Master of Public Health Veterinary Public Health

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Master of Public Health Veterinary Public
Health Program Description
Armando E. Hoet, DVM, PhD Veterinary Public
Health Coordinator College of Veterinary Medicine
Robert J. (Jeff) Caswell Associate Dean for
Academic Affairs College of Public Health
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Master Public Health
Master of Public Health degree at Ohio State is
the standard professional, practical public
health degree recognized throughout the world
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Master of Public Health
Veterinary Public Health Specialization
PROGRAM
Public Health Core Courses
Veterinary Public Health Core Courses
Elective Courses
Practice Placement
Culminating Experience
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Master of Public Health
Veterinary Public Health Specialization
PROGRAM
Public Health Core Courses
20 credit hours - CPH
Veterinary Public Health Core Courses
20 credit hours - CVM
Elective Courses
12 credit hours (min) (tracks)
Practice Placement
4 credit hours (min) - CPH
Culminating Experience
4 credit hours (min) - CVM
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Master of Public Health
Veterinary Public Health Specialization
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• Cohort 2005 (n15)
• 4 graduates by winter 2006
• 9 are current or accepted students at the
  OSU-CVM
• 1 has been accepted to the College of Medicine
  (Toledo)
• All remaining students have assigned culminating
  projects
• Cohort 2006 (n25)
• - 4 veterinarians
• 6 have been accepted at the OSU-CVM (2011 class)
• Cohort 2007 (n gt40 applicants)

• Close collaboration with the following
  agencies
• Ohio Department of Health - Bureau of
  Infectious Disease Control
• - Bureau of Health Surveillance
• Ohio Department of Agriculture - Animal Disease
  Diagnostic Lab
• - Consumer Analytical
  Laboratory
• - Meat Inspection
• Columbus Health Department
• United States Geological Service
• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

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Master of Public Health
Veterinary Public Health Specialization
CHALLENGES

• Faculty participation as advisers
• Enough Culminating Projects and Practice
  Placements
• Large diversity in regards to graduate students
  background
• - Veterinarians ? Bachelors in multiple science
  areas
• Funding sources for students

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Master of Public Health
Veterinary Public Health Specialization
ADVANTAGES

• Strong Biostatistics Epidemiology Infectious
  Disease base
• - 100 focus in MPH-VPH
• Diversity of graduate students
• Professionals with different background
  provide different point of views
• Bring different expertise to the VPH field
• Critical mass to maintain the system
• Self-support
• Pre-vet students see other sides of the
  profession
• - Production/Preventive Medicine, Food safety,
  Public Health, Environmental Health,
  Regulatory Medicine, etc

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MPH-VPH TEAM
Thomas E. Wittum, MS, PhD Professor Father of
the MPH-VPH
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Master of Public Health Veterinary Public
Health College of Public Health Perspective
Armando E. Hoet, DVM, PhD Veterinary Public
Health Coordinator College of Veterinary Medicine
Robert J. (Jeff) Caswell Associate Dean for
Academic Affairs College of Public Health
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MPH-VPH Benefits to existing academic programs

• Raises awareness of scope of public health
  concerns (e.g., more complete understanding of
  food safety)
• New elective courses for students in other
  traditional public health fields (epidemiology,
  environmental health, etc.)

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MPH-VPH Benefits to existing academic programs

• Additional faculty complement gained through
  joint appointments can serve as advisers,
  committee members, etc.
• Reinforces strengths of existing public health
  faculty, especially in infectious diseases and
  environmental health
• Adds specific expertise not included in other
  faculty (e.g., avian influenza)

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MPH-VPH Strategic benefits

• Attracts additional applicants, some because of
  DVM possibility, some who want alternate way to
  pursue those interests
• Has visibility value as an unusual, marketable
  opportunity
• Good connection opportunity to other land-grant
  university constituencies

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MPH-VPH Strategic benefits

• Research collaborations (e.g., injury
  epidemiology in farm settings, zoonoses, water
  pollution, etc.)
• Enrollment growth (in 2006, 17 of all new
  students, and 24 of all new MPH students were in
  the Veterinary Public Health specialization) not
  likely to persist, but striking!

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MPH-VPH Strategic benefits

• College of Public Health at OSU, which is
  relatively new and small, benefits from
  association with older and highly ranked College
  of Veterinary Medicine
• CVM benefits from access to new student
  population, opportunity for innovative program to
  retain good applicants

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MPH-VPH Leveraging resources

• Colleges of Public Health and Veterinary Medicine
  took lead in proposing a targeted investment in
  excellence in the area of public health
  preparedness, resulting in 5 million in
  additional funds from the university was
  essential to be able to show a record of
  successful collaboration

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Armando E Hoet, DVM, PhD
Veterinary Public Health Coordinator
hoet.1_at_osu.edu
Robert J. (Jeff) Caswell
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
College of Public Health
caswell.1_at_osu.edu

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