The College of Public Health At a Glance

Kentucky's only BPH degree accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health.

Earn a Bachelor of Public Health (BPH) and Master of Public Health (MPH) in only five years.

Fostering student curiosity and development through mentored, self-directed research work.

Meeting the needs of candidates who seek careers in healthcare, government health agencies, biomedical research, and pharmaceutical industry.

Placing students in nationally competitive fellowships and jobs makes this program the degree of choice for future health system and hospital leaders.

The essential credential for those who seek to lead population health improvement, while offering several concentrations to choose from.

Strongly emphasizing applied health services research skills, including study design, data management, statistics and other quantitative methods.

Combining the expertise of the epidemiology and biostatistics, this competitive doctorate program prepares graduates for careers as researchers in academia or industry.

Answering some of the most common questions to help our students and community be more successful.

Working with other scientists to collect, analyze, and interpret data for the purpose of building scientific evidence.

Focusing on how individual behaviors influence health outcomes, policies that shape health behaviors, and strategies to promote healthier lifestyles.

Conducting innovative health services and systems research, educate the next generation of health-sector leaders and translate knowledge in order to improve health systems and population health.

Studying the impact of environmental factors on human health and the distribution, patterns and causes of adverse health outcomes, how to control disease, and prevent poor health.

Inviting our alumni community to stay connected to us, and each other, along with all of our college and university alumni resources.

Preparing our future health champions to be career-ready and supplying our graduates with the right tools, experiences, partnerships, and relationships to make an impact.

Diligently working to ensure our faculty, staff, and students have access to up-to-date policies, procedures, and forms.

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We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion where everyone belongs here and feels welcomed, supported, and connected.

Centralizing stories, content, and resources available to first-generation students, including programs and student services available across UK’s campus.

Creating a healthier tomorrow by supporting and giving to our mission in building future health champions.

Our story begins with our students and have a "students-first" approach to everything we do.

Public health research aims at advancing knowledge about risk and protective factors (at personal, environmental, and societal levels) that inform policy and interventions to improve population health. 

Our centers elevate research priorities in public health such as injury prevention and social determinants of health with the goal of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities.