The mission of DePaul University’s Department of Health Sciences is to educate and train students who will collaboratively address human health from interdisciplinary natural and social scientific perspectives in order to promote health and to improve the lives of individuals and communities.
The Department of Health Sciences offers a BS in Health Sciences, a minor in Public Health Studies, combined degree programs (BS+MA in Health Communications, BS+Master of Public Health, and BS+Master's Entry to Nursing Practice), and several 3+ Accelerated Programs that combine undergraduate studies at DePaul with graduate health professions studies at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science.
The Health Sciences major offers concentrations in BioScience and Public Health Studies. This degree:
- provides students interested in pursuing a career in one of many health-related professions with a common core of knowledge;
- allows students to meet the requirements for entry into graduate and professional programs;
- provides flexibility to enable students to explore topics as their interests evolve; and
- brings students headed for multiple health-related professions into on-going cross-disciplinary conversation with each other.
The curriculum is built on the principle that, in order to be effective, professionals working in health need to understand the factors that impact both the health of individuals and the health of populations.
Faculty
Craig Klugman, PhD
Professor
University of Texas Medical Branch
Margaret Bell, PhD
Assistant Professor
Michigan State University
Doug Bruce, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor and Chair
University of Illinois Chicago
Sarah Connolly, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Pennsylvania
Eiron Cudaback, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Washington
Jessica Jerome, PhD
Assistant Professor
The University of Chicago
Rebecca Feinberg, JD, MBe, MS
Teaching Assistant Professor
University of Pennsylvania
Cricel Molina, PhD, MPH
Teaching Assistant Professor
University of California, Los Angeles