1. Aylin Drabousky, MA Administrative Director, CWRU MPH Program
What is Public Health
Aylin Drabousky, MA
Administrative Director, CWRU MPH Program

2. Introducing the CWRU MPH Program

3. Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
School of Medicine
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Master of Public Health Program
School of Graduate Studies

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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)

7. 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)

8. 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

9. 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%

10. Experiences Capstone Community Research Prevention Intervention
Public Health Improvement
Nationwide understanding
Statewide perspective

12. Contact Information
Scott Frank, MD, MS
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Aylin Drabousky, MA
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