How do social factors, the environment, and demographics affect a person's likelihood of developing a disease? Epidemiology is key in generating solutions to battle the world’s public health challenges, including answering these questions and creating interventions for preventative healthcare.

A modern public health education is relevant and practical, and the foundational tools it supplies are regularly integrated into a wide variety of careers. Institutions that offer a public health education have a responsibility to teach professionals that will bring these skills to new sectors, fields, and disciplines. As this demand grows and changes, so must the programs.

Everyone should have an equal opportunity to attain their highest level of health. By providing the necessary data and education, policy makers and public health practitioners can create and evaluate health interventions that promote and improve health equity for all.

Public health interventions don’t just happen without communication. Understanding how to effectively translate your research to populations that need it most is paramount to the strategy.