Aylin Drabousky, MA Administrative Director, CWRU MPH Program What is Public Health Aylin Drabousky, MA Administrative Director, CWRU MPH Program
Introducing the CWRU MPH Program
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics School of Medicine Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics Master of Public Health Program School of Graduate Studies
Curriculum Core Curriculum Major Electives Culminating Experience 6 core courses = 18 credits Major Electives 3 courses in major = 9 credits Culminating Experience Capstone Project = 6 credits Practicum = 3 credits Free Electives 2 elective courses = 6 credits Seminar (0 credits) Total MPH = 42 credit hours
Core Curriculum Statistical methods in Public Health History & Philosophy of Public Health Introduction to Health Behavior Environmental Health Health Management & Policy Introduction to Epidemiology for Public Health Practice
Majors Population Health Research –16% Global Health – 12% Health Care Policy & Administration – 18% Health Promotion/Disease Prevention – 25% Undeclared – 29% (Expected to choose a major and advisor by the end of the first semester)
Dual Degrees IGS (BA/MPH) Anthropology (MA/MPH, PhD/MPH) Medicine (MD/MPH) Nursing (MSN/MPH) Bioethics (MA/MPH) Business (MBA/MPH) Social Administration (MSSA/MPH) Dentistry (DMD/MPH) Law (JD/MPH)
MPH Student Body MPH students – 122 35 new this fall (4 from spring 2012) 53 in dual degree programs (43%) 21 Medicine (40%) 9 IGS (17%) 8 Anthropology (15%) 5 Dental Medicine (9%) 4 Bioethics (8%) 2 Management (4%) 2 Social Work (MSSA) (4%) 1 Law (2%) About 25% have an advanced degree
MPH Student Body Gender Ethnicity Female –70% Male –30% Not Indicated – 46% Caucasian –30% Asian –11% Black or African American –7% Hispanic or Latino –2% Native American (Indian/Aleut) – 1% Other – 3%
Experiences Capstone Community Research Prevention Intervention Public Health Improvement Nationwide understanding Statewide perspective
Contact Information Scott Frank, MD, MS scott.frank@case.edu Phone: 216-368-3725 Aylin Drabousky, MA drabousky@case.edu Phone: 216-368-3128