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A Doctor of Public Health is a doctoral degree awarded in the field of Public Health. DrPH is an advanced and terminal degree that prepares its recipients for a career in advancing public health practice, leadership, research, teaching, or administration. The first DrPH degree was awarded by Harvard Medical School in 1911.

Core Competency Model
The common elements addressed in all DrPH degrees are: 1) a professionally oriented and competency-based curriculum and 2) core competency domains. An entire list of domains and skills can be found here. == DrPH vs. PhD in Public Health ==
DrPH vs. PhD in Public Health
A DrPH degree is categorized as a terminal degree on a par with the degree of PhD, Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Education, Doctor of Social Work, or Doctor of Psychology. Awarding of a such degree signifies recognition of distinguished scholarly accomplishment in the professional field. However, a DrPH is primarily designed for those who plan careers involving professional practice, teaching, or research, and often emphasizes interdisciplinary studies. Career Outcomes Training Difference DrPH: Leadership and public health practice, implementation of PhD research, public health policy, politics, and academia to a lesser extent. PhD: Research and academia. == Typical DrPH Program Structure ==
Typical DrPH Program Structure
Advanced Integrative Coursework A typical accredited DrPH program requires roughly a one to two-year long intensive multidisciplinary coursework in advanced research methodology, similar to a PhD in some countries. Additionally, as a distinction and addition to a PhD, DrPH students also take advanced courses to gain analytical skills in leadership, management, systems thinking, enabling change, communications, and health policy. Public Health Leadership Practice Experience DrPH students are also required to complete a public health practice experience as a critical part of their DrPH program. Students apply the skills learned in public health practice to gain leadership experience and hone their skills through hands-on and a field-based culminating public health experience. Most universities require a rigorous comprehensive exam at the end of first two-years of coursework and a public health practical experience before a candidate may be advanced to the capstone project phase. For example, the DrPH programs at Tufts and Harvard require a qualifying exam taken at the end of the first year. Capstone Projects DrPH students are required to complete and defend an applied public health practice-related capstone project during their candidacy phase, usually after the comprehensive and qualifying exams. == DrPH Completion Time ==
DrPH Completion Time
The typical time to complete a DrPH is 3–4 years, depending on the curriculum, previous experience, and education. It is recommended that one have a MPH (Master of Public Health) degree to shorten time in the DrPH program. == Universities Offering the DrPH Degree ==
Universities Offering the DrPH Degree
United States Some of the universities offering DrPH in the USA are listed below. • Boston University School of Public HealthCapella UniversityCity University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center • Claremont Graduate University School of Community & Global Health • Colorado School of Public HealthColumbia University Mailman School of Public Health • Drexel University School of Public Health • East Carolina University at the Brody School of MedicineEast Tennessee State University College of Public Health • Emory University Rollins School of Public Health • Florida A & M University Institute of Public Health • Georgia Southern University Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health • Georgia State University School of Public Health • Harvard School of Public HealthGeorgia Southern University Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health • Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health • Jackson State University College of Health Sciences • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthLoma Linda University School of Public Health • Medical College of WisconsinMercer UniversityMorgan State University School of Community Health and Policy • New York Medical College School of Public Health • New York University School of Global Public Health • Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine • Ponce Health Science UniversityRutgers University School of Public Health • San Diego State University School of Public Health • SUNY Downstate Medical CenterTexas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health • The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services • Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical MedicineUniformed Services University of the Health SciencesUniversity at Albany, SUNY School of Public Health • University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health • University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health • University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of Georgia College of Public Health • University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health • University of Iowa College of Public Health • University of Kentucky's College of Public Health • University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Public Health • University of Nebraska Medical CenterUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public HealthUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, School of Public Health • University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center School of Public Health • University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health • University of Puerto Rico Graduate School of Public Health • University of South Florida College of Public Health • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health • Walden University College of Health Professions United Kingdom London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineChester UniversityTeesside University Asia • Department of Community Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia • Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia • Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Malaysia • Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya • School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center • College of Public Health, University of the Philippines Manila • Department of Public Health Nursing, Faculty of Public health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand • Department of Public Health, Faculty of Public health, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand • Faculty of Public health, Thammasat University, Lampang, Thailand • Faculty of Public Health, Kasetsart University Chalermphrakiat Sakon Nakhon Province Campus, Sakon Nakhon, Thailand • Kyoto University School of Public Health, Japan Australia James Cook University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. • La Trobe University School of Public Health. • University of Wollongong School of Health Science. • University of New South Wales School of Public Health and Medicine (Future Health Leaders Program). • Monash University School of Public Health. • Flinders University School of Public Health. • Curtin University. France University of Paris-SaclayParis Descartes UniversityUniversity of BordeauxUniversity of Lorraine Germany Bielefeld UniversityUniversity of BremenHeinrich Heine University DüsseldorfHannover Medical School Canada University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health • University of Montreal École de santé publique de l’Université de Montréal == Notable Holders of the DrPH Degree ==
Notable Holders of the DrPH Degree
Sara Josephine Baker - American physician notable for making contributions to public health, especially in the immigrant communities of New York City. • Sandro Galea - Dean of the Boston University School of Public Health. • Cheryl Healton - Dean of the College of Global Public Health at New York University. • Vicenç Navarro - Spanish sociologist and political scientist currently holding a chair in Social Sciences at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. • Barbara Rimer - Dean of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health. • Henry F. Vaughan - Founder and former Dean of the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Past president of the American Public Health Association. • Jennifer Nuzzo - Lead epidemiologist for the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Testing Insights Initiative and Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health == See also ==
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