Our Mission

The mission of the collaborative Oregon Master of Public Health Program is to provide innovative leadership, education, research, and service in public health throughout Oregon, regionally, nationally, and internationally. The OMPH Program is committed to fostering an environment conducive to the recruitment, training, and success of diverse faculty and students and providing pluralistic education to sustain a multicultural community of public health practitioners. This mission is achieved through the multi-institutional program of study leading to the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree.

• Provide leadership and serve as a resource in addressing, and communicating to the public vital information about, current and emerging public health problems and issues.

• Provide comprehensive education and professional development to all students in the substantive areas of public health including epidemiology, biostatistics, social and behavioral sciences, health services administration, and environmental health sciences.
• Provide training and education in specialized areas of public health including health promotion and education; environment, safety, and health; epidemiology and biostatistics; health administration and policy; primary health care and health disparities; and international health.
• Provide community-based or experiential learning opportunities to develop skills and competencies required to be effective public health practitioners.
• Provide educational information and modeling of ethical conduct of public health research and service activities.
• Provide educational information and experiential opportunities for the development of cultural competency in research and service activities.

• Conduct, teach, and communicate collaborative research and scholarship among faculty, students, practitioners, and members of the community affiliated with the MPH program.

• Provide, enhance, or support service activities to meet the public health needs of urban and rural populations in cooperation with appropriate community professionals and organizations.

• Applying evidence-based knowledge of health determinants to public health issues.
• Selecting and employing appropriate methods for design, analysis, and synthesis to address population-based health problems.
• Integrating understanding of the interrelationship among the organization, delivery, and financing of health-related services.
• Communicating public health principles and concepts through various strategies across multiple sectors of the community.
• Employing ethical principles and behaviors.
• Enacting cultural competence and promoting diversity in public health research and practice.
• Applying PH knowledge and skills in practical settings.

• Enhancing the general health, welfare, and safety of populations and communities.
• Respect for human dignity.
• Protecting the environment, recognizing environmental health risks, and prudently using resources in our personal and professional lives.
• Participating in the development of health policies that incorporate a population perspective.
• Assuring access to affordable quality health services for all people.
• Using an analytic, evidence-based approach in addressing health problems.
• Enhancing cultural diversity, and demonstrating cultural competence, in all professional endeavors.
• Developing partnerships for learning and service with community organizations to meet communities' health needs.
• Responsibility for lifelong learning and inquiry both within and across disciplines.
• Recognizing and resolving conflicts of interest.