Department of Population Health and Disease Prevention
Michael A. Hoyt, Department Chair
https://publichealth.uci.edu/
The mission of the Department of Population Health and Disease Prevention (DPHDP) is to generate, integrate, and translate population-based knowledge into strategies to reduce the risk and burden of human disease and disability through excellence in interdisciplinary research, education, and service. The DPHDP is a focus of excellence in cross-disciplinary public health research, education, and practice at UCI. DPHDP faculty have strong expertise in global health and infectious disease, biological and behavioral mechanisms of health and illness, cancer survivorship, nutrition science, and population-based interventions.
This forward-thinking mission acknowledges and complements traditional subject-based research and training in public health. Departmental activities advance the mission by the adoption of the principles, “Research, Reveal, Reflect, Reform,” to explain this commitment to research, education, service, and strategic growth.
The faculty provide guidance on curricular and programmatic activities for the M.P.H., and the Ph.D. in Public Health, with its three concentrations: 1) Global Health 2) Disease Prevention, and 3) Biobehavioral Mechanisms of Health. Concentrations are administered jointly by the Department of Population Health and Disease Prevention, and the Department of Health, Society, and Behavior.
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