UC Berkeley Online Master of Public Health

UC Berkeley Online Master of Public Health In response to the global shortage of trained public health professionals, the UC Berkeley School of Public Health offers a Masters in Public Health online.

The UC Berkeley School of Public Health’s Online Master of Public Health is a 27-month program designed for working professionals that prepares them for rapid career growth. As the first School of Public Health west of the Mississippi, the UC Berkeley School of Public Health continues to provide leadership in research, higher education, and service. This broad-based approach to public health can only be experienced at a place like Berkeley, the premiere public university in the world, where intellectual resources enable the school to pursue a truly interdisciplinary approach to public health. This high-touch program enables mid-career professionals to continue their full-time jobs while earning an M.P.H. from one of the world’s leading universities. Terms of Use

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Ready to reimagine the future of health?Join us at the in-person Health Futures Unconference at UC Berkeley School of Pu...
09/03/2025

Ready to reimagine the future of health?
Join us at the in-person Health Futures Unconference at UC Berkeley School of Public Health!
September 20 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

In a time of upheaval, how do we build the future of health? The Health Futures Unconference is your invitation to pause, reflect, and boldly imagine a different future for health. What new possibilities are bubbling up right now? What outdated systems or assumptions are we ready to leave behind? Join community leaders, entrepreneurs, policymakers, funders, and students for a vibrant, participant-led gathering. Bring your curiosity, your unfinished ideas, your experiments, and your big questions. No panels or slides, just real conversations and the chance to co-create what comes next.
Space is limited, register now!

https://ow.ly/eVgO50WEWPT

Welcome 🎉 to our big, beautiful class of incoming UC Berkeley Public Health students!  💙💛🐻 We were so glad to meet you a...
08/27/2025

Welcome 🎉 to our big, beautiful class of incoming UC Berkeley Public Health students! 💙💛🐻
We were so glad to meet you all at New Student Orientation this week, and wish you the very best this semester!

How did COVID-19 worsen racial and ethnic disparities in perinatal health? A new UC Berkeley Public Health study reveals...
08/22/2025

How did COVID-19 worsen racial and ethnic disparities in perinatal health? A new UC Berkeley Public Health study reveals systemic inequities impacting mothers and newborns — and why equity-centered solutions are critical.
https://ow.ly/8OlY50WJZiO

Results reveal how infection and the pandemic separately contributed to substantial racial and ethnic disparities in perinatal outcomes.

Through her work on the Romanovs and post-9/11 identifications, UC Berkeley Public Health alum Rhonda Roby has become on...
08/20/2025

Through her work on the Romanovs and post-9/11 identifications, UC Berkeley Public Health alum Rhonda Roby has become one of the country’s foremost experts in DNA testing. After her bachelor's at Washington Unviersity, Roby earned her MPH at Berkeley in 1989 followed by degrees in genetics in Spain and Portugal. She now works as DNA criminalist and forensic investigator for the Alameda County sheriff's office and Rockefeller University.
https://source.washu.edu/2025/08/forensic-pioneer/

Rhonda Roby has become one of the country’s foremost experts in mitochondrial DNA, solving some of the biggest forensic questions of our time.

UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health has received a five-year, $1.8 million federal grant renewal from the HRSA’s Mater...
08/19/2025

UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health has received a five-year, $1.8 million federal grant renewal from the HRSA’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau. The grant was first awarded to the school in 1954, making UC Berkeley one of the first schools of public health to receive federal MCAH funding.

The grant will support interdisciplinary training, research, and leadership development in maternal, child, and adolescent health.
https://ow.ly/PSlo50WIri1

The competitive grant renewal supports UC Berkeley’s long-standing commitment to excellence in MCAH education and training.

How can rural nurses in Rwanda connect with doctors to approve medication abortions? UC Berkeley Public Health researche...
08/15/2025

How can rural nurses in Rwanda connect with doctors to approve medication abortions? UC Berkeley Public Health researchers Ndola Prata, Karen Weidert, and colleagues tested a simple telemedicine system—widely accepted and now being rolled out nationwide.

https://ow.ly/MtPh50WGfNA

Researchers launched a pilot program in Northern Rwanda to determine whether a hybrid telemedicine/in-person model could expand access to abortions.

In just over a minute, UC Berkeley Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and  School of Education professor Lisa García Bedo...
08/14/2025

In just over a minute, UC Berkeley Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and School of Education professor Lisa García Bedolla explains how co-creating studies with community partners brings deeper insight, better outcomes, and equity to research in public health and other fields.
https://ow.ly/CKEG50WFnrX

This research method is deeply intertwined with the people whose lives and experiences are being studied from beginning to end.

Ready to reimagine the future of health?Join us at the in-person Health Futures Unconference at  UC Berkeley School of P...
08/13/2025

Ready to reimagine the future of health?
Join us at the in-person Health Futures Unconference at UC Berkeley School of Public Health!
September 20 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

In a time of upheaval, how do we build the future of health? The Health Futures Unconference is your invitation to pause, reflect, and boldly imagine a different future for health. What new possibilities are bubbling up right now? What outdated systems or assumptions are we ready to leave behind? Join community leaders, entrepreneurs, policymakers, funders, and students for a vibrant, participant-led gathering. Bring your curiosity, your unfinished ideas, your experiments, and your big questions. No panels or slides, just real conversations and the chance to co-create what comes next.
Space is limited, register now!

https://ow.ly/4fbU50WEWPR

Ever wonder why health innovation needs to slow down to succeed? Katie Drasser, CEO of Rock Health and guest on The Othe...
08/08/2025

Ever wonder why health innovation needs to slow down to succeed? Katie Drasser, CEO of Rock Health and guest on The Other 80, advocates for a “slow tech” approach—building digital health solutions with community-driven design, long-term impact in mind, and equity at the core. She highlights how fixing investment cycles for women’s health and involving youth in mental health design can lead to outcomes that benefit everyone. https://ow.ly/6Gfx50WymwC

EPISODE 57July 30, 2025 a “slow tech” approach to health innovation with katie drasser When we think about digital tools and technology, we think of them as moving fast. Katie Drasser, CEO of Rock Health, joins me to discuss what a “slow tech” approach to health innovation could look like. I...

Dr. Robert C. Spear, a pioneering public health scholar and founding director of UC Berkeley’s Center for Occupational &...
08/07/2025

Dr. Robert C. Spear, a pioneering public health scholar and founding director of UC Berkeley’s Center for Occupational & Environmental Health, passed away at 86. His global work on environmental exposures and schistosomiasis shaped the field and inspired generations of students.
https://publichealth.berkeley.edu/articles/news/in-memoriam/robert-spear-dies-at-86

Spear, who passed away on July 7, 2025, enjoyed a distinguished career in public health working to mitigate the effects of pesticides on farmworkers.

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