Master of Public Health in Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Applicants to the MPH in Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM) must first be accepted into the UW Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency Program or the Madigan Preventive MedicinePublic Health Residency Program. Experience in clinical medicine, military medicine, research, policy or public health practice strengthens an application. OEM is a wide-ranging preventive medicine specialty focused on the evaluation, treatment and prevention of disease related to environmental and occupational exposures. OEM physicians treat work-related injuries and diseases, recognize and resolve workplace and environmental hazards, conduct research to understand and prevent illnesses and injuries related to the workplace and the environment, and guide occupational and environmental health public policy. Upon completion of the degree and the two-year residency in either OEM or Public Health, participants are eligible for board certification by the American Board of Preventive Medicine.

Applicants to the PhD, MS, MS Applied and MPH degree programs should have a bachelor’s degree or higher. Applicants to the MPH in Occupational and Environmental Medicine must have an MD, DO or PhD degree. Applicants must have at least a 3.0 cumulative grade-point-average on a 4 point scale (or equivalent measures of performance if a graduate of an institution with no grading system; or equivalent grade-point-average from an accredited foreign institution) for those credits earned at the regionally accredited institution awarding the bachelor’s degree OR at least a 3.0 grade-point-average (on a 4 point scale) for the last 90 graded quarter credits or 60 graded semester credits. Applicants with exceptional strengths in other areas with a GPA below 3.0 may still be considered if their overall application is extremely strong.