Welcome to Public Health
Public health is, in the words of the Institute of Medicine, "What we as a society do collectively to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy.''
Public health promotes well-being, prevents disease, social circumstances or emotional events that reduce the level of healthy functioning.
DonateUIS named to President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for 5th Year in a Row!!
This award is one of the highest federal recognitions a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement. During the 2011-12 academic year, UIS students spent 65,181 hours engaged in community service. A total of 830 students engaged in some type of community service, with 476 students volunteering at least 20 hours!
collaborating with the University of The Gambia, and Ken Runkle is researching environmental health conditions in Liberia.
