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Academic Programs

Our students bring their passion, discipline, intelligence, and compassion to bear on the most pressing public health challenges we face. We equip them with the skills they need to translate that passion into meaningful work.

Academic Programs

Our students bring their passion, discipline, intelligence, and compassion to bear on the most pressing public health challenges we face. We equip them with the skills they need to translate that passion into meaningful work.

The Brown University School of Public Health offers academic programs for undergraduates, master's and doctoral students.

Undergraduate Programs

Public Health (A.B.)

An interdisciplinary concentration through which students examine a variety of health issues, including population health and disease, health policy, cross-cultural and international aspects of health, the organizational and social structures through which health services are delivered and received, and the public health system.
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Statistics (Sc.B.)

A concentration designed to provide foundations that include basic statistical concepts and methodologies, and to expose students to the role of statistical thinking and analysis in interdisciplinary research and in the public sphere.
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Graduate Programs

Master of Public Health

MPH

The Brown MPH has a singular purpose: to train leaders in public health who are armed with the skills to conduct research, bring about policy change, and positively affect the health of populations. The program includes an internship, a thesis and the option of customizing your MPH with one of eight concentrations.

Online MPH

Become a future public health leader in our flexible, case-based online Master of Public Health program.

MPH/MPA

The School of Public Health and the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs offer a dual degree Master of Public Health (MPH) and Master of Public Affairs (MPA) program, emphasizing a learning-by-doing approach.

Five Year Undergraduate/MPH

The 5-year integrated Undergraduate/MPH (UG/MPH) degree is a rigorous program in professional public health education open to Brown undergraduates of any concentration.

Health Equity Scholars Program

The Health Equity Scholars program provides MPH students with the opportunity to address health disparities through research and practice, while also gaining critical skills for leadership. Applicants must be working toward or possess a postsecondary degree from a Historically Black College or University (HBCU) or Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI).

Accelerated MPH for Clinicians

This program is a fast-paced, in-person program designed to deliver an academically rigorous and comprehensive public health education to professionals with prior medical or clinical healthcare education.

Master of Science

Biostatistics (Sc.M.)

The master's program provides advanced training in the theory and application of statistical methods in public health, clinical medicine, and the biological sciences.

Biostatistics (A.M.) for Brown Undergraduates

Fifth-year master’s degree that can be completed in one year after receiving a bachelor’s degree from Brown. Also open to Brown PhD students in the Open Graduate Education Program (OGE).

Online Master of Science in Biostatistics

The online Master of Science in Biostatistics program provides students with a strong foundation in biostatistical and health data science methods, in combination with rigorous training in applied skills to meet the growing demands for leaders in this industry.

NextGen Scholars Program in Biostatistics

The NextGen Scholars Program provides financial and academic support to outstanding students and graduates of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to pursue a Master’s degree in biostatistics at Brown University.

Doctoral Programs

Behavioral and Social Health Sciences (Ph.D.)

The signatures of Behavioral and Social Sciences training at Brown University include health behavior interventions development and evaluation, and collaboration across disciplines and between researchers and communities.

Biostatistics (Ph.D.)

The primary mission of the doctoral program in Biostatistics is to provide the training necessary to carry out independent research in theory, methodology and application of statistics to important problems in biomedical research, including research biology, public health and clinical medicine.

Epidemiology (Ph.D.)

The Doctoral Program in Epidemiology’s mission is to prepare students to become leading, independent investigators with rigorous training in epidemiologic methods, able to excel in academia, industry, government or public health practice.

Health Services Research (Ph.D.)

The Health Services Research Doctoral Program offers training in research methods to advance knowledge of issues central to the improvement of population health by focusing on organizational characteristics of health care delivery systems, providers, and economic forces that shape consumer and provider behavior, as well as the policy environment in which these relationships exist.

Graduate Admissions

The journey toward a life-changing education in public health begins here.

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