Type Private Campus Urban Phone +1 314-977-8144 Parent institution Saint Louis University | Established 2013 (2013) Number of students 1,098 Founded 2013 | |
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic - Jesuit Dean Collins O. Airhihenbuwa Location St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. Address 3545 Lafayette Ave, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA Motto We are dedicated to helping communities achieve health and wellbeing Profiles | ||
The Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of the most vulnerable.
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As the United States’ only accredited school of public health at a Jesuit/Catholic university, social justice and sustained service that benefits humanity is the moral foundation of the college’s disciplines.
The College for Public Health and Social Justice is part of Saint Louis University, founded in 1818 by the Most Reverend Louis Guillaume Valentin Dubourg. The College for Public Health and Social Justice offers 6 undergraduate degrees, 3 accelerated degrees, 7 masters, 13 dual-degree masters, 1 executive master's, 2 PhDs, and 3 certificates.
History
The College for Public Health and Social Justice came to fruition in July 2013, combining the School of Social Work, founded in 1930, the School of Public Health, established 1991, and the program in Criminology and Criminal Justice, under the auspice of then-sitting dean Edwin Trevathan, MD, MPH, and Donald Linhorst, PhD, Director of the School of Social Work.
They charged the college to "boldly lead in teaching, researching, and providing services to those most affected by the complex factors that undermine health and welfare."
Reputation and rankings
The College is just one of 39 schools of public health accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) – the field’s highest accreditation; it is the only accredited school of public health in Missouri and the only school of public health at a Jesuit/Catholic university in the United States.
U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks SLU’s Master of Health Administration among the top graduate programs in the country.
Departments
There are six departments:
Deans of the School
Since the school's founding:
- James Kimmey (1991-1993)
- Richard Kurz (1993-2001)
- William True, interim (2001-2002)
- Andrew Balas (2001-2004)
- Homer Schmitz, interim (2004-2006)
- Connie Evashwick (2006-2007)
- Homer Schmitz, interim (2007-2010)
- Edwin Trevathan (2010-2015)
- Collins O. Airhihenbuwa (2016-present)
Location
The College for Public Health and Social Justice is located in St. Louis, Missouri, with most public health classes taking place at the Salus Center.
An urban campus, students are a short walk or shuttle ride to the Medical Campus, housing the School of Medicine and the School of Nursing, and the Frost Campus, the main hub for undergraduate education, the Busch Student Center, the St. Francis Xavier College Church, and the state-of-the-art Simon Recreation Center.
Public health students can also complete first-year and sophomore level coursework at SLU’s campus in Madrid, Spain.