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In the news
2019-20 MPH Program Annual Report available now
Feb. 9, 2021
Download a copy of the program's annual report (pdf).
Alumni Ben Andert finds their stride in professional life
Feb. 9, 2021
Andert was recently accepted into the Wisconsin Population Health Service Fellowship program and took some time to tell us how their adjustment to being a public health professional is going.
Alumna Maggie Northrop keeps busy with state's COVID-19 response, student mentoring
Feb. 8, 2021
Her work in policy and experience as the State Health Plan Coordinator prepared her well for additional responsibilities brought upon by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vision
Public health professionals optimizing population health and advancing social justice.
Mission
To build a high quality and diverse public health workforce through excellence and inclusivity in interprofessional education, professional development, research, and community engagement.
Values
Faculty and students affiliated with the Master of Public Health Program at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health value evidence; learning through teaching and shared and interactive experiences; service through contributions to university, community, and professional settings; discovery through interprofessional research; a healthy and supportive environment that cultivates professional development of its faculty, staff, and students; and diversity through inclusiveness and respect for individuals and groups of diverse backgrounds, interests, cultures, and practices, grounded in human right. Moreover, they demonstrate a commitment to social and environmental justice, health equity, practice that is filled with the highest professional ethics, and optimizing health, especially for those most impacted by unfair policy and practice.
Diversity
Promoting and embracing diversity is central to the mission of the Master of Public Health (MPH) Program, the UW School of Medicine and Public Health and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. For the past several decades, the UW–Madison has made promotion of diversity, equity and inclusion a top priority of institutional life. The MPH Program is committed to a strategy of inclusive excellence by recruiting and sustaining a diverse student body, faculty and staff and providing training that is dedicated to producing public health practitioners who understand the needs of diverse individuals, families and populations.
Accreditation
The UW-Madison Master of Public Health Program has been accredited by the Council for Education in Public Health (CEPH), since 2009. The MPH program’s most recent accreditation site visit occurred in March 2014. The MPH Program was reaccredited in September 2014.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Master of Public Health (MPH) Program is seeking reaccreditation by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). At this time the program is completing a self-study of the program and is making final preparations for an accreditation site visit on October 4 and 5, 2021. Any comments or feedback about the program can be made directly to CEPH. Comments will be accepted until 30 days prior to the onsite visit. The deadline for submitting comments is Friday, September 3, 2021.
Comments may be addressed to:
Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)
1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 220
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: (202) 789-1050
E-Mail: adiorio@ceph.org
Web: http://www.ceph.org
The final accreditation report and final self-study are available below: