UTHealth School of Public Health

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UTHealth Houston School of Public Health
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Type Public
Established1967 (authorized 1947)
Parent institution
 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Dean Eric Boerwinkle
Location
Campus Urban
Website sph.uth.edu
UTHealth School of Public Health

The UTHealth Houston School of Public Health [1] is one of six component institutions of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. A nationally top-ranked school of public health, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health sets the standard for excellence in academic education, research, and engagement.

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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 Houston [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

UTHealth School of Public Health Houston Campus in 2018 UT School of Public Health 2018.jpg
UTHealth School of Public Health Houston Campus in 2018

The UTHealth Houston 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 graduate certificate programs in public health.

The University has five academic departments: [7] Biostatistics and Data Science; Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences; Epidemiology; Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences; Management, Policy and Community Health.

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

DDS/MPH

JD/MPH

MBA/MPH

MSSW/MPH

MGPS/MPH

MPAff/MPH

  • University of Texas at Austin LBJ School of Public Affairs

MS/MPH

MSN/MPH

PhD/MPH

  • UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics

References

  1. 1 2 "About Us". Archived from the original on 12 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "University of Health" . Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Dentistry".
  4. ↑ "School of Bioinformatical Sciences".
  5. ↑ "Harris County Psychiatric Center". Archived from the original on 2009-09-26. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
  6. ↑ "Life in Campus Cities". Archived from the original on 2015-02-12. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
  7. ↑ "Departments". UTHealth Houston School of Public Health. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
  8. ↑ "Dual Degree - Dual Degree - Academics - The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health". sph.uth.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-04-19. Retrieved 2020-04-22.

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