About This Department

Department: Department of Public Health
Insitution: North Dakota State University
  Fargo, ND
 

The Department of Public Health
The DPH offers a Master of Public Health (MPH), which is accredited through CEPH. We currently offer the MPH in two specializations: Epidemiology and Community Health Sciences. We offer a dual MPH/PharmD (with the School of Pharmacy) and several graduate certificates (including American Indian Public Health, Infectious Disease Management, Maternal Child Health, and Generalist Public Health).
There is also a Public Health minor for undergraduate students. The NDSU MPH program offers classes both on-campus and through distance learning technology (synchronous and asynchronous).

Currently, the DPH has 10 faculty members, 13 research and administrative staff, and four active adjunct/ affiliate graduate faculty. Approximately 30 MPH students matriculate each year, with on average 30% using our distance learning option (pre-COVID). Our student body is diverse, with students from a variety of race and ethnic backgrounds and a strong core of international students joining us each year. The DPH is housed in the NDSU College of Health Professions, where it benefits from strong relationships with the Schools of Nursing and Pharmacy.

The DPH has two Centers with opportunities for collaboration: the American Indian Public Health Resource Center and the Center for Immunization Research and Education, and it has joint appointments with the Center for Biobehavioral Research at Sanford Research. There are also opportunities for collaboration across campus including other academic departments, the Center for Social Research, the Global Institute of Food Security & International Agriculture, and the Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth.

The DPH has strong relationships with external entities including the North Dakota Department of Health, Sanford Health, and the Veterans Administration. Additional information about the Department can be found at www.ndsu.edu/publichealth.