The Consortium Of African-American Public Health Programs

· On August 6, 2009, Dr. Patricia Rodney was appointed Assistant Dean for Public Health Education at Morehouse School of Medicine

· In June 2009, Dr. Cynthia M. Harris became Co-Chair of CAAPHP

· In 2009, Morgan State University completed its CEPH site-visit, in anticipation of its re-accreditation

· In July 2009, Meharry received its CEPH accreditation for 5 years July 2009-June 2014

· In 2008, CAAPHP received an STD training and education grant from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

· In 2008, Jackson State University received its 5-yr accreditation as a public health program from the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)

CAAPHP is the acronym for the Consortium of African American Public Health Programs. CAAPHP is a group of seven public health programs/schools that are housed at the nation’s premiere Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

The Consortium is the sum of its significant parts. CAAPHP’s member-institutions include three of the nation’s leading medical schools for training African American physicians, nurses and public health professionals and four graduate programs/schools that address inequalities that diminish the lives and restrain the potential of our communities.

SCHOOL/PROGRAM

MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND POLICY

CONTACT

Allan S. Noonan,PhD
Dean, School of Public Health and Policy
Morgan State University
Jenkins Behavioural Science
Room 343
1700 East Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, MD 21251
http://www.morgan.edu

History

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.

School 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.

Mission
The Morgan State University Public Health Program will prepare leaders who will generate and disseminate new scientific information relevant to urban health problems. To achieve this mission, the MSU PHP will train a cadre of public health practitioners to employ community-based participatory research methods. In so doing, it will assess and reveal the systemic inequities and inadequacies that contribute to health disparities; and design, implement, and evaluate solutions.

Accreditation
In July 2009, the School received a 5-year accreditation, from July 2009 to June 2014, from the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).