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About

The Department of Public Health & Epidemiology at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences is home to faculty with diverse background capable of meeting the challenges ofÌý rapidly evolving curricula and educating and training future Public Health Specialists. The integrated approach used within the Department and across other Departments at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences provides many opportunities for our faculty and students to advance their interdisciplinary, basic and translational, research. Researchers and future students within the department have access to state-of-the-art research facilities and the necessary space to perform innovative research using cutting edge analytical technologies that will undoubtedly lead to fundamental public health research output with clinical applicability.

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Mission

The mission of the department is to provide world class education and research training in public health and epidemiology through a comprehensive teaching program using interactive, problem-based learning approaches embedded within an Integrated Curriculum Model and a strong research program

Vision

To develop transformational leaders in public health to tackle the challenges of the future, promote health and wellbeing in the United Arab Emirates, and contribute to research findings and discoveries that lead to significant improvement of human health.

Core values

  • Leadership: promote exemplary leadership practices that yield successful public health agendas and incorporate foresight, innovation and empathy.
  • Evidence-driven: apply evidence based research methodologies to generate data driven solutions for public health
  • Innovation: embrace the principles of innovation and entrepreneurship to promote and advocate for public health agenda
  • Collaboration: work effectively in multidisciplinary teams to solve complex public health challenges within a systems thinking framework
  • Integrity: Uphold the principles of integrity through ethical research and engagement with stakeholders and the community.Ìý

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Advisory Board

Dr. Brian C. Martin Senior Assoc Dean, MPH Program Director, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Dr. Ominiyat Al Hajeri Executive Director of Community Health, Abu Dhabi Public Health Center
Dr. Ghanem Ali Al Hassani Group Education Director at SEHA
Dr. Erik Korneef Director of Research & Innovation, Pure Health, UAE
Dr. Omar Najim Director of Executive Affairs & Special Projects Office, Department of Health