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Five-Year AB/MPH Program

In October 2007, the Brown University Master of Public Health Program received seven-year reaccreditation by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). With a high faculty-to-student ratio, students develop a broad understanding of public health and the health care delivery system while mastering the concepts of quantitative reasoning and related technical and analytic skills. They gain experience in the conduct of public health and health services research and translate diverse sources of public health related data into information that can be used to shape sound public health policies and practice in diverse settings.

In collaboration with the Rhode Island Department of Health and other agencies, students in the AB/MPH program have the advantage of pursuing research opportunities, community service and data analytic internships. In addition, Brown has ten nationally renowned public health research centers with funding in excess of $250 million. Students learn to conduct research on a wide-range of critical health topics affecting the population as a whole and target populations throughout the state. These experiences culminate in the presentation of the MPH Thesis.

The five-year AB/MPH joint-degree is grounded in the mission of the Brown Program in Public Health. The program intends to improve population health through:

  • research on factors affecting population patterns of disease and injury as well as on factors promoting health and well-being,
  • the education of future generations of health researchers and policy makers,
  • public service by translating research into effective public policy.

The degree integrates academic, research, and public service programs relevant to population health with links across the Medical School and University academic departments as well as University-based and Hospital-based research centers. The Program in Public Health also provides a critical connection between Brown's academic community and state, federal, public, and private health entities.

As undergraduates in the AB/MPH program, students concentrate in Community Health, must qualify for the Honors Track and successfully complete an Honors Thesis.