{"id":10,"date":"2015-08-24T22:41:07","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T02:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cores.med.virginia.edutest-replo\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:21:10","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/phs\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Health Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Department of Public Health Sciences<\/strong> brings a unique, interdisciplinary approach to population health and clinical research, and to the generation,\u00a0management and interpretation of basic science, clinical\u00a0and health-related information.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Public Health Sciences collaborates in numerous School of Medicine and cross-university research initiatives, and serves as a\u00a0<i>bridge<\/i> to others across the university and to the community at large. See the DPHS <a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/phs\/office-of-the-chair\/about-public-health-sciences\/\">Mission statement and History<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>The Department faculty and professional staff have the following e<span class=\"internal-link\">xpertise and work collaboratively to <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"internal-link\">enhance<\/span> intellectual exchange and research, education, and service in their fields<\/li>\n<li>catalyze research, not only among department faculty, but also with other faculty in the School of Medicine and across Grounds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span class=\"internal-link\"><a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/phs\/faculty-sections-of-expertise\/outcomes-research-comparative-effectiveness-quality\/\">Clinical Outcomes &amp; Comparative Effectiveness Research<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/phs\/faculty-sections-of-expertise\/population-health-community-research\/\">Population Health and Prevention\u00a0Research<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/phs\/faculty-sections-of-expertise\/statistical-design-of-clinical-trials-section\/\"><strong>Clinical Trials: Statistical Design &amp; Application<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/phs\/faculty-sections-of-expertise\/be-smart-be-safe-program-in-quality-patient-safety\/\">Be Smart-Be Safe Program in Quality &amp; Patient Safety<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/phs\/faculty-sections-of-expertise\/data-science-biomedical-informatics\/\">Biomedical Informatics &amp; Clinical Research Data Support<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/phs\/faculty-sections-of-expertise\/health-policy-management-regulation\/\"><span class=\"internal-link\">Health Policy, Law &amp; Ethics<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Department faculty members provide a wide range of <b><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/phs\/public-health-sciences-consulting-and-collaboration-support\/\">Research Collaboration and Consulting<\/a><\/b> support and services to School of Medicine faculty, departments and others.<\/p>\n<p>The Department also provides a robust <b><a href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/phs\/public-health-sciences-consulting-collaboration-support-2\/request-for-consultation-or-collaboration\/tailored-educational-approaches-for-consumer-health\/\">Educational Program<\/a><\/b> in public health and clinical and population research at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels (<a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/phs\/education-programs-in-public-health-sciences\/\"><i>Prospective students click here<\/i><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='3' class='widgets_on_page wop_tiny1  wop_small1  wop_medium1  wop_large1  wop_wide1'>\n\t\t\t<ul><li id=\"uvasomcalendarwidget-2\" class=\"widget widget_uvasomcalendarwidget\"><h2 class=\"widgettitle\">Upcoming Events<span class=\"widgettitle-right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthsystem.virginia.edu\/events\/index.cfm?viewformat=week&viewtype=hs&startdate=09\/23\/2016&filterdepartment=147\">See all &gt;<\/a><\/span><\/h2>                        <ul class=\"calendar\">\n                        <\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div><!-- widgets_on_page -->\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Public Health Sciences brings a unique, interdisciplinary approach to population health and clinical research, and to the generation,\u00a0management and interpretation of basic science, clinical\u00a0and health-related information. 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