Why Study Public Health at BUSPH.
Think.
Groundbreaking research advancing public health
Latest Research News:
Global Gun Violence Research Requires a Multidisciplinary Approach - Gun violence remains a global public health crisis, with up to 71 percent of homicides worldwide involving firearms. Although gun… Continue Reading
Living in Historically Redlined Neighborhoods May Reduce One’s Ability to Conceive - Living in a historically redlined neighborhood may reduce a person’s ability to become pregnant, according to two new studies led… Continue Reading
New Estimates of Uncounted COVID-19 Deaths Reveal Critical Gaps in US Death Investigation System - For decades, health experts have urged reform of the death investigation system in the United States, calling it a fragmented… Continue Reading
Teach.
Inclusive teaching for the next generation of public health leaders
Latest Education News:
SPH Online MPH Meets the Needs of Students Worldwide - Five years after the debut of its accredited, affordable online Master of Public Health, Boston University School of Public Health's… Continue Reading
“How Would You Increase Motorcycle Helmet Use in Cambodia?” - “How would you increase motorcycle helmet use in Cambodia?” More than just a simple hypothetical, this is the kind of… Continue Reading
Human Trafficking Intervention Developed in an SPH Classroom Gains Traction - During a spring 2024 communications strategies course with Jacey Greece, clinical professor of community health sciences, students from the School of… Continue Reading
Education at BUSPH
Do.
Dismantling injustices, locally and globally
Latest Practice News.
SHIELD Celebrates 10 Years of Supporting School Nurses - In 2026, the School of Public Health marks its 50th anniversary—and, through the work of the School Health Institute for… Continue Reading
Career Readiness: A Q&A with SPH’s Practicum Program Director - Going back to school to earn an advanced degree is a significant undertaking. Ryan Wisniewski understands—he has done it three… Continue Reading- Human Trafficking Intervention Developed in an SPH Classroom Gains Traction - During a spring 2024 communications strategies course with Jacey Greece, clinical professor of community health sciences, students from 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.