The College of Public Health (CPH) is a college within the

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(UGA) in

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History

The College of Public Health (CPH) officially opened as University of Georgia's 15th college in January 2005 after receiving approval from the UGA University Council in September 2004 and the

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in October 2005. It was the first

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school created within the

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. The dean of the school is Phillip L. Williams, Ph.D.. He has been the only dean in the short history of the school. He served as interim dean from the initial opening in 2005 until being named to the position permanently on November 10, 2006. Williams was also on the internal committee that proposed the formation of the college. The Institute of Gerontology also joined the CPH in July 2005. Rhodes_Hall_UGA_Health_Sciences_Campus_June_2014

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The new college was founded to house various research, faculty and outreach programs in one college so that public health needs would be better addressed. The Department of Environmental Health Science in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and the Department of

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and Behavior in the

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were moved to CPH. New departments were created including: the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the Department of Health Policy and Management. Also since 2005, the College of Public Health has expanded to include the Institute for Disaster Management and the Center for Global Health. Upon opening, the

Master of Public Health The Master of Public Health or Master of Philosophy in Public Health (M.P.H.), Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH), Master of Medical Science in Public Health (MMSPH) and the Doctor of Public Health (Dr.P.H.), International Masters for Healt ...

(MPH) graduate degree program initially incubated by UGA Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute was moved into the College of Public Health. In 2012, the College of Public Health began its move the UGA Health Sciences Campus, established on the site of the former Navy Supply Corps School (NSCS) on Prince Avenue in Athens. The property was deeded to UGA by the U.S. Department of Education in April 2011. In March 2012, faculty and staff of the College of Public Health'
Center for Global Health
moved into a section of Wright Hall that was previously used as a conference center by the NSCS. The Center joined two other CPH academic units, which moved into renovated space in Miller Hall that January: th
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
and th
Institute for Evidence-Based Health Professions Education
In October 2013, the administrative offices of the college, including the Dean's Office moved Rhodes Hall. The Hudson Clinic facility, utilized by the NSCS as a health and dental clinic, will become the new home of CPH'
Institute of Gerontology
in August 2014. Wright Hall, a former NSCS lodging facility, is currently being repurposed for the office and research needs o
Health Promotion and Behavior
an
Health Policy and Management
departments.

Departments

Over 52 faculty are members of the following units at CPH:
Department of Environmental Health Science

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Department of Health Policy and Management

Department of Health Promotion and Behavior

Global Health Institute

Health Informatics Institute

Institute of Gerontology

Institute for Disaster Management

Degrees offered

Undergraduate degrees

The following

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degrees are offered by the CPH: *

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in Environmental Health (B.S.E.H.) * Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion (B.S.H.P.) Minors * Disaster Management * Environmental Health Science * Global Health * Health Policy and Management * Public Health

Graduate degrees

The following graduate degrees are offered by the CPH: *

(MPH) *

Master of Science A Master of Science ( la, Magisterii Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. In contrast to ...

in Biostatistics * Master of Science in Environmental Health (MSEH) *

Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...

in Biostatistics * Ph.D. in Epidemiology * Ph.D. in Health Promotion * Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) Dual degree programs available include: * DVM/MPH with the

University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine is a college within the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia, United States and is a top 10 ranked veterinary school. History A comprehensive history of the College, ''The Year of ...

* JD/MPH with the

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* MBA/MPH with the

Terry College of Business The C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry College of Business is a constituent college of the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, United States. The business college offers undergraduate programs, MBA programs, specialized master's programs and ...

* MD/MPH with

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* MSW/MPH with the University of Georgia School of Social Work * PharmD/MPH with the

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Notable faculty members

* José F. Cordero * Robert S. Galen

Notable research

Beginning in the 1990s, the Institute of Gerontology began the Georgia Centenarian Study, a ten-year project to study common habits and personality traits among

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in 31 Georgia

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. In 2001, the

National Institute on Aging The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is a division of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), located in Bethesda, Maryland. The NIA itself is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The NIA leads a broad scientific effort to understand the ...

provided an additional $7.5 million to prolong and expand the study. Along with colleagues, Cham Dallas, a professor in the department of health policy and management and director of the Institute for Disaster Management, released a research report in 2017 that found that the medical profession "lacked knowledge regarding nuclear and radiological contamination risks" which can affect the healthcare profession's ability to respond to those types of disasters. The study was called "Readiness for Radiological and Nuclear Events among Emergency Medical Personnel" and published in ''Frontiers for Public Health''.

Notes

UGA College of Public Health

UGA College of Public Health Magazine

UGA Graduate School degrees, searchable by school

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20051124130742/http://www.uga.edu/gm/artman/publish/0605schools.html Georgia Magazine, March 2006 Vol 84: No. 3
Atlanta Business Chronicle, October 29, 2010

References

External links

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