The foundation of my career started at Yale where I learned the art of thinking globally and acting locally, where knowledge and wisdom of the faculty provided the lens to see commonality and yet appreciate the differences in approach to delivering public health services.
The YSPH Education is Our Promise to You
Yale School of Public Health is uniquely sized, structured, and purpose-built to identify and integrate expertise from virtually every field - within our school, across Yale, and beyond academia - to create innovative, high-impact solutions that address today's and tomorrow's public health challenges.
The Yale School of Public Health offers cutting-edge educational opportunities for today's students who want to take on the exciting challenges of public health. We offer MPH degrees in the school and the MS and PhD in conjunction with the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Our continuing education and distance learning programs are designed for the public health workforce to enhance their skills to meet today's needs in the field. We also offer special exploratory summer programs for undergraduate and high school students in environmental health sciences and biostatistics.
Our faculty and students are creators, connectors, and true collaborators. They seek out and draw in expertise, materials, knowledge, and skills from around the corner and around the globe. Whatever you want to do in public health, our culture of cross-disciplinary collaboration will help you make it happen. Tailor your program and future career by connecting to everything Yale offers.
Optimal Class Size
At YSPH, you are not just a number. Indeed, with the student to faculty ratio of 2.67, students and faculty are true partners in learning and research.
Engage in Research
With over 25 YSPH-based research centers and programs, faculty labs AND the rest of the University's resources, you can work and study with mentors in your area of interest or explore interdisciplinary endeavors.
A Community that Changes the World
Through active engagement in dozens of student organizations and community groups, you won't need to finish your degree to start making a difference locally or globally.
April 20, 2023
The Spotlight on Teaching shines upon Yale School of Public Health Interim Dean (2022-23) Melinda Pettigrew, PhD '99, Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases).
Learn more about our departments and highlights of their award-winning research.
A series to explore excellence in education with faculty at the Yale School of Public Health.