The Department of Health, Society, and Behavior (DHSB) is comprised of a multifaceted faculty with diverse backgrounds and training. The thread which unifies us is our focus on complex pathways linking social determinants and health, with an emphasis on health equity. The DHSB is composed of faculty with expertise in health disparities, social determinants of health, health policy, community-based research, biobehavioral health, health communication, and interventions. The topical areas of emphasis in DHSB closely align with the social and behavioral sciences core disciplinary area of public health. Research and teaching in this department integrate empirical and theoretically informed perspectives spanning the social sciences to understand multiple levels of influence shaping health, behavior, healthcare, and interventions.  

Faculty provide guidance and mentoring regarding both curricular and programmatic activities for the M.P.H. emphasis in Sociocultural Diversity and Health and the M.P.H emphasis in Health Systems and Policy. Faculty also mentor students in the Ph.D. in Public Health, with its three concentrations: 1) Global Health 2) Disease Prevention, and 3) Biobehavioral Mechanisms of Health. The Ph.D. degree program is administered jointly by the Department of Health, Society, and Behavior, and the Department of Population Health and Disease Prevention. The concentration in Disease Prevention maps most directly onto the expertise and focus of the faculty in the DHSB. 

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