Division of Public Health in Family and Preventive Medicine


Division of Public Health in Family and Preventive Medicine

The mission of the Division of Public Health is to advance the scholarship of promoting and protecting the health of communities in Utah and around the globe. For our mission of scholarship to be effective, we must collaborate with partners who utilize knowledge to impact the public’s health directly. Whether it is through research supported by the National Institutes of Health, engaged scholarship working with community partners, partnering with state and local health departments, or working with medical delivery systems, our role is to create, share, and support the implementation of public health knowledge.

How You Can Help!

The Division of Public Health is actively engaged in addressing critical issues that impact health. Our work involves education, service and research on issues such as:

  • Environmental health
  • How the built environment is contributing to the obesity epidemic
  • Fertility issues
  • Drug overdose in Utah
  • Many others

 

Global Health Issues

We also extend past the borders of Utah through our efforts in the Office of Global Health. We are working on health and sustainability issues in Ghana, with cancer prevention and treatment among American Indian communities in the Intermountain West, refugee health in and around Salt Lake City and plan to expand into South America, China and India in the near future. We invite you to join with us by helping to support our efforts.

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Because of you, we can support more students.