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Maureen Moran |
| Associate Director |
| Public Health |
| Northwestern University |
| 680 N. Lake Shore Drive, Suite 1102 |
| Chicago, IL 60611-4402 |
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| Email: m-moran@northwestern.edu |
| Phone: (312) 503-0500 |
| Fax: (312) 908-9588 |
| Web: http://www.publichealth.northwestern.edu/ |
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Program DescriptionThe Program in Public Health, coordinated by the Department of Preventive Medicine, offers a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree to students seeking 1) a broad perspective on the definition of health highlighting the concepts of prevention, health promotion, health care organization and delivery, and population-based research and intervention; 2) an interdisciplinary public health knowledge base derived from biomedical and social scientific theories and empiric evidence; and 3) the quantitative, educational, organizational, and practical skills to ensure that all graduates will be successful in future public health practice, teaching, and/or research endeavors.
The freestanding MPH program is designed for students with a background in the health care professions. It is a part-time program consisting of evening courses and students are expected to obtain the degree in two to four years. The coursework includes offerings in community health, epidemiology and biostatistics, and health services research.
Community health includes population-based approaches to the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease, AIDS, malnutrition, obesity, pediatric infectious diseases, child abuse, and disability. Epidemiology and biostatistics focuses on population-oriented approaches to diagnosis, risk, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. Potential areas of study in which faculty have expertise include cardiovascular disease, infectious disease, cancer, rheumatologic disease, mental health, pediatrics, geriatrics, and rehabilitation.
Health services research pertains to the study of the organization, delivery, and financing of health care and services. It includes studies on the effectiveness and efficiency of health practices. Potential areas of study include those mentioned in the area of epidemiology and biostatistics, as well as organizational behavior, and health systems performance.
Applicants should contact the program or see Web site www.publichealth.northwestern.edu to learn about program-specific requirements for admission.
Faculty The primary appointment for those faculty with joint or affiliate status in another program is noted in parentheses.
| Professors: |
Cynthia G. Bowman, Rowland W. Chang, Joan S. Chmiel (Preventive Medicine), Katherine Kaufer Christoffel (Pediatrics), Martha L. Daviglus (Preventive Medicine), Alan Richard Dyer (Preventive Medicine), Peter Gann, Susan M. Gapstur (Preventive Medicine), Philip Greenland (Preventive Medicine), Gordon B. Hazen (Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences), Edward F X. Hughes (Management & Strategy), Arthur F. Kohrman, William Leonard (Anthropology), Kiang Liu (Preventive Medicine), William Craig McGaghie (OME & Fac Devel), Alfred W. Rademaker, Joel I. Shalowitz, Lewis J. Smith (Pulmonary), Jeremiah Stamler, Linda V. Van Horn (Preventive Medicine) |
| Associate Professors: |
Helen Binns, Borko D. Jovanovic, Demetrios Kyriacou, Frank Lefevre, Rebecca M. Wurtz |
| Assistant Professors: |
Virginia Bishop, Robert Garofalo, Robert M. Golub, Jane L. Holl, Maureen B. Moran, Claudia S.Morrissey, Karen M. Sheehan |
| Adjunct Professors: |
William B. Bunn III, Betty M. Hahneman, James B. McAuley, Peter Orris, Jane S. Smith, Steven Whitman |
| Senior Lecturers: |
Joseph M. Feinglass |
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