Students specializing in veterinary public health have the same requirement for 20 hours of core public health coursework as other MPH students. However, VPH students can choose to take Economic Analysis of Health Services OR Operations Management for Health Services Organizations rather than Health Care Organization I.
Required courses (20 credit hours)
- Zoonotic Disease
- Food-Borne Illnesses and Human Health
- Environmental Health
- Design and Analysis of Studies in the Health Sciences II
- A Problem-oriented Approach to Biostatistics
Typical Electives
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Veterinary Research
- Preparedness and Response to Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Diseases
- International Topics in Veterinary Public Health
- Food Microbiology
Typical Practicum
As a Veterinary Public Health student, you might conduct applied basic field research to study the epidemiology of zoonotic diseases such as Salmonellosis, E. coli, Rotavirus, West Nile, among others, as well as to study the evolution and spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria; with the objective to understand such problems and recommend intervention strategies to prevent and control them in the animal and human populations. Possible Practice Placement opportunities:
- Food Animal Health Research Program
- The Ohio State University – Veterinary Teaching Hospital
- Ohio Department of Agriculture – Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory
- Ohio Department of Health – Bureau of Infectious Disease Control
- Centers for Disease Control – Veterinary Medicine and Public Health
- Food and Drug Administration – Center for Veterinary Medicine
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