Focuses on solutions to aging-related challenges, promoting healthy aging, longevity and disability prevention, and the relationship between health risk factors and aging.
Focuses on laboratory techniques in areas such as microbiology, immunology, virology, molecular biology, as applied to research on public health issues.
Study of theories and techniques for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative data relevant to public health issues.
Focuses on prevention and reduction through policy, education, and services at community and individual levels.
Use of statistical methods in the design and execution of studies involving a person or group of persons and addressing public health problems.
Studies speech, language, hearing disorders, and their treatment.
Focuses on work with defined communities to identify and resolve public health problems and to promote well-being.
The science of preventing dental diseases and promoting dental health on a community basis, including dental education of the public, applied dental research, and administration of group dental care programs.
Study of assessment, control, and prevention of factors in the environment that can adversely affect the health of present and future generations.
Application of the scientific method to the study of disease in populations for the purpose of prevention and control.
The theory-based, research-led study of the impact of physical exercise on the body and health.
Focuses on the identification and decreasing the risk to the public from foodborne illness by surveillance, monitoring occurrences of bacterial pathogens, and response to public complaints.
Explores the impact of genes on public health and disease prevention, including how genes and the environment interact to affect distribution of disease in human populations.
Study of health across national boundaries and of socioeconomic, cultural, and other factors causing disease that transcend national borders, ethnicity, and other divisions.
Study of the skills, values, and conceptual, abilities needed for management roles in health care, health policy, and public health.
Study of the composition, use, and impact of finances that fund all components of the public health system. This includes the pricing, production, and distribution of health services.
Interdisciplinary study focusing on how health education can affect behavior and lifestyle decisions that have an impact on public health.
The impact of law on the furnishing and administration of health services, and study of legal structures that define government’s authority in the interest of public health.
Organized response to promote health and prevent illness, injury, and disability using communication mediums.
Research on the cost, access, and quality of the health care system, and on policy issues affecting the organization, financing, and delivery of health care services.
The relationship between body systems, pathogens, and immunity, the development and function of immune cells, and the mechanisms of disease and immunology.
Study of illnesses resulting from the transmission of microbial agents through, diverse pathogens, disease surveillance, outbreak investigation, and the prevention of infectious diseases.
Interdisciplinary science dealing with the structure, acquisition, and use of biomedical information, ranging from theoretical model contraction to building and evaluating applied systems.
The study of the epidemiology, risk factors, and effective prevention strategies for unintentional and violence-related injury.
Study of legislative, administrative, and budget systems affecting health services, competencies associated with health care management, and the role of leadership in public health.
Focuses on the improvement of public health delivery systems for women, children, and their families through advocacy, education, and research.
Emphasizes early intervention, prevention of mental illness, and promotion of mental health through public health education.
Addresses factors causing gaps in quality of health care across social, ethnic, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic groups.
Focuses on the impact of social identities in determining behavior during illness and decisions regarding care, and the importance of understanding basic attitudes of a cultural group for successful health promotion and prevention programs.
Interdisciplinary study including molecular research, neurophysiology, and computational modeling, targeting diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
Focuses on the improvement of the nutritional health of the whole population and vulnerable subgroups within the population, and emphasizes health promotion and disease prevention.
Focuses on the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, communication, prevention, and control of environmental stressors in the workplace that may result in injury, illness, or impairment or affect the well-being of the community.
Study of human parasites and of public health measures that contribute to the prevention and control of diseases caused by parasites.
Factors influencing human reproductive health and dynamics of population growth with the goal of avoiding disease and disability related to sexuality and reproduction.
Study of the science of demography and health implications of major population issues, including population size, composition, distribution, and change.
Focuses on the public health infrastructure needed to monitor the environment, asses needs of vulnerable populations, and allocate resources in times of community emergency.
Systematic evaluation of health actions based on ethical principles, stakeholder values, and scientific data, guiding decision-making.
Prepares public health practitioners with knowledge and skills needed to mobilize, coordinate, and direct broad collaborative actions within the complex public health system.
Protects and improves the health of the community through preventive medicine by providing public health training for clinicians such as doctors, dentist, and nurses.
Studies laws, regulations, and decision-making for community health, covering topics like healthcare reform, disease prevention, food safety, and research.
Application of knowledge and competencies in performance of essential public health services.
Determination of the probability that a specific public health environmental or other threat will occur, with a focus on adverse health effects, risk perception, communication, and management.
Study of the political, cultural, and societal systems that influence behaviors and lifestyle decisions that have an impact on health.
Study of theory and methods for research on substance use and community-based prevention, control, and treatment.
Study of the adverse effects of chemicals or physical agents on human beings and other living organisms.
Deals with infectious and other diseases occurring or originating primarily in tropical and subtropical regions.
Study of the prevention and control of zoonotic disease-transmissible from animals to humans-in both animal and human populations.
Etiology, prevention, and treatment of public health problems affecting women and other high-risk groups.