Founded in 2016, the Department of Public Health consists of interdisciplinary faculty working to address pressing public health challenges facing the people of the San Joaquin Valley, California, and beyond. Students and faculty in the Department of Public Health prioritize research on regionally important challenges and leverage a participatory approach to build capacity in local communities. Our faculty and students form a vibrant and collegial intellectual community marked by outstanding scholarship and participation in interdisciplinary communities of inquiry.
Our mission is to understand, promote, and protect health in the San Joaquín Valley, California, and the world through our research and training of the next generation of public health leaders.
