• UTHealth School of Dentistry

JD/MPH

• University of Houston Law Center

MBA/MPH

• University of Texas at San Antonio College of Business

MSSW/MPH

• University of Houston School of Social Work
• University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work
• University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work

MGPS/MPH

• University of Texas at Austin LBJ School of Public Affairs

MPAff/MPH

• University of Texas at Austin LBJ School of Public Affairs

MS/MPH

• UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics

MSN/MPH

• UTHealth Cizik School of Nursing

PhD/MPH

• UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics

External links

• • School of Public Health Library
• List of degrees offered

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Notes and References

1. Web site: About Us. 11 February 2015.
2. Web site: University of Health. 11 February 2015.
3. Web site: Dentistry.
4. Web site: School of Bioinformatical Sciences.
5. Web site: Harris County Psychiatric Center. 2009-09-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20090926053552/http://hcpc.uth.tmc.edu/. 2009-09-26. dead.
6. Web site: Life in Campus Cities.
7. Web site: Divisions. 11 February 2015.
8. Web site: Dual Degree - Dual Degree - Academics - The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health. sph.uth.edu. 2020-04-22.