Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University

The Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University was the first such school in the United States and offers degrees at undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health offers a wide range of program concentrations with a hands-on approach.

A leader in public health, the school is comprised of seven academic departments: biostatistics & data science, environmental health sciences, epidemiology, health policy & management, international health & sustainable development, social, behavioral & populations sciences, and tropical medicine. The students, faculty, and staff represent more than 70 cultures from around the world.

Along with our own prestigious research centers and institutes, the school enjoys reciprocal relationships with other Tulane units, including the School of Medicine, the Tulane Regional Primate Research Center, the Center for Infectious Diseases, the Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research, and the Mary Amelia Center for Women’s Health Equity Research (MAC).

Louisiana Department of Health (LDH)

New Orleans Health Department (NOHD)

Southern Plains Tribal Health Board (SPTHB)

University of New Mexico
College of Public Health (UNM)

The University of New Mexico College of Population Health is an active force in UNM’s larger mission to improve healthcare delivery, access, and equality for all people. Through our rigorous research efforts, Bachelor of Science in Population Health, Master of Public Health, and other programs, we are agents of change in New Mexico and beyond.

Founded in 2016 as a response to New Mexico’s dire need to address health concerns among the state’s various communities, the College of Population Health is the second college of its kind in the U.S., and the first to offer a Bachelor of Science in Population Health degree.

Through education, applied research, policy, service, and partnerships, the College of Population Health will:

• Educate a diverse future workforce equipped with competencies in disease prevention, wellness, environmental health, mental health, healthcare delivery and policy.
• Leverage our collective expertise in epidemiology, biostatistics, social sciences, community health, health policy, and healthcare delivery to develop interventions that are innovative, high-quality, data-driven, and validated by multiple sources of evidence to improve and sustain social, environmental, and health outcomes;
• Assess community, health system and environmental needs and assets in order to map disease, interventions, and policies that warrant in-depth attention to improve health outcomes.
• Mobilize and expand partnerships within the UNM Network, with Tribal, regional, and global communities, public and private institutions, and government agencies to take actions that advance health for New Mexico, the U.S.-Mexico border, Tribal Nations, the country, the region and the globe;
• Grow and sustain a College that is organizationally and financially strong with a climate that values and invests in human beings.

University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)

Texas Association of City and County Health Officials (TACCHO)

The Texas Association of City & County Health Officials (TACCHO) is the premier member organization of Texas local public health departments (LHDs). TACCHO conducts it work through four pillars: Leadership, Education, Advocacy and Development. LHDs are governed by municipalities and/or county government and Boards of Health. TACCHO and members work in partnership with state and federal agencies to enhance state and local public health practice in Texas with the ultimate goal of improving the health of Texans living in their communities. TACCHO members provide local public health services to, and protect, over 80% of the Texas population; employ public health professionals, including specialists in epidemiology, environmental health, chronic and infectious diseases, men’s and women’s health, nurses, doctors and serve as the subject matter expert and resource on issues affecting local public health.