Master of Public Health

Student Resources

Career Possibilities

Public health careers offer something for everyone. Epidemiology and biostatistics involve mathematics and modeling. Environmental health includes a wide range of science skills. Health administration and community health sciences are careers that involve being with people. Health education is a teacher’s field. Health policy includes a political component.

Public health research is focusing more on women’s health, and child and substance abuse, and an increased emphasis is being placed on behavioral change to prevent the risk of STDs, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and unplanned pregnancies. Greater emphasis is also being placed on school health and the health of minority and disadvantaged populations.

 

General Public Health Websites

What is Public Health?

Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce

Public Health Professional Associations

American Public Health Association (APHA)

Society of Public Health Education (SOPHE)

Illinois Chapter of the Society of Public Health Education (I-SOPHE)

National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC) 

City, State, and Federal Public Health Departments/Centers/Institutions

Center for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institues of Health

Institute of Medicine

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Illinois Department of Public Health

Chicago Department of Public Health