Public Health, MPH

The MPH Program prepares students for leadership by integrating research, education, and service learning in population health problems. The program's aim to educate professionals from diverse disciplines in the core areas that define public health. Its ultimate goal is to ensure that Penn students and faculty can have the maximum positive impact upon current and future public health problems. Penn's Environmental Health Track offers a curriculum designed specifically for applicants to the interdisciplinary Master of Public Health Program who are interested in mastering skills in identifying, investigating, ameliorating, and communicating about environmental health risks. Key strengths of this track include the MPH Program’s ability to provide mentored Capstone experiences, especially focused on the urban environment and communities with an aging industrial infrastructure, such as Philadelphia and its many surrounding areas.