Milken Institute School of Public Health Why You Want an MPH from the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at GWU

Milken Institute School of Public Health

Why You Want an MPH from the Department of Environmental and

Occupational Health at GWU


What is EOH?


What Makes GWU EOH MPH Special?

• Great faculty• Strong and Interdisciplinary curriculum

with policy focus• Great colleagues• Great practicum opportunities• Great jobs• Washington, DC!


EOH Faculty

• 9 Full-time and 5 affiliated primary faculty

• Faculty with real life science policy experience including EPA and OSHA

• 2 faculty with secondary appointments in EOH

• 30 adjunct faculty - 9 Part-time faculty teaching EOH courses


Faculty Expertise

Strategic Research Areas

• Environmental Sustainability• Infectious Diseases• Occupational Health• Risk Science and Policy• Social and Community Dimensions

of Public Health


EOH Curricula

Academic Programs

• Students develop a multi-disciplinary, empirically driven knowledge base & skill set for approaching environmental health issues

• Two MPH programs: • MPH in Environmental Health Science & Policy• MPH in Global Environmental Health


Our Two MPH Programs

Global Environmental Health (GEH)

Environmental Health, Science and Policy (EHS&P)

GEH students are committed to working with issues that occur in resource-poor settings, often outside the U.S.

EHS&P students tackle issues that may have a global reach – but usually domestically

Combine EOH with a global outlook on important public health challenges

Learn the science and policy that inform important decisions about EOH risks


Your EOH Colleagues

• >70 graduate students • 14 Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) • 42 Environmental Health Science &

Policy• 19 Global Environmental Health

• Students represent 14 nations including Bangladesh, Canada, Ethiopia, India, Iraq, Mexico, Brazil, Nigeria, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, U.S.

• U.S.-born students from at least 19 states


Great Experiences – The Practicum

• The Practicum is required as part of MPH curriculum and is intended to give students experience in activities aligned with their career goals

• Opportunity to demonstrate public health skills and critical thinking

• Further develop your skill set and add new tools to your professional toolkit

• Develop contacts and connections for future employment


Benefits of Being in DC


Practicum Examples


Great Jobs

Over 200 alumni with positions like:

• Federal Regulatory Agencies: EPA, FDA, OSHA, MSHA

• Other Federal Agencies: CDC, NIH, DHHS, Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board, Walter Reed Medical Center, Federal Reserve, US Air Force, US Navy, DOE

• IGOs, NGOs, & Non-Profits: IOM, World Bank, APHA, PAHO, National Association of County and City Health Officials, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, World Vision, Rural Coalition, RESOLVE


Great Jobs

• State/Local Health Departments: CA, DC, GA, NC, TN, VT, Alexandria (VA)

• Labor Unions: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, American Federation of Government Employees, American Nurses Association

• Consulting and Research Organizations: Sandler Occupational Medicine Associates, Water Environment Research Foundation, World Trade Center Medical Monitoring Program (Mt Sinai), Mid-Atlantic Medical Research Centers, Booz Allen Hamilton, Environ, Oracle, Westat


Great Jobs

• Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Other Private Sector: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Astra-Zeneca, Kimberly-Clark, Merck, Pfizer, Hewlett- Packard

• Further Studies – MD/PhD/Law programs: GWU, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of New Mexico, etc.


Washington DC!


Join us in EOH!

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Milken Institute School of Public Health Why You Want an MPH from the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at GWU