Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences

The Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES) Graduate School at NIH created a new Department of Public Health in 2010 and is offering a Certificate in Public Health educational program. The overall goals of the Certificate in Public Health Program are to give professionals an overview of and build competencies in the five core
disciplines of public health (as defi ned by the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) (http://www.asph.org/userfi les/version2.3.pdf) -- epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental health sciences, health policy
and management, and social and behavioral sciences. In addition, students will demonstrate their understanding of this core disciplinary knowledge and practice by conducting a Capstone Project. Upon completion of this program, a graduate will be able to:
• apply statistical reasoning and methods to address, analyze and solve problems in public health; health care; and biomedical clinical and population-based research
• describe and explain patterns of disease and injury in human populations and apply this study to the control of health problems • describe and understand environmental factors including biological, physical and chemical factors that affect the health of a community
• describe and explain factors that affect the delivery, quality and costs of health care for individuals and populations; understand from a managerial and policy perspective the structure, process and outcomes
of health services including the costs, fi nancing, organization, outcomes  and accessibility of care

• describe and explain behavioral, social and cultural factors related to individual and population health and health disparities over the life course; understand how programs and policies in public health and health services promote and sustain healthy environments and healthy lives for individuals and populations With this broadened perspective, graduates of this education program will be able to apply the principles, practices, and methods of public health to
their current positions or pursue careers in public health.