WHY CHOOSE UCONN?

Public health careers for the 21st century will require competence in the interprofessional coordination of skills relevant to systems-level approaches to health that focus on our environment and social structures.  You can join students, alumni, faculty and community partners who are at work shaping our public health system and services. When thinking about public health around Connecticut, it’s hard to exaggerate our program’s influence. Our alumni and faculty are found in various positions across the university throughout the state and nation. Graduates hold positions as:

  • health directors and staff in state, local, and federal health departments
  • managers of community health, social service, and nonprofit organizations
  • managers and scientists of pharmaceutical firms, health insurance companies, and hospital systems
  • educators and researchers
  • community-based physicians
  • public policy advocates

Master of Public Health Information Session for Working Professionals

Join us on 4/11/2023 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm EST for online webinars about our degree requirements, the application process, as well as information about career and research opportunities.

April 11, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Register: https://fal.cn/afternooninfosession

April 11, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Register: https://fal.cn/eveninginfosession

12th Week is April 4th to April 6th 2023

Title: "The Health of the People." 

Zoom: https://uconn-edu.zoom.us/j/95923483240 

Professor Esther Yazzie-Lewis  

 

Title: "Sustaining DEIJ and Health Equity Initiatives at Academic Health Programs: Headwinds and Landmines are Here."  

Zoom:  https://uconn-edu.zoom.us/j/99840369079 

Dr. Jeffrey Hines, Associate VP and Chief Diversity Officer 

 

Click here for the entire 12th Week schedule

Protect the Force from the Novel Coronavirus

An article posted to the US Naval Institute Proceedings website is co-authored by Alumni Dr. Zygmunt Dembek. It relates that keeping the U.S. military safe from the Coronavirus pandemic will require deliberate planning, prevention, and response

Footwear With Care Event 2019

This has been another great year of generous donations by students, staff and faculty of the Department of Public Health Sciences during the holiday season!

  • This year we contributed to Footwear With Care, an annual event that provides boots and other essentials to the homeless. Kirsten Carew, Linda Casey, Ruth Shefraw, Barb Case and their family and friends volunteered helping distribute new boots, socks, toiletries, hats and gloves to 600 homeless!
  • We also collected toys for the Burgdorf Clinic.
  • In addition, our department again donated to HPD Officer Jimmy Barrett of the City of Hartford for the homeless. Items included bus tickets, hand warmers and other warm clothing.
  • Plus, clothes and toys were also delivered to the Open Door Soup Kitchen in Winsted, CT.

Thanks to all who donated!

David Gregorio is in the Fall Faculty Spotlight for being instrumental in expanding public health education to undergraduates through the successful FastTrack (4 + 1) program. Listen to his description of the program.

The Opioid Epidemic: Challenge to Military Medicine and Public Health

An article published in the journal, Military Medicine, was authored by Alumni Zygmunt Dembek.

Coffee with Privacy Pros: Data-Driven Diagnosis 

A recent article in CPO magazine, relates how the merger of CVS and Aetna has put CPO Alumni Tracey Scraba in position to set us all on a path to better health.

end_hunger2019

Another year that our public health students, department faculty and staff joined with University Health Professionals (UHP) as partners with End Hunger NE to package meals.  70 volunteers packaged more than 10,000 meals that have been distributed to local shelters and food pantries.  Thanks to all who volunteered!

OUR DEPARTMENT IS GROWING . . .

We are recruiting several full-time tenured faculty positions. View the details

Employment Opportunities

Summer Activities: Intentional Action and Volunteer Opportunities

Keney Park Sustainability Project
Over the next several weeks, the Keney Park Sustainability Project will be hosting Health, Wellness and Safety events for Hartford’s residents and you can play an important role in their success. The first event will occur on Saturday June 25, 8am-2pm. Volunteers are needed to help with set up and take down before and after the event and join with residents in the many planned activities from trout fishing to a basketball clinic to joining the gratitude walk through Kenney Park’s new walking trail. You can learn about the amazing initiative that is the Kenney Park Sustainability Project at: https://www.keneyparksustainability.org/. See flyer for more details.

DominGO! Hartford
DominGO! Hartford will transform our city streets into car-free public spaces. The first event is scheduled for June 26th on Farmington Avenue, 9am-3pm for people to visit Hartford restaurants, shops and attractions in healthy, active ways, creating physical and mental health benefits for all ages and abilities. These events will connect our communities and encourage everyone to get active, get outside, and get moving! You can learn about DominGO! at: https://www.domingohartford.com/ and more information about volunteering can be found here: Volunteer (domingohartford.com/volunteer). Volunteers are needed to help with set up and take down before and after the event, help manage intersections to keep all participants safe, and to be part of the evaluation team collecting surveys and observational data during the event.