Grant: Dr. James Rossiter MPH Practicum Awards Program

The Master of Public Health (MPH) program at the University of Saskatchewan is an internationally APHEA accredited program, known for its excellence in public health research, teaching, and knowledge translation and exchange. Such recognition was achieved through the creation, dissemination and application of public health knowledge; the education of future public health leaders; and partnerships with service providers, and service to the broader community. The program trains innovative thinkers from diverse disciplines to work closely with each other and the public to understand and solve key population health issues. Our MPH program consists of 45 credit units of study that consist of 8 required courses, a required 14-week practicum experience, and 15 credit units of elective course work. The required coursework include classes in the five areas of public health and a culminating public health experience (our Capstone class). The program was designed for completion in twenty months of full-time study. While the program is designed to be a generalist MPH degree, through the selection of the elective coursework students can specialize their public health knowledge base in one of health promotion, health policy, environmental health, biostatistics, or applied epidemiology. Our core faculty teaching within the program are experts in many fields intersecting with Public Health, including Biostatistics, Toxicology, Policy, Health Policy, Vaccinology, Molecular Virology, Veterinary Medicine, Statistics and Actuarial Science, Molecular Biology, and Molecular and Viral Immunology.