Doctorate in Public Health Program

Project Summary:

Leading a community or a specified population toward improved health is challenging and requires a host of advanced public health skills and abilities to provide effective leadership. Doctorate in public heath (DrPH) programs are designed to meet the needs of our current and future public health leaders. However, no academic institutions in Wisconsin currently offer DrPH programs.

A new DrPH program at MCW will address this need and provide a core, interdisciplinary orientation toward evidence-based public health practice, leadership, policy analysis and development, evaluation methods, and translational and implementation research to generate practice-based evidence. This program will help mid-career professionals gain advanced public health skills and abilities to provide effective leadership. It will also support individuals in senior leadership positions to become transformational leaders in public, population, and community health across Wisconsin.