Revised 12/2011

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 providing students with a competency-based graduate education that prepares them for professional careers in public health and health services. (Updated 2011)

Goals 

The goals of the OMPH program address four critical areas: leadership, education, research, and service.
 
Leadership:
  • 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.
Education:
  • 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.
Research:
  • Conduct, teach, and communicate collaborative research and scholarship among faculty, students, practitioners, and members of the community affiliated with the MPH program.
Service:
  • 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.

Program Learning Competencies

Upon completion of the OMPH program, students will be able to:

  1. Apply evidence-based knowledge of health determinants to public health issues. (Proposed change, not yet finalized is: apply evidence-based knowledge of social, biological, and environmental determinants to disease and health conditions (proposed change, not yet finalized).
  2. Select and employ appropriate methods of design, analysis, and synthesis to address population-based health problems in urban and rural environments.
  3. Integrate understanding of the interrelationships among the organization, delivery, and financing of health services.
  4. Communicate public health principles and concepts through various strategies across multiple sectors of the community.
  5. Employ ethical principles and behaviors.
  6. Enact cultural competence and promote diversity in public health research and practice.
  7. Apply public health knowledge and skills in practical settings. (Updated 2011)

Values & Ethics
  1. Creating a rich and relevant learning experience for students.
  2. Enhancing the general health, welfare, and safety of populations and communities.
  3. Demonstrating excellence and integrity in all we do.
  4. Integrating public health principles into health care policies and delivery systems.
  5. Promoting sustainability as a critical part of public health practice.
  6. Using an analytic, evidence-based approach in addressing health issues.
  7. Enhancing cultural diversity and fostering an environment conducive to the recruitment, training, and success of diverse students and faculty.
  8. Developing partnerships for learning, service, and research to meet communities' health needs.
  9. Resolving and preventing conflicts of interest. (Updated 2011)

Program Organization 

The OMPH Program is a multi-institutional program of study. The attached document shows the administrative structure that carries out this collaboration.

OMPH Program Office 506 SW Mill St., Suite 670B Portland, OR 97201 Mail Code: OMPH-SCH Tel. 503-725-5106 Fax 503-725-5100