Why The MPH-EH @ UIS
The nationally accredited and ranked (#10) STEM degree prepares you to advance your career and professional development in public health. Our MPH - Environmental Health (MPH-EH) program within which a student may emphasize preparation in risk assessment, emergency preparedness, or environmental health policy. You can earn your degree in as few as 24 months!
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Integration of Teaching, Research, and Service
Dr. Junu Shrestha collaborated with Illinois Public Health Association (IPHA) to work on community health projects on Hepatitis B and Breast Cancer among the African population in Central Illinois. She shared her experiences in her courses as illustrations of applied public health practice and community service. Her students learned first-hand public health actions about this innovative way to address health inequalities from a unique inter-sector collaboration. Dr. Shrestha is also an expert in geographic information systems (GIS) and she held GIS workshops for students and people in our community. In MPH 521 (Introduction to Environmental Health), she showed students how to use ArcGIS to analyze public health data and fostered students’ learning motivation to enhance their spatial analysis skills for environmental health problems using ArcGIS.
Testimonials
The MPH Program and the GPSI program provided me with tremendous opportunity to grow as a professional and to interact and develop relationships with people from all over the world. I am forever grateful for the guidance, support, knowledge, and encouragement I have received over the past three years.
Bredina Coale
I was looking for a program that was reputable, affordable and flexible with the focus that I wanted; the 100% Online Public Health Program at UIS was a perfect fit for that. I found MPH@UIS with a well-rounded curriculum that provides flexible schedules that my home and work require.
Brian Stennett
For the students who are new to the field of public health, the UIS MPH program offers experiential learning opportunities to work alongside those who have worked in the field for years. The diversity of the program is outstanding. There are people from all types of undergraduate programs, from all over the world, and with wide ranging age and experience.
Julie Pryde
The MPH program and the GPSI program provided me with tremendous opportunity to grow as a professional and to interact and develop relationships with people from all over the world. I am forever grateful for the guidance, support, knowledge and encouragement I have received over the past three years.
Hinlal Patel
For the students who are new to the field of public health, the UIS MPH program offers experiential learning opportunities to work alongside those who have worked in the field for years. The diversity of the program is outstanding. There are people from all types of undergraduate programs, from all over the world, and with wide ranging age and experience.
Marleigh Voigtmann
National Accreditation
Our MPH-Environmental Health program has been accredited by the National Environmental Health Science & Protection Accreditation Council (EHAC) since 2006. It is also a Master’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Education Programs. EHAC-accredited degrees are deemed the industry standard by environmental health leaders who strive for the rigor, quality, and value of the professionalism of environmental health.