Current Issues in Public Health is designed to broaden and enrich your academic experience through presentations on current public health topics and interactions with faculty experts. A variety of faculty will present issues and encourage discussion and critical thinking. This course will concentrate on current perspectives and research findings about problems important to the health of individuals and communities.

The sessions cover a broad spectrum of population-based, prevention-oriented issues relevant to the professional practice of public health in both the private and public sectors, both domestic and international.

This course is offered each of the four terms (September through May). Each term will have four modules, each two weeks long. Different modules are offered every term. You are welcome to enroll for any one or more of the four terms. We look forward to working with you.

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