At the School of Public Health, we’re committed to advancing health. We do this through interdisciplinary inquiry and by working with our part-ners to promote health and wellness, protect health, prevent disease and injury, and reduce health inequities locally, nationally and globally.

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SCHOOL OF

PUBLIC HEALTH

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EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONWe aim to provide programs that are relevant, practical and of the highest standards. Accreditation of our School of Public Health by the Council on Education for Public Health is a distinctive mark of quality and provides assurance that we have met professional standards of academic integrity and quality.

Public health professionals often find themselves working in an environment that is constantly changing. To this end, we offer professional development programs that provide an opportunity for growth and learning.

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE IN PUBLIC HEALTHWe offer a part-time, non-credit bridging program that is intended to further health science graduate and clinical training in Canada, as well as provide professional development for health-care practitioners.

FELLOWSHIP IN HEALTH SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENTThe Fellowship is designed for people with significant health system experience who are eager to increase their knowledge of health system performance, enhance their personal and organizational leadership skills, and develop their capacity to lead transformative change.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTGRADUATE EDUCATION

183

specializations

graduate degrees (MPH, MSc, PhD)

300graduate students

More than

$136

hosts

countries around the world.

with over

in27024

student practicum placements

About

350

granted to

of our students.

awards and scholarships totalling more than

SCHOLARSHIPS (2006-16)

GRADUATE PROGRAMS

PRACTICUM PLACEMENTS (2006-16)

$8 million814

365

Our graduate education programs are designed to meet the demand for skilled public health professionals who are dedicated to tackling today’s challenges to improve the health of people.

RELEVANT RESEARCHPublic health is dynamic and interdisciplinary—from biostatistics and epidemiology to health policy and socio-behavioural health it is a field with great breadth and depth. Researchers at the School of Public Health create knowledge and link evidence with health policy and practice. Some of our research is curiosity driven, spearheaded by our faculty members and research teams. Other research is community driven, its direction determined by priorities and policies of our community-based partner organizations.

RESEARCH PROGRAMS & PROJECTSAWARD WINNING SCHOLARSAs of July 1, 2016, the following research groups are actively engaged at the School:

• Addiction and Mental Health Research Laboratory

• Alberta Policy Coalition for Chronic Disease Prevention

• Alberta PROMs and EQ-5D Research and Support Unit

• Alliance for Canadian Health Outcomes Research In Diabetes

• Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse

• Circumpolar Health System Innovations Team

• Ecosystem and Participatory Approaches to Health

• Environmental Health Sciences Group

• Global Maternal and Reproductive Health

• Health Technology and Policy Unit

• Human Resource Management Practices and Quality in Nursing Homes

• Law and Risk Communication in Health

• Policy Location and Access in Community Environments

• Population Health Intervention Research Unit

• School-based Intervention Research through Changes in Lifestyles & Environments

Our faculty members are committed to advancing new knowl-edge to promote, protect and improve the health of people. Many of them are recognized provincially and nationally for outstanding scholarship in public health.

Faculty received

career awards from 2006-2016.

28$136millionin research funding

over the last 10 years.

Our research is under-taken by teams, groups or units, often involving collaborations across

disciplines, institutions and jurisdictions.

Faculty engaged in more than

research projects from 2006-2016.

5thin research funding among

17 UAlberta faculties behind such large, multi-department faculties

as Medicine and Dentistry; Science; Engineering; and Agricultural, Life

and Environmental Sciences.

Consistently ranked

630

$19 millionNearly

raised to support School students and other initiatives from

326 unique donors.

DONATIONS (MARCH 2006 – MARCH 2016)

PARTNERSHIPS (MARCH 2006 – MARCH 2016)

411 293

268

115 32

within the University of Alberta (26%)

other academic institutions (37%)

government (24%)

non-governmental organizations (10%)

industry partners (3%)

1100More than

partners across Canada and around the world.

PARTNERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENTEffective public health cannot be achieved by working in isolation. Working together across disciplines and sectors, and engaging with colleagues, peers, partners, communities and collaborators can result in positive change that promotes and protects the health of populations. That’s why we rely on our partnerships and why we value all of the ways in which our faculty, students, alumni and donors are engaged in these endeavours.

ENGAGED DONORSPARTNERSHIPSWe’re grateful for the kind donations and gifts from individuals, corporations and foundations that support student scholarships and research projects at the School. These gifts, regardless of size, allow students and faculty members to pursue their passion to improve the health of the most vulnerable and underserved communities of the world.

We collaborate with over 1100 partners in universities, governments, industry and community organizations around the world. For instance:

We partner with other Alberta universities, Alberta Health and Alberta Health Services on the Campus Alberta Health Outcomes and Public Health initiatives to promote a coordinated approach towards public health research and education and developing healthy public policy.

We partner with the Canadian College of Health Leaders to leverage educational and professional opportunities for our students.

In collaboration with the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Alberta Health Services we provide scientific direc-tion for the Inner City Health and Wellness Program. The program provides mental health and addiction support services to individuals in inner-city Edmonton.

In affiliation with the Institute for Circumpolar Health Research (ICHR) in Yellowknife, we promote health research in the North, for the North and with the North by providing financial support to develop research infrastructure, build capacity, and facilitate student and faculty research.

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