Saint Louis University's public health practice concentration is designed to prepare experienced clinicians — in medicine, dentistry, nursing, social work, among others — to assume leadership roles as members of multidisciplinary health care teams.

This specialty incorporates features of a number of other public health disciplines, including maternal and child health, substance abuse, mental health, environmental health and others.

A Master of Public Health degree with a concentration in public health practice will prepare you to develop, implement and evaluate effective public health initiatives. You also will be able to create and analyze programs in the context of the communities they serve, taking into account cultural, social, economic, ethical and legal factors.

Program Highlights

SLU's strong job placement rates are based largely on its competencies-based training, collaborative faculty and team-based experience. As part of our concentration in public health practice, you will master a variety of skills, knowledge and abilities in the following key areas:

Use an evidence-based approach to develop and analyze effective human, animal, and environmental hazard control strategies, programs and policies, taking into account legal and ethical considerations.
Explain the scientific characteristics, including transmission routes and control measures, of major biological hazards that result in human and animal health risk.
Generate responses to problems, proposals, and politics in health policy and management.
Create policy approaches and alternatives within the contextual environment of health services delivery and public health.

Careers

Students who pursued SLU's public health practice M.P.H. concentration have gone on to positions such as public health consultants and outreach specialists.

SLU’s public health graduates are employed at federal, state and local health agencies; consulting firms; consumer advocacy organizations; community-based organizations and health care centers; hospitals; research centers; and universities.

Within the first year of graduation, the vast majority of M.P.H. graduates are beginning their careers, participating in fellowships or furthering their graduate education.