Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences
College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
Program contact:
E. Jane Kelly, DVM, MS, MPH, DACVPM, DACVM
Clinical Professor in the Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences Department, Veterinary Diagnostician and Microbiologist at the Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
jane.kelly@usu.edu
This 100% online Veterinary Public Health (MPH) degree includes interdisciplinary training in veterinary-related public health science and prepares students with skills and competencies essential for leadership and administrative positions in the epidemiology of zoonotic diseases, food safety, and the wildlife-domestic animal-human interface. The Veterinary Public Health MPH program offers specialized training in the emerging Public Health discipline of One Health, defined by the U.S. Centers for Disease control and Prevention as the approach of working with veterinarians, ecologists, and physicians to monitor and control public health threats by applying the core disciplines of Public Health and specialized knowledge of veterinary medicine to learn how diseases spread among people, animals and the environment (https://www.cdc.gov/one health/index.html). The land grant setting of Utah State University provides unique resources for the Veterinary Public Health MPH program with the College of Veterinary Medicine, agricultural extension programs, the Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories, and the Institute for Antiviral Research, as well as strong academic programs in climate sciences, ecology, and natural resources. This program is 100% online so you can complete the program from anywhere around the world. This program can be pursued part-time or full-time. The curriculum follows guidelines of the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) and is 42 credits.
The Veterinary Public Health MPH is considered a professional program (Plan C). Students must complete an Applied Practice Experience (APE) or Practicum and write a capstone paper (Integrative Learning Experience (ILE)). Students should contact their advisor early in their program to get approval of an acceptable APE and ILE, to ensure that all degree requirements will be met, and that all appropriate paperwork has been sent to the School of Graduate Studies (SGS). The Plan A option (research and thesis) is available under certain circumstances. Plan A students must find a major professor and two additional committee members, in addition to meeting all SGS requirements.
Admission Requirements:
Admission requirements can be found at the USU School of Graduate Studies (apply at rgs.usu.edu/graduateschool/apply/). Applicants do NOT have to be veterinarians or interested in becoming veterinarians to be admitted to or benefit from this program.
Additional information about the Veterinary Public Health MPH program may be obtained by contacting the Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences Department or by visiting the program website (https://caas.usu.edu/mph/vet-public-health)
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