Why Study Public Health at BUSPH.
Think.
Groundbreaking research advancing public health
Latest Research News:
‘I Hope This Book Helps to Inspire a New Way of Thinking About Healthcare’ - Marred by political constraints, most efforts to win affordable healthcare for all Americans have resulted in a patchwork of costly… Continue Reading
New Diagnostic Code for Gulf War Illness Marks Major Step Forward for Veteran Care and Research - Gulf War illness (GWI), the chronic, debilitating condition linked to military service in the 1990-1991 Gulf War, will receive a… Continue Reading
Improving Policy Language to Reduce Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance - Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global threat, driven in part by indiscriminate use of antibiotics, antivirals, and other agents in… Continue Reading
Teach.
Inclusive teaching for the next generation of public health leaders
Latest Education News:
‘Our Principles Should Always Guide Us’ - Gun violence is often framed as a uniquely American problem, but in actuality, “it translates and migrates across countries and… Continue Reading
Certificate Spotlight: Environmental Health with Lindsay Kastner (SPH‘25) - Growing up, Lindsay Kastner (SPH‘25) enjoyed tagging along with her father, a civil engineer, on his various site inspections around… Continue Reading
SPH Debuts New PhD in Community Health Sciences - The Department of Community Health Sciences at the School of Public Health has launched a new doctoral program to foster… Continue Reading
Education at BUSPH
Do.
Dismantling injustices, locally and globally
Latest Practice News.
Student Spends Summer at Country’s Top Cancer Center - For Carla Irizarry-Delgado, a second-year MPH student studying epidemiology and biostatistics, the path to a summer practicum at the country’s… Continue Reading
Sweating for Science: SPH Measures Heat Where Bostonians Work, Play, and Live - As the summer heat intensifies in Boston, teams of SPH researchers have deployed a variety of sensors across the city… Continue Reading
SPH Partners with MAPC to Host Symposium on Heat Health - With half the country poised to hit record-breaking high temperatures, the Center for Climate and Health at the School of… Continue Reading
Practice at BUSPH
For The Health Of All.
- We center diversity, inclusion, equity, and justice in fulfilling our mission as an academic public health institution.
- Generation Health reduces financial barriers for students to work with organizations advancing public health in communities local to BUSPH and around the world.
- Students participate in the Activist Lab to engage with public health organizations, advocates, and practitioners to fight inequities.
- The Think Teach Do (TTD) Fellowship provides SPH students the opportunity to serve as paid consultants to the School, supporting faculty, staff, and students by ensuring the school’s curricula, course materials, trainings, and research activities are inclusive, accessible, identity-affirming, and representative of the broad world in which public health functions.
Boston’s School of Public Health.

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- BUSPH is located in Boston’s South End, in the historic Talbot building. From the time it was constructed in the late 19th century, the Talbot Building has housed a succession of health institutions dedicated to improving the health and well-being of populations on a local, national, and global scale.
- BUSPH faculty are leading public health in Boston, including serving on Boards of Health and advisors to nonprofit organizations across the city.
- BUSPH leads the New England Public Health Training Center, providing training to all public health departments across New England.
Our Boston Neighbors
- Boston Medical Center, the largest safety-net hospital in New England, and one of the largest independent hospital recipients of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding.
- The Boston University School of Medicine, Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, and the Boston University National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratory (NEIDL), one of only two national National Biocontainment Laboratories.
- Boston has 14 teaching hospitals and a wide array of national and local nonprofits, healthcare facilities, and research institutions – which offer unparalleled networking, volunteer, internship, and practicum opportunities
Boston University.
- With 17 schools and colleges and more than 33,000 full- and part-time students, BU is the largest university in Boston and the 3rd largest private, nonprofit research institution in the nation. Learn more about research at SPH and across Boston University.
- BU is home to nationally recognized centers of excellence and education, including the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, and the Center for Computing and Data Sciences.
Join us at BUSPH.
The best way to know if Boston University School of Public Health is the best fit for your personal, academic and professional goals is to connect with us for an on-campus visit, or an upcoming webinar. We look forward to meeting you.