Public Health: It's who we are

At the CPHHS, our vision is to ensure lifelong health and well-being for every person, every family and every community. And that vision of creating healthy people is also part of OSU’s Strategic Plan, Improving Human Health and Wellness, and is one of three signature areas of distinction along with Advancing the Science of Sustainable Ecosystems (Healthy Planet) and Promoting Economic Growth and Social Progress (Healthy Economy).

Establishing an accredited College of Public Health and Human Sciences at OSU was proposed and adopted as an institutional goal in 2009. Toward that end, the Division of Health Sciences, consisting of our new college and OSU’s Colleges of Pharmacy and Veterinary Medicine, was established in June 2011. Deans of these colleges and their faculty recognize the opportunity to establish a college of public health as a forward-thinking and collaborative approach to achieving their division’s goal for Healthy People using the One Health approach.

Accreditation Timeline

• 2009 ✓
  Establishing an accredited college of public health and human sciences is proposed and adopted as an institutional goal
• April 2011 ✓
  Submit application
• June 18, 2011 ✓
  Application accepted. Division of Health Sciences is created, joining the College of Pharmacy, the College of Veterinary Medicine and the new CPHHS
• January 2012 ✓
  Schedule site visit
• May 5-6, 2013
  Mock site visit
• June 18, 2013
  Submit preliminary self-study
• August 30, 2013
  Reviewers return comments on preliminary self-study
• September 2013 - November 2013
  Incorporate comments
• November 2013
  Submit final self-study
• December 2013
  Site visit
• February 2014
  Receive site visit report; spend next three months preparing response
• May 2014
  Staff returns updated report
• June 2014
  Decision made

Frequently Asked Questions for current Oregon MPH students

Refer to the Frequently Asked Questions (pdf) to see how CEPH accreditation affects current MPH students.