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1.4.a. - 1.4.b

1.4.a. School administrative organization
Figure 2: SPH Administration

A chart of the School’s Instructional Units (Majors) is provided in Table 14: Instructional Matrix (Template C) in section 2.1.a.

1.4.b.   Roles and responsibilities of major units in the organizational chart

Office of the Dean: The Dean’s Office has overall responsibility for School instructional, research and service programs, public health practice and workforce development, student support services and administration, including communications, alumni affairs and development activities.

• Academic Affairs: Faculty affairs and educational policy and operations affecting professional and graduate programs and faculty development.
• Research: Oversight of research, including approval of all grant proposals. Liaison with research administration at the Academic Health Center and University Office of the Vice President for Research.
• Public Health Practice Education: Lifelong learning opportunities for the public health practice community, workforce development, distance education and interprofessional and interinstitutional education.
• Centers for Public Health Education and Outreach (CPHEO): The School’s coordinated, centralized platform for continuing professional education and outreach. Reports to the Associate Dean of Public Health Practice Education.
• Student Affairs: Student services, student development, recruitment and multi-cultural student affairs.
• Student Services: Centralized office for student support across all majors, including orientation, commencement, degree clearance, career services, student tracking, scholarships, application processing, student communication (portal, Web pages) and course scheduling. Liaison for all University and AHC student functions. Reports to the Associate Dean for Student Affairs.
• Recruitment and Multicultural Services: Works with Student Services, the academic programs, the Advancement Staff and alumni to recruit intellectually vibrant candidates who are racially, ethnically and geographically diverse. Reports to the Associate Dean for Student Affairs.
• Human Resources and Equal Opportunity: Human resource management, recruitment services and EEOC.
• External Affairs and Advancement Services: Reaches out to critical external constituencies through the practices of communications, alumni relations and development.
• Finance Administration: Financial management, payroll accounting compliance and the allocation of resources, coordination of annual budgeting and planning process.

Divisions: The School, which recognizes the multi-dimensional nature of public health issues, is organized into four divisions: Biostatistics; Environmental Health Sciences; Epidemiology and Community Health; and Health Policy and Management. Each Division integrates the education, research and service missions of the School. Managed by Division Heads who are charged with setting direction and assuring the financial stability of the units, the Divisions are the primary vehicle through which the School carries out its mission and achieves its goals. Division Heads report to the Dean.