The Eight Oregon MPH Program Tracks
 

The OMPH Program offers eight specific tracks across the three participating universities. In addition, the OMPH Program also offers a Graduate Certificate in Public Health. 

Students select a specific track at one of the partner universities. They apply for admissions, follow the curriculum path for their chosen track, and attend classes primarily at their track location. 

Click on the track title(s) below to link directly to that track's home page.  Click here to a quick summary of the specialy track credit hour requirements. 
Specialty Track Offered Track Description

Collaborative Partner

The MPH in Environment Safety and Health give students an understanding of how exposures to hazardous chemical, physical, or biological agents affect human health, the environment and organizational resources. This track will prepare students to control such hazards and comply with the myriad of environmental, safety and health legislation.


 Oregon State University
The Epidemiology and Biostatistics Specialty Track trains health professionals in the population perspective toward health care and disease prevention. Courses in this track emphasize the use of quantitative methods for analyzing and addressing health problems to support basic and applied research in public health and health care.
 
 Oregon Health & Science University
Epidemiology
The objective of the Epidemiology Track is to combine comprehensive training in public health with specific instruction in the principles and methods of epidemiology to prepare theoretically grounded, culturally competent, and technically skilled public health professionals. The Track curriculum builds on the core epidemiology competencies established by the CDC Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists for applied epidemiology.
 
 Oregon State University
Biostatistics

The objective of the Biostatistics Track is to combine comprehensive training in public health with specific instruction in the principles and methods of Biostatistics to prepare theoretically grounded, culturally competent, and technically skilled public health professionals.


Oregon State University
The Health Management & Policy track develops and strengthens the knowledge and practice of the delivery and management of health services. This track prepares individuals for the exercise of competent and effective policy and administrative leadership in the health sector.
 
 Portland State University and Oregon State University
The Health Promotion track prepares students to utilize public health approaches to develop, administer, implement, and evaluate culturally sensitive health promotion and behavior change programs, and to mobilize community resources for planned social change.
 
 Portland State University and Oregon State University
The International Health prepares public health professionals for leadership roles in international health, with an emphasis on health status improvements for populations in low-income nations.
 
 Oregon State University
The Primary Health Care & Health Disparities track provides training in the population perspective of health care and disease prevention. Students completing this track will be prepared to assume clinical leadership roles in a variety of settings, including but not limited to community health centers, health maintenance organizations and health departments.
 Oregon Health & Science University (online)
 

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