The Department of Community and Behavioral Health prepares graduates to collaborate with communities on health promotion, improved quality of life, and disease prevention. Students learn the skills to develop, evaluate, and disseminate research, training, and innovative policy.

To prepare for such careers, students examine the relationship between human behavior, the social environment, and health, and learn to develop, improve, and disseminate evidence-based practices that promote health. 

Students learn from faculty with expertise in a wide range of community and behavioral health topic areas including health literacy, nutrition and physical activity, health communication, program evaluation, substance abuse, chronic disease self-management, maternal and child health, and injury prevention.

CBH student, Erica, presents a poster at the American Public Health Association annual meeting.  Erica is a graduate of the CBH M.S. track in Health Communication and recently entered the Ph.D. program in Health Communication.  CBH is able to facilitate valuable professional experiences like Erica’s for students in all areas of study.