Course summary

Public Health is about ‘preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organised efforts of society’. Gain a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree over a year of on-campus study by studying this full-time programme. This is the ideal programme if you are a professional or new to the subject and you wish to address today’s problems in public health. You may be from a clinical or non-clinical background, may already work in a public health role, or be keen to move into a public health role. Either way, you will gain an understanding of how different scientific disciplines are used to investigate and then develop the best professional practice in epidemiology, public health and social science, ethics and health. This programme is taught by lecturers at the Usher Institute, an interdisciplinary research hub that draws together researchers, clinicians and practitioners from areas such as:

• public health

• primary care

• medical informatics

• biomedical and social sciences