Public Health
The Department of Public Health at Baylor University is a team of scientists committed to measuring health, promoting health equity, improving the well-being of vulnerable and underserved populations in every community, and training the next generation of public health researchers and practitioners. We value the diversity of students, faculty, communities, and ideas, and collaborate to serve and support the health of vulnerable and underserved populations.
The Bachelor of Science in Public Health (BSPH) at Baylor is a nationally accredited degree program that prepares students to promote healthy lifestyles and enhance quality of life for individuals and communities.
The Baylor MPH program offers a strong practice-based approach, global health opportunities, and low faculty-student ratio to provide students with a quality learning experience that can enhance career development.
Students in the PhD in Public Health program learn to analyze and inform public health approaches, examine sweeping public health issues, build a career in public health research, and use that research to make a difference
"I could see how Public Health students had an impact on the community in real time, instead of sitting in a classroom and reading about it in a textbook or hearing about it in a lecture."
"Our classroom is all over the place. The Public Health program at Baylor trains you to work in all different arenas of health and healthcare."
"The experiences in the joint degree provided me with a toolbox that included research and writing skills, a hunger for helping educate others, and the confidence to continue pursuing my goals."
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More NewsRobbins College of Health and Human Sciences is mourning the death of Board of Advocate Tyler C. Cooper, MD, who passed away after a valiant battle with cancer. Cooper, a Baylor University alumnus, also served as a member of the Board of Regents and was president and CEO of Cooper Aerobics and Cooper Clinic in Dallas, Texas.
Baylor University is well-represented again on a prestigious list compiling the top 2% most-cited researchers in the world. In a database compiled by Stanford University, 50 current or retired Baylor faculty members appear among the top 2% of the most-cited researchers across 22 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields according to the standard Science-Metrix classification.
Following a successful site visit and reaccreditation review, Baylor University’s Department of Public Health has been approved for accreditation for seven years, until December 31, 2033, by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).
Gabriel A. Benavidez, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health in Baylor University’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, has received a two-year, $168,839, R03 award from the National Institutes of Health for his project, “Refining Small-Area Cancer Surveillance Through AI-Driven Spatial Clustering.”