Our Vision
The UConn Graduate Program in Applied Public Health Sciences is an integral contributor to the effort to make Connecticut residents among the healthiest, most productive and satisfied of Americans.
Our Mission
To offer an exemplary academic environment that prepares interprofessional learners to achieve high standards of public health practice.
Our Values
As members of the public health community, we prioritize:
- Population centric – putting public concerns and needs above individuals or the profession.
- Evidence based – utilizing best available information to inform decisions and actions in public health practice.
- Social justice – believing that wellness is a public good and fundamental right of all individuals.
- Engagement – fostering reciprocal, equitable partnerships among stakeholders to distribute responsibilities for selection, implementation and assessment of public health activities.
- Teamwork – functioning across disciplines and circumstance to achieve integrated, cohesive approaches to community concerns.
- Advocacy – increasing awareness and support for a robust, comprehensive public health agenda.
- Resolve – preparing lifelong learners to address current and emerging public health challenges.
- Integrity – promoting the highest standards of objectivity and accountability in work and interpersonal relations.
- Respect – incorporating differing beliefs, cultures and practices into all program activities.
ACCREDITATION
Council on Education in Public Health (CEPH) Self Study
The Master of Public Health Program Self-Study Report for Accreditation by the Council on Education in Public Health (CEPH)
The Graduate Program in Public Health at the University of Connecticut has been accredited by the Council on Education in Public Health (CEPH) since 1984. As defined by CEPH, the self-study is an explicit process for evaluating and monitoring overall efforts of the college against its mission, goals and objectives; for assessing the college’s effectiveness in serving its various constituencies; and for planning to achieve its mission in the future.
To maintain accreditation, the program must be evaluated by CEPH every 7 years. Below is our current self-study and the CEPH final report.
To judge our self study in relation to the CEPH accreditation criteria see
The CEPH Board of Councilors acted on June 18, 2016 to accredit the Graduate Program in Public Health for a seven-year term.
Our Partners
- PBS KIDS
- Hartford Food Systems
- Hartford Health Care
- Connecticut Region American Red Cross
- Health Disparities Institute – UConn Health
- L&M
- Aware Recovery Care
- Janseen Pharmaceuticals
- Glanstobury Health Department
- Farmington Valley Health District
- University Center for Excellence in Development Disabilities Education, Research and Service - UConn
- Connecticut Harm Reduction Alliance
- McCall Center Center for Behavior Health
- Town of Vernon Youth Services
- West Hartford/Bloomfield Health Department
- The Root Center
- CT Department of Public Health Lab
- End Hunger Connecticut!
- Ledge Light Health District
- Hopkins Clinical/Epidemiology LAB
- The Rudd Center