INTRODUCTION

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The Master of Public Health degree program in Occupational and Environmental Medicine provides focused training in epidemiology, occupational and environmental hygiene, biostatistics, health services, and toxicology. The curriculum is geared towards clinicians.

Residencies: Students may opt to earn the degree in conjunction with a residency program.

Residency may be performed at the University of Washington, a joint venture between the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (School of Public Health and Community Medicine) and the Department of Medicine (School of Medicine).

  • Students complete two years of MPH coursework in occupational and environmental medicine.
  • Clinical activities are conducted at Harborview Medical Center, one of the University of Washington's two main teaching hospitals. Services provided to the public include treatment of work-related injuries and conditions, and pediatric health risk assessment and mitigation of environmental health hazards (PEHSU). We also provide international services training scientists and professionals of occupational medicine in Vietnam, Thailand, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica (CCHWE)
  • Please see application instructions to the residency program. Once accepted to the residency program, students are directed to apply to our MPH program.

United States Army applicants may perform their residency through the Madigan Army Hospital's Preventative Medicine residency program. Students accomplish MPH coursework in one year, spending their second in residency. Once admission is gained through Madigan, students may apply to our MPH program. For more information on this option, please visit special application instructions.

Without residency: Occasionally students may elect to take this curriculum without participating in either residency program, subject to approval on a case-by-case basis. Please see further information in Our Program.

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