The UTHealth School of Public Health is one of six component institutions of the

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. The

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authorized the creation of a school of public health in 1947, but did not appropriate funds for the school until 1967. The first class was admitted in the fall of 1969, doubled in the second year and doubled again in the third year, with continued growth over the years since. UTHealth brings together the School of Public Health, with the Medical School, the School of Nursing, the School of Dentistry, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the School of Biomedical Informatics, and the UT Harris County Psychiatric Center. The school's main campus is located in Houston's famed

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. It originally occupied rented and borrowed space in the Medical Center but today it occupies its own building plus regional campuses in

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Degrees offered

The UTHealth School of Public Health offers master's and doctoral degrees, including the M.P.H., M.S., Dr.P.H., and Ph.D. The school also offers certificate programs in public health. The University has four departments: Biostatistics; Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences; Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences; Management, Policy and Community Health (MPACH).

Dual degree programs

The school also cooperates with other institutions within the

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and around the state to offer various dual degree programs. MD/MPH *

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* Texas Tech Paul L. Foster School of Medicine * University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School *

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* UTHealth San Antonio Long School of Medicine * UTHealth McGovern Medical School DDS/MPH *

UTHealth School of Dentistry The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Dentistry, also known as the UTHealth School of Dentistry (formerly named the University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston), was founded in 1905. It is the oldest compo ...

JD/MPH *

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MBA/MPH *

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MSSW/MPH *

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* University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work MGPS/MPH * University of Texas at Austin LBJ School of Public Affairs MPAff/MPH * University of Texas at Austin LBJ School of Public Affairs MS/MPH * UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics MSN/MPH * UTHealth Cizik School of Nursing PhD/MPH * UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics

References

External links

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School of Public Health Library

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