Public Health Education

Public Health Education is a set of programs that provide leadership in graduate and community-based public health education to improve the health of diverse populations in New Mexico, the Southwest, and the United States/Mexico border region.

• MPH Program
  This is an accredited graduate program of the School of Medicine and is located in Albuquerque.
• MPH Extension Program at Shiprock
  Established in 2003, the Shiprock Extension Program extends the MPH Program to offer on-site graduate-level instruction to develop community strengths and staff capacity for the Indian Health Services (HIS) and other agencies in the area.
• MPH Dual Degree Programs
  The MPH degree can be obtained as part of a dual degree in collaboration with other UNM graduate degree programs. A proposal for a joint MPH/MD degree program for medical students has been submitted and is awaiting approval from the University. Anticipated start time is 2007.
• Certificate in Public Health
  A 15-credit public health certificate for medical students, residents, fellows, and faculty is underdevelopment with courses soon to be piloted. The certificate provides systematic training in public health skills and community-oriented approaches to health care.
• The Public Health Outreach Education Program (PHOEP)
  PHOEP offers non-credit short courses, workshops and certificates for persons in the public health workforce and communities.
• Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC)
  The School of Medicine has applied for a planning grant from the NIH to develop faculty research capacity in clinical and translational research. The MPH is an integral component of the School’s proposal. The MPH will be developing a Research Concentration as an option within its curriculum as part of this effort.
• Rosenblatt/Lenneberg Endowment
  IPH administers the Wilhelm Rosenblatt and Edith Lenneberg Endowment for Tuberculosis (TB) and International Public Health. The Endowment supports medical and public health curricula in TB and community-based international public health (including a course in the MPH Program), a lectureship, and services in Latin America for TB control.
• Jonathan Mann Memorial Lectureship on Health and Human Rights
  2000 Jack Geiger, M.D., M.Sci. Hyg. (Epidemiology), Sc.D. (hon.)
  2001 Charles Clement
  2002 Laurie Garrett
  2003 Carola Eisenberg, MD
  2004 Camara Jones, MD, MPH, PhD
  2006 Mindy Fullilove, MD