Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science

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Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science
UCSD School of Public Health logo.png
Motto Fiat lux
Let there be light
Established2019
Parent institution
University of California, San Diego
Dean Cheryl A. M. Anderson
Academic staff
110 full-time
70 funded PIs
Students775 undergraduate students
225 post-graduate students
Location, ,
United States

32°52′34″N117°14′13″W / 32.876°N 117.237°W / 32.876; -117.237
Campus Urban
Websitehwsph.ucsd.edu

The Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science (HWSPH) is the University of California, San Diego's school of public and community health. [1] The school currently offers programs leading to bachelors (B.Sc.), masters (MPH), doctoral (Ph.D.), and professional degrees. [1] The school also offers a joint doctoral program in public health with San Diego State University. [2]

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History

The Wertheim School was founded in September 2019 following a 2018 gift from the Dr. Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Family Foundation. [3] [4] [5] The school is currently led by founding Dean Cheryl A. M. Anderson, who was appointed to the position in June 2020. [6]

Programs

The Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science offers the following degree programs:

The Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science provides students with a leading-edge curriculum that addresses 21st century public health issues, with access to UC San Diego Health, the region's only academic health system and a living laboratory to study population health, care inequalities and the development of efficient preventive health strategies. Challenges in public health create opportunities in which diversity in students, faculty and research are not just vital, but supported and encouraged [7] .

Research

The mission is to develop, foster and sustain research and academic excellence and innovation, while promoting and instilling the values of justice, equity, diversity, inclusion and cultural humility, to address 21st century public and planetary health needs, and advance wellbeing for all.

To best serve the public good, the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health emphasizes research in seven high priority areas: climate and environmental health, health equity and global health justice, healthy births and aging and longevity science, health services research, mental health and substance use, women's health and reproductive justice, and quantitative methods in public health.

To remain nimble to a shifting environment and health concerns over time, the school has established seven research programs that focus on these areas, which reflect collective strengths within the school and key areas of public health need [8] .

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