<p>Younger D has recently developed an interest in public health and epidemiology. She isn’t sure she wants to go to med school (might, might not), but may be interested in eventually getting a masters in Public Health. It is easy to find rankings for graduate schools for Public Health, but hard to know the quality of undergrad programs. You can probably extrapolate that if one of the good grad schools has an undergraduate Public Health major it may be good, but other than that I am not sure how to find good programs.</p>
<p>Does anyone have recommendations for good undergrad programs in the field? Or good college internships (NIH is obvious)? Or good summer programs for high school students interested in public health?</p>
<p>She isn’t applying to colleges yet, but starting to compile her list. Johns Hopkins will definitely be on it. Probably U of Mich, too. She would prefer midwest or northeast geographically. She will have very good test scores (all SATs 700 or higher), and grades probably in the top 10% of her high school class from a good private school. Not HPYS material, but a school like JHU is within her reach. No preference on size or LAC vs. university at this time (but it would be nice to have a range of options). She will also need safeties, of course.</p>
<p>Dartmouth’s new president has begun an initiative in this area. He is a co-founder of Partners in Health, the group that became well-known as a result of Tracy Kidder’s book about co-founder Paul Farmer, “Mountains Beyond Mountains.”</p>
<p>Emory University has a strong interest in the field and I believe has an undergraduate program. Their graduate level one is well regarded. They have a very tight link with the CDC, which is on the edge of their campus. (FYI CDC has an extensive epidemiology hiring program which involves rotations of individuals in various epi roles during the early part of their careers.)</p>
<p>Tulane also has a public health major and fairly extensive program as well.</p>
<p>Disagree with the Dartmouth suggestion. D has a niche program – it’s focuses on clinical outcomes (which while important, is only one slice of PH in the typical sense)… It is not even close to a full public health curriculum at the grad level (compare the MPH requirements at D vs. the two H’s – Hopkins and Harvard), and offers little for undergrad but a course or two.</p>
<p>OP: Consider Berkeley for undergrad PH. However, I would not recommend PH as an undergrad major for premed.</p>
<p>not in the midwest or northeast but might be of interest…
UNC-Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health
[UNC</a> School of Public Health - Home](<a href=“http://www.sph.unc.edu/]UNC”>http://www.sph.unc.edu/)</p>
<p>UAB has a 5 year biology/public health program. bs in biology, masters in public health. with her scores she would qualify for the blazer elite scholarship… would leave about 4k in tuition to pay per year (r&b would be about 8K per year)…if she was an nmf…its a full ride. </p>
<p>I don’t believe that Michigan offers public health as an undergraduate major. Their school of public health is outstanding, however, and it may be possible for undergrads to take some courses there as part of another degree program or as electives.</p>
<p>My niece who has a degree in PH found it would be helpful to also have a nursing degree for the type of research she was interested in, so she is working on that now, while also working for a county PH dept. Not sure if that is at all relevant to your situation however…</p>
<p>Michigan does have a 5-year Bachelor’s/Master’s degree program, so if she did decide to pursue public health, that might be a good way to go. They are especially strong in health policy/management, epidemiology, and biostatistics.</p>
<p>Thanks to everyone for the input! Glad to hear about Michigan’s program – although we are no longer in-state, she is a “mega-legacy” for Michigan (both parents, an aunt and an uncle, 2 grandparents, and one great grandparent). I am not sure she will want a school that large, but it is good to know that there is a program there that would work out.</p>
<p>Please keep suggestions coming… anybody know of any good summer programs related to public health, too?</p>
<p>D graduated in May from Wake Forest with a BS in Health & Exercise Science. She’s currently at Yale getting her MPH. Her particular area of interest is childhood obesity. At least at the graduate level, PH schools have different areas of expertise/emphasis/strength.</p>
for Michigan (both parents, an aunt and an uncle, 2 grandparents, and one great grandparent). I am not sure she will want a school that large, but it is good to know that there is a program there that would work out.</p>