Earn your STEM-designated Master of Public Health in Social and Behavioral Sciences, offered in-person and , and gain the skills to design, implement and evaluate health programs that drive real change. Work on cutting-edge research, prepare for careers in health promotion and even pursue licensure as a chemical dependency counselor in Ohio.
The M.P.H. in Social and Behavioral Sciences at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University is a STEM-designated program that provides students with an interdisciplinary approach to improve health in populations across the life course. Students learn to apply theoretical principles to design, implement and evaluate effective programs that include behavioral and environmental approaches. Graduates are able to design and evaluate public health interventions intended to improve health for families, workplaces, communities and other settings. The active research of the college’s faculty— particularly in the areas of childhood obesity, violence and injury prevention, substance abuse prevention and chronic disease prevention— provides students the opportunity to work on large-scale externally funded prevention research.
"Outside of my responsibilities at the Mayo Clinic, I have been invited to serve on the Certification Commission for the Association of Animal-Assisted Interventions Professionals (AAAIP). This certification is a new initiative with the purpose of professionalizing the field of animal-assisted interventions and recognizing the specialized skill set required to involve animals into therapeutic interventions/treatments."
As a CPH alumna, Penix understands the challenges that students have to face transitioning from an academic setting to a job setting, and every year she supports more than 30 CPH students during their internship or Applied Practice Experience (APE) at Summa.
The variety of degree programs really let me explore my interests and to discover my passion for public health. The degree program itself provided me with skills in my own concentration but also in other concentrations in public health which I feel made me more marketable and qualified for my current position.
