The Master of Public Health Program at Washington University in St. Louis is rooted in an innovative curriculum that uses problem-based learning approaches to help students understand and apply principles to address public health challenges. The MPH program delivers a solid foundation of core competencies in public health and is designed to provide opportunities for developing analytical, leadership, and team building skills. Students have the option to choose a specialization in either Biostatistics/Epidemiology or Global Health, or obtain a generalist degree. The faculty has strengths in areas of global health, health behavior, health economics, social determinants of health, epidemiology and biostatistics. The Brown School awards over 6 million dollars in scholarships each year, including four full-tuition MPH scholarships. For more information, visit brownschool.wustl.edu.

Key Faculty

Approximately 30 faculty actively participate in public health teaching, research and service at the Brown School. Many also are scholars in the University’s Institute for Public Health, which capitalizes on and integrates the extensive public health work occuring within and across the university’s professional schools, academic departments, and research centers.

Our core public health faculty

• Derek Brown, Assistant Professor
• Ross Brownson, Professor and Director of the Prevention Research Center
• Charlene Caburney, Research Assistant Professor
• Elizabeth Dodson, Research Assistant Professor
• Alexis Duncan, Assistant Professor
• Lorena M. Estrada-Martinez, Assistant Professor
• Amy Eyler, Assistant Professor
• Sarah Gehlert, E. Desmond Lee Professor of Racial and Ethnic Diversity
• Debra Haire-Joshu, Joyce Wood Professor and Associate Dean for Research; Director of the Center for Diabetes Translation Research and Director of the Center for Obesity Prevention and Policy Research
• Jenine Harris, Assistant Professor
• Aaron Hipp, Assistant Professor
• Darrell L. Hudson, Assistant Professor
• Lora Iannotti, Assistant Professor
• Kimbery Johnson, Assistant Professor
• Matthew Kreuter, Professor and Director of the Health Communications Research Laboratory
• Anne Sebert Kuhlmann, Lecturer & Assistant Dean for Public Health
• Douglas Luke, Professor and Director of the Center for Public Health Systems Science
• Timothy McBride, Professor
• David A. Patterson, Assistant Professor
• Jason Purnell, Assistant Professor
• Ramesh Raghavan, Associate Professor and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
• Zorimar Rivera-Nunez, Assistant Professor
• Vetta Sanders Thompson, Associate Professor
• Jean-Francois Trani, Assistant Professor

Research & Labs

Washington University’s Brown School is home to 11 research and applied centers. Learn more…

• Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies is one of the most respected centers in the nation for academic advancement and the study of American Indian issues related to social work.
• Center for Latino Family Research is the only center in a U.S. school of social work that conducts research on Latino social, health, mental health, and family and community development in the U.S. and Latin America. The Center’s ultimate goal is to help improve the lives of Latino families in all of the Americas.
• Center for Mental Health Services Research, through its national network of collaborative research partners, works with public social service agencies to build a base of evidence designed to address the challenges of delivering mental health services to vulnerable populations. The center is one of only 11 centers of its kind in the country and the only one part of a social work school.
• Center For Obesity Prevention and Policy Research develops and disseminates new knowledge to inform the creation and implementation of programs and policies designed to prevent obesity.
• Center for Social Development’s domestic and international research focuses on building assets of individuals and families so they can invest in life goals such as homes, education, and enterprise development and thus break the cycle of poverty. The Center’s work also explores issues of civic engagement to ensure the people of all ages and economic levels actively participate in our society.
• Center for Public Health Systems Science Launched in 2001 as the Center for Tobacco Policy Research, the new Center for Public Health Systems Science’s innovative research helps create a better understanding of how policies and organizational systems affect public health problems. The Center translates research results to inform chronic disease prevention policy and improve public health practice, leading to healthier communities.
• Center for Violence and Injury Prevention is a CDC-funded research center that pulls from multiple disciplines and partnerships to advance the prevention science and develop evidence-based, real-world strategies for preventing child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and suicide attempts.
• The Health Communication Research Laboratory is one of the leading centers in the U.S. dedicated to the research, development, and dissemination of health communication programs that enhance the health of individuals and populations. The Lab also operates the Center for Cultural Cancer Communications.
• Prevention Research Center in St. Louis is a joint effort between Washington University in St. Louis and Saint Louis University. The Center explores the behaviors that place Americans at risk for chronic diseases such as obesity, cancer, and stroke. Center researchers are particularly concerned with the improvement of the quality of life among special populations: the young, elderly, and the uninsured.
• Washington University Center for Diabetes Translation Research aims to eliminate disparities in Type 2 diabetes by translating evidence-based interventions to high-risk populations. The NIH-funded research center is a collaboration between the Brown School and the Medical School and was formed to address health literacy and health communication; dissemination and implementation; health economics and health policy; and community-based participatory research and cultural competency.
• Social System Design Lab (SSDL) advances the science, application, and practice of system dynamics using participatory group model building methods in human services and communities. They lead and collaborate on domestic and international funded research and technical assistance using system dynamics and group model building.

Tuition & Other Financial Information

Scholarships:
The Master of Public Health program at Washington University’s Brown School offers full-tuition, merit-based, and partial scholarships to top students who have demonstrated academic achievement, leadership, and commitment to improve the health of individuals, communities, and populations locally, nationally and internationally.

Tuition:
Master of Public Health tuition: $33,132 per year ($16,566 per semester).

Recognition & Awards

The Master of Public Health program at Washington University’s Brown School is accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).

School History

Founded in 1853, Washington University in St. Louis is dedicated to challenging its faculty and students alike to seek new knowledge and greater understanding of an ever-changing, multicultural world.

The University is counted among the world’s leaders in teaching and research, and draws students and faculty to St. Louis from all 50 states and approximately 130 nations.

The University has played an integral role in the history and continuing growth of St. Louis and benefits from the wide array of social, cultural, and recreational opportunities offered by the metropolitan area to its more than 2.6 million residents.

Bordered on the east by St. Louis’ famed Forest Park and on the north, west, and south by well-established suburbs, the 169-acre Danforth Campus features predominantly Collegiate Gothic architecture, including a number of buildings on the National Register of Historic Places.

At the other end of Forest Park—the site of the 1904 World’s Fair and one of the nation’s largest metropolitan parks—is the 59-acre Medical Campus. This complex in St. Louis’ Central West End district includes the School of Medicine and the associated hospitals and institutes of the Washington University Medical Center.