Public Health

Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. It focuses on the health of populations rather than individuals and encompasses a wide range of activities aimed at preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, public and private institutions, communities and individuals.

This field includes various disciplines such as epidemiology, biostatistics, health services, social and behavioral sciences, and environmental health. This work is achieved by promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention, and detecting, preventing and responding to infectious diseases.

Public Health Program Now Accredited by Council on Education for Public Health

After an exhaustive, multi-year review, the University of Texas at Austin’s Undergraduate Public Health Program within the School of Human Ecology received its accreditation this week from the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).

Accreditation offers a mark of distinction for academic programs, signaling high quality and a commitment to excellence. It assures that students who complete these higher education programs have essential skills for professional practice.

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Explore our dozens of course offerings for undergraduates and find experiences and opportunities across the UT campus related to public health.

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Internships

The joy of public health is in the doing. Public health interns are making a big impact in their fields and gaining experience domestically and abroad.

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About Public Health

Public Health is “the science and art of protecting and improving the health of communities and populations.”

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Public health is rooted in advocacy, in lessening health disparity and noticing trends in different demographics. I’m passionate about that. It’s interdisciplinary, too. I want to help people who got the short end of the stick, who don’t have access or opportunity. I want there to be more equity.

Kayla Eboreime

B.S. Public Health, 2019