The URI Department of Public Health will be celebrating National Public Health Week beginning on Monday, April 7th with a week-long series of activities concluding on Sunday, April 13th. We hope everyone across campus will join us in some of the events we have planned in the schedule posted here!

College of Health Sciences offers only public MPH in Rhode Island, helping enhance healthcare workforce in state and beyond

For Shade Olowookere ’17, global public health begins at home.

KINSTON, R.I. (WLNE) — The University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences has introduced a new Department of Public Health to help address the increased need for public health care workers. The program will kick off with its first students for the fall 2024 semester.

URI Health Studies Professor Steve Cohen examines urban-rural divide, a growing disparity in health care KINGSTON, R.I. — Jan. 8, 2024 — Racial disparities in health and health care throughout the lifespan are pervasive and well-documented, and culminate in a life expectancy for Black people that is about four years shorter than for white people.

Natalie Sabik honored by American Psychological Association for her use of Intersectionality Toolbox to identify disparities

HLT100G Perspectives on Public Health in the 21st Century is becoming two new and improved courses! HLT100G will become HLT101G Perspectives on Public Health in the 21st Century and HLT201 Contemporary Public Health Challenges in the US. Students who took HLT100G should not take HLT201. HLT101G is being offered for the first time in the spring 2024 […]

We were very excited to welcome back five health studies graduates who returned to campus on October 23rd to participate in the health studies event, Career Connections with URI Health Studies Graduates.   Each speaker presented an overview of their career path and spoke of how they began their career, decided when it was time to […]

Graduates from the URI College of Health Sciences program continue to make significant impacts on health in multiple settings