Vision

Our program envisions improved population health through decreasing mortality and morbidity in our local community, our country, and across the globe.

Mission

Our mission is to train public health practitioners who integrate scientific methods and data analysis with community partnership to create novel, sustainable, and collaborative solutions to population-based health problems. 

This mission is operationalized through teaching, research, and service, where all program participants uphold the values of: community, dissemination, diversity, encouragement, equity, evidence, inclusivity, innovation, scientific excellence, and social impact.

The program’s vision, mission, goals and values:

1. The Master of Public Health (MPH) Program at the University of Chicago envisions improved and more equitable population health in our local community, our country, and across the globe.
2. Our mission is to train students to be public health professionals who can work with community and institutional partners, conduct rigorous research to address public health challenges, and implement evidence-based solutions.
3. This mission is operationalized through coursework, research, and service, where all program participants uphold the values of health equity, innovation, scientific rigor, and social impact.
4. The program strives towards three goals that are in line with our mission:
   1. Goal 1: Program faculty will provide students with rigorous education that focuses on analytic approaches to real-world public health problems.
   2. Goal 2: The program will bridge classroom learning to the real world through engagement with governmental and non-governmental organizations that affect population health and its determinants. 
   3. Goal 3: Public Health faculty, widely recognized for research excellence, will mentor students in consequential projects based on their research programs.