Morgan State University
Morgan State, an HBCU, has been designated by the State of Maryland as its public urban university. Currently, Morgan is home to 5974 undergraduate students (59 percent women) in 36 different programs, including 524 graduate students pursuing advanced degrees in 32 programs. Ninety-two (92%) percent of Morgan’s combined student body is African American, and four (4%) percent of the students come from Africa or the Caribbean.
Morgan State, an HBCU, has been designated by the State of Maryland as its public urban university. Currently, Morgan is home to 5974 undergraduate students (59 percent women) in 36 different programs, including 524 graduate students pursuing advanced degrees in 32 programs. Ninety-two (92%) percent of Morgan’s combined student body is African American, and four (4%) percent of the students come from Africa or the Caribbean.
In 1999, the Public Health Program at Morgan State University was granted authority to award the Dr.PH doctoral degree, making Morgan the only HBCU with such authority at that time. Morgan’s Public Health Program is designed to be a program “without walls,” that is, a program that takes advantage of talent and facilities within the national community to reach its objectives and teach its students. The Program also has been designed to serve the State and the Nation through the placement of Masters and Doctoral level students in critical internship or externship positions where the community can benefit from their knowledge and expertise.
Research
Research activities are organized around Centers of Excellence that address issues related to cancer, HIV/AIDS, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), drug abuse and mental health, cardiovascular disease and obesity; all devoted to ethnic health disparities solutions. Through the Centers, the School has already received competitive nationwide grants, including one of only two awarded by the National Institutes of Health National Center for CAM and one of only three awarded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Health Disparities Scholars Program.
Research activities are organized around Centers of Excellence that address issues related to cancer, HIV/AIDS, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), drug abuse and mental health, cardiovascular disease and obesity; all devoted to ethnic health disparities solutions. Through the Centers, the School has already received competitive nationwide grants, including one of only two awarded by the National Institutes of Health National Center for CAM and one of only three awarded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Health Disparities Scholars Program.
Program Overview
The Morgan State University School of Public Health and Policy was created to increase the pool of competent minority public health professionals and leaders with advanced and terminal degrees, and to address and combat the myriad of health problems and disparities experienced by urban, and under-served communities. To this end, the first Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree-granting program at a Historically Black College or University (HBCU) was established in 1999. The Master of Public Health (MPH) program was added in 2000. Through our graduates and our emerging expertise and systems, the School is generating the manpower, resources and skills to meet the challenges posed by health problems and disparities of urban and underserved communities.
practitioner.
The Morgan State University School of Public Health and Policy was created to increase the pool of competent minority public health professionals and leaders with advanced and terminal degrees, and to address and combat the myriad of health problems and disparities experienced by urban, and under-served communities. To this end, the first Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree-granting program at a Historically Black College or University (HBCU) was established in 1999. The Master of Public Health (MPH) program was added in 2000. Through our graduates and our emerging expertise and systems, the School is generating the manpower, resources and skills to meet the challenges posed by health problems and disparities of urban and underserved communities.
practitioner.
Accreditation
In May 2004, the School received the maximum 5-year accreditation awarded by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).
In May 2004, the School received the maximum 5-year accreditation awarded by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).
Curriculum
The program curriculum allows students to earn a MPH degree in two years full-time or a DrPH upon completion of coursework, research and a dissertation. Through coursework, research, internships, and the development of professional skills, the program provides students with a wide range of both academic and practical opportunities. Practice areas of interest include: behavioral health, environmental health, health services administration, and policy, qualitative and quantitative evaluation, social epidemiology. Course work includes: biostatistics, community needs assessment, demography and family health, epidemiology, environmental health, health communications and health promotion and disease prevention.
The program curriculum allows students to earn a MPH degree in two years full-time or a DrPH upon completion of coursework, research and a dissertation. Through coursework, research, internships, and the development of professional skills, the program provides students with a wide range of both academic and practical opportunities. Practice areas of interest include: behavioral health, environmental health, health services administration, and policy, qualitative and quantitative evaluation, social epidemiology. Course work includes: biostatistics, community needs assessment, demography and family health, epidemiology, environmental health, health communications and health promotion and disease prevention.
Faculty
The faculty has grown in both size and diversity bringing expertise in the five core academic areas of public health.
The faculty has grown in both size and diversity bringing expertise in the five core academic areas of public health.
Students
Since its inception, the School has enrolled a total of 130 full- and part-time students from local communities, and nationwide as well as from Africa and the Caribbean. Currently, there are 76 DrPH students and 25 MPH students in the Program. Our students are comprised of recent college graduates and those with advanced degrees as well as many with senior-level public health work experience. The graduate program in Public Health is designed to prepare students to be public health professionals who draw on the knowledge and skills from a variety of disciplines to define, critically assess, and resolve urban public health problems. Morgan State University Public Health graduates will have a foundation in public health that enables them to be advocates, researchers and policy developers relative to urban public health problems.
Since its inception, the School has enrolled a total of 130 full- and part-time students from local communities, and nationwide as well as from Africa and the Caribbean. Currently, there are 76 DrPH students and 25 MPH students in the Program. Our students are comprised of recent college graduates and those with advanced degrees as well as many with senior-level public health work experience. The graduate program in Public Health is designed to prepare students to be public health professionals who draw on the knowledge and skills from a variety of disciplines to define, critically assess, and resolve urban public health problems. Morgan State University Public Health graduates will have a foundation in public health that enables them to be advocates, researchers and policy developers relative to urban public health problems.
Alumni
As of May 2005, 19 MPH graduates and 15 DrPH graduates have successfully completed the Program. In 2003, our 5 graduates became the first DrPH graduates from an HBCU. Our alumni have been successful in obtaining employment upon graduating from the Program. Our alumni are currently in research, practice, policy and post-doctoral positions in such places as the Health Resources and Services Administration, Johns Hopkins and Columbia Schools of Public Health, Environmental Protection Agency, city and state health departments and the U.S. House of Representatives.
As of May 2005, 19 MPH graduates and 15 DrPH graduates have successfully completed the Program. In 2003, our 5 graduates became the first DrPH graduates from an HBCU. Our alumni have been successful in obtaining employment upon graduating from the Program. Our alumni are currently in research, practice, policy and post-doctoral positions in such places as the Health Resources and Services Administration, Johns Hopkins and Columbia Schools of Public Health, Environmental Protection Agency, city and state health departments and the U.S. House of Representatives.
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