Grant: Dr. James Rossiter MPH Practicum Awards Program

This application includes requisite information about the Master of Public Health program at Queen's University. The Master of Public Health program at Queen's University is designed as a generalist program where students can expect to be educated in a number of areas of public health including, but not limited to: epidemiology, biostatistics, infectious diseases and determinants of health. Through this generalist approach, students will gain knowledge in a variety of different domains and will acquire skills that will be applicable in many aspects of public health. Students will develop the applied skills needed to organize, analyze, interpret, and communicate public health knowledge and apply this knowledge to the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health policies and programs. Graduates will develop an awareness of ethical and cultural issues pertaining to public health research and practice. The knowledge, attitudes, and skills gained from the MPH program at Queens will provide a broad mastery of the subject matter and methods of public health so as to equip graduates to a practice competently as generalists in the public health community in Canada.