School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine: General Information
2008-2009 Academic Year
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School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
MAILING ADDRESS
Tulane University
New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
www.sph.tulane.edu/bsph
Pierre Buekens, M.D., Ph.D., Dean
Jeffery T. Johnson, Ph.D., Associate Dean
Downtown Office
Phone: (504) 988-8876
Fax: (504) 988-0907
Uptown Office
Phone: (504) 865-5140
Fax: (504) 862-8455
The mission of the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical
Medicine is to advance public health knowledge, promote health and well being,
and prevent disease, disability and premature mortality. This is accomplished
through academic excellence in education of public health professionals, rigorous
scientific research of public health problems, creative partnerships to advance the
practice of public health, and innovative service to the local, national and
international public health community.
The Bachelor of Science in Public Health (BSPH) integrates the disciplines of
public health with studies in the liberal arts and sciences. The program is flexible
to provide the student with a breadth of engagement in the liberal arts disciplines
and depth in the selected public health discipline. Three majors are:
Environmental Health Sciences provides graduates with a solid foundation in
the sciences, which may lead to positions with public health agencies, industry or
the option of medical school.
Global and Community Health provides graduates with the skills to analyze the
factors underlying domestic and international public health challenges and to
implement disease-prevention strategies.
Health Informatics provides graduates with quantitative skills for careers in
health analysis, data management and evaluation.
Upon completion of the undergraduate degree, the school offers exceptional
students the opportunity to apply for a graduate degree program, the Master of