Master of Public Health

Lisa Nackers and her mentor PHHP Dean Michael Perri

Florida Student Wins Society of Behavioral Medicine’s Outstanding Dissertation Award

Ms. Lisa Nackers, a doctoral student in clinical psychology and an MPH graduate at the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions, received the Society of Behavioral [...]

UF MPH Students as officers in the Student Section of the FPHA

Involvement from students in the University of Florida’s MPH program continues to have an impact in statewide and nationwide public health organizations. Jason Butler, the current president of the Florida [...]

MPH Grad Launches Fitness Start-Up

After graduating from the University of Florida with his MPH in 2011, Ed Buckley developed the company peerFit and built a new online tool to help people locate the perfect [...]

MPH Interns in Haiti

Jocelyn Widmer, Chad Weber, and Emily Robinson are the first cohort of MPH students interning in Haiti on a PHHP sponsored international project. Jocelyn is working on a variety of projects including one to [...]

Laura Haderxhanaj (far left) with part of her team

Florida Child Health Survey Reports

Laura Haderxhanaj graduated with her MPH from the University of Florida’s College of Public Health and Health Professions with a concentration in Epidemiology in August 2011. She currently works as [...]

Farheen Akbar (SBS, Spring 2010) receives Director's Merit Award at the National Institutes of Health

The purpose of the NIA Director's Award is to recognize employees who exhibited superior performance or special efforts significantly beyond their regular duty requirements, but directly related to fulfilling the NIA mission. Farheen graduated with her MPH with a concentration in Social Behavioral Sciences in Spring 2010. She currently works as a Research Program Analyst ...more...

One of Twelve

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) selected Alachua County Health Department as one of 12 national recipients to obtain funding for local health departments to conduct series of health assessments with the goal of creating a community health improvement plan. More...

New PhD programs approved

Two new Public Health PhD programs have been approved with concentrations in Environmental and Global Health and Social and Behavioral Health. More...

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Welcome from Dr. Mary Peoples-Sheps, DrPH

Welcome to the challenging and ever-changing world of Public Health! You are about to explore a world of opportunities through which you can begin a rewarding career that will have far-reaching effects on the health of all people, especially those who are most in need. Whether you choose to conquer an infectious disease, help populations move through their lives in good health, develop and deliver new models of health services, or tackle pervasive health disparities; whether your interests are domestic or global; whether your passion is to make life better for individuals with disabilities or those who struggle with the daily burden of living with AIDS, one or more of our programs is sure to appeal to your talents, interests, and career goals.

This website contains a great deal of information about our MPH and Certificate programs. If you don't find the information you need here, please contact us. We can be reached by email at ph@phhp.ufl.edu or by phone at 1-866-62-UFMPH.

For information about PhD and other program opportunities in public health, please go to our Public Health Programs website at http://publichealth.phhp.ufl.edu

Mary Peoples-Sheps, DrPH
Senior Associate Dean
for Public Health
Director, Public Health Programs

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