Master of Science in Public Health -
Specialization in Global Emergency Preparedness and Response

• Overview
• GOALS AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Specific Program Requirements
• Program Faculty
• Current Class Schedule
• Admission Requirements and Application

Goals and Learning Objectives

1. Assume leadership roles in designing and managing innovative programs that focus on disease detection, response alerting, and mitigation and communication and management of resources during health emergencies;
2. Participate successfully in a coordinated, multidisciplinary response to terrorist events and other public health emergencies, thereby addressing surge capacity issues;
3. Describe the behavioral, biological, political, legal and ethical complexities of health emergencies;
4. Recognize the epidemiological and clinical features of microbial disease threats, disease control and response issues;
5. Recognize the determinants of morbidity, including trauma, and implications for emergency response;
6. Develop an in-depth understanding of early warning systems of disease and other emergencies that use surveillance technology and visualization techniques based upon traditional and non-traditional data sources;
7. Explain surveillance, identification and analysis of patterns of disease, outbreak control measures, and evaluation of the public health impact;
8. Appraise and verify the health status of populations; biological, environmental and behavioral determinants of health and illness; environmental determinants, factors contributing to health promotion and disease prevention; and factors influencing the use of health services during health emergencies.

Learning Objectives

• The application of risk communication strategies for improving the communication of health emergencies to health care providers, emergency medical technicians, and whole communities, and individuals related to risk perception, health care seeking behavior, and use of vaccination and therapeutics.
• The assessment of psychological and social consequences of large public health emergencies; the management of emergency response systems and command structures to maximize efficiency and resources.
• The understanding of ethical issues related to disease control and homeland security.
• The application of the principles of PH law to examine and address health behavior and disease prevention, and confidentiality and privacy in the context of communicable disease laws and litigation to achieve global public health goals.
• The application of behavioral, biological and environmental and socio-behavioral determinants of human disease to examine and address the medical, economic and social impact of disease.
• The application of epidemiological and laboratory methodology to the understanding of the surveillance, identification and analysis of disease patterns, outbreak control measures, and evaluation of the global public health impact of such efforts.
• The application of principles of behavior to the understanding of the occurrence, preparedness, response, mitigation of and recovery from public health emergencies.
• The understanding and description of early warning surveillance systems of disease and other emergencies based upon surveillance technology and visualization techniques using diverse data sources.
• The application of conceptual and programmatic interrelationships to global public health and political, economic, cultural, and social development.
• The application of epidemiological and biostatistical concepts and techniques to data collection, analysis, decision making and implementing those decisions to improve health outcomes in international and multicultural health emergency settings.
• The assessment of public health roles and partnerships between health care systems, military, and public health agencies in clinical manifestation of infectious disease, epidemic management, and pharmaceutical delivery in public health emergencies.