Ranking Places Us Fourth in NIH Funding
We rank fourth out of 45 departments of public health and preventive medicine in U.S. medical schools, according to Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research’s 2024 NIH funding rankings. Additionally, four faculty members placed among the top 50 NIH-funded primary investigators in their field.
We are dedicated to improving human health using approaches based in epidemiology, biostatistics, health economics, and behavioral science.
Research
We are national research leaders in NIH funding with expertise in occupational heath, environmental epidemiology, alzheimer's and dementia, population science of cancer, and health disparities.
Education
Our education programs train undergraduate and graduate students to be highly-qualified public health professionals and leaders in the field.
Service
We serve the community with public health outreach, occupational health clinical contracts, agricultural safety trainings, and biostatistical consulting for researchers.
