The Master of Public Health (MPH) Program at CDU continues the University’s tradition of addressing the health and education needs of underserved populations in South Los Angeles. Cultivating highly competent and committed professionals, CDU’s MPH program creates an academically rigorous environment uniquely focused on the urban socioenvironmental determinants of health. The program offers intimate evening classes, conducive for working adults, and provides opportunities for students to work with CDU faculty and community-based organizations, participate in community-based research, acquire new hands-on skills, and implement innovative public health solutions. Learning in South Los Angeles, students are exposed to public health within a health disparities framework and join a historic institution that has both geographically and demographically linked itself with underserved communities of color. To meet the demands of the public health workforce, CDU also offers a Graduate Certificate in Public Health Concepts to those who wish to increase their expertise and competency in core public health concepts.

Multiple Opportunities for Public Health Professionals Our program provides working professionals with the skills, networks, and credentials needed to advance in the field of public health, such as:

• Federal, State, and Local Health Agencies
• Community-Based Health Organizations
• Research Institutions
• Non-Governmental Health Agencies
• Health Services/Maintenance Organizations
• Hospitals and Ambulatory Medical Centers

Accreditation

Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)

The MPH Program in Urban Public Health, College of Science and Health, at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science is proud to announce that the program has been accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) for a five-year term extending to July 1, 2017.
This endorsement by CEPH is evidence that the program is thriving and meeting the challenges of training a new generation of public health leaders and scholars. We would like to extend our thanks and gratitude to all our program constituents who participated in the accreditation process.