MS in Environmental Health Sciences
Our highly ranked Environmental Health Sciences programs offer high-quality laboratory facilities, small classes, individual faculty attention, proximity to a large academic health center, and opportunities to participate in faculty research.
Our curriculum emphasizes the scientific, technological, policy, and management skills you need to address environmental and occupational health concerns. By working together, our faculty members provide exciting educational and research opportunities.
You may pursue a general program in environmental and occupational health, or focus in a specialty area such as environmental health policy, environmental infectious diseases, or environmental toxicology.
Browse the links at right to learn more about our program and to read about our faculty, students, and alumni. For specific questions, please contact Khosi Nkosi at enhsss@umn.edu.
Thank you for considering our program and the University of Minnesota. We look forward to receiving an application from you.
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Liz Allen Receives Research Day Awards
(May 18, 2012) – Elizabeth Allen, a PhD student in Environmental Health Sciences, received two awards for her poster presentation at SPH Research Day in April. Elizabeth was one of sixty-two students who presented posters of their research at the annual event. Her poster, “Mortality Experience Among Minnesota Taconite Workers,” received the Faculty/Alumni award and [...]
Students Create Websites for PubH6120
(May 3, 2012) – Students in the Spring 2012 PubH 6120 course, Injury Prevention in the Workplace, Community, and Home, created and presented website projects on a variety of injury-related problems. Students selected their own topic of interest and created websites to present the information. The projects identified injury problems related to the workplace, community [...]