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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A new UC Berkeley study led by Carly Hyland reveals that about 75% of Wine Country agricultural workers have labored dur...
10/21/2025

A new UC Berkeley study led by Carly Hyland reveals that about 75% of Wine Country agricultural workers have labored during wildfires, often experiencing coughing, headaches, or breathing difficulties from smoke exposure — yet many lack access to health care or protective equipment.
https://ow.ly/28SE50XfSmj

By partnering with the community, researchers conducted a sweeping survey of California farmworkers on their experience working during wildfires.

🎉 Exciting News! 🎉 We’re thrilled to share that Michael C. Lu, Dean of UC Berkeley School of Public Health, has been ele...
10/20/2025

🎉 Exciting News! 🎉 We’re thrilled to share that Michael C. Lu, Dean of UC Berkeley School of Public Health, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine — a remarkable recognition of his groundbreaking work transforming how we understand and address maternal & child health disparities.

From uncovering the “life-course perspective” on birth outcomes to leading national initiatives that improved health for millions, Dean Lu’s career is a powerful example of leadership in public health and equity.

Please join us in congratulating Dean Lu on this well-deserved honour! 👏
https://ow.ly/IYEq50Xfa7j

Lu’s contributions to medicine have been recognized with one of the field’s highest honors.

In the podcast “Is AI Public Health’s New Ally?,” Google’s former Chief Health Officer Dr. Karen DeSalvo explores how AI...
10/19/2025

In the podcast “Is AI Public Health’s New Ally?,” Google’s former Chief Health Officer Dr. Karen DeSalvo explores how AI, when guided by equity, ethics, and human values, can enhance public health by personalizing care, simplifying systems, and fostering responsible innovation.

https://ow.ly/IIrw50XcMsM
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EPISODE 59Sep 23, 2025 Is AI Public Health’s New Ally? With Karen DeSalvo AI is going to transform healthcare - but how do we ensure it does so responsibly, equitably and ethically? Google’s former Chief Health Officer, Dr. Karen DeSalvo, says that AI could be public health’s new best friend i...

🎉 Congratulations  to Tulika Singh! She was named a 2024 STAT Wunderkind for her pioneering work on antibodies protectin...
10/18/2025

🎉 Congratulations to Tulika Singh! She was named a 2024 STAT Wunderkind for her pioneering work on antibodies protecting pregnant mothers from Zika-related infections. 🏅Singh is a UC Berkeley postdoctoral scholar in the Harris Research Program and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Hanna Gray Fellow.

https://ow.ly/3glR50XcKg5

STAT—a publication covering health, life science, medicine, and biotech news—calls out Singh’s work on increasing immune system effectiveness.

🎉 Meet our new faculty member, Dan Zeltzer! An associate professor of health policy and management and health economist,...
10/16/2025

🎉 Meet our new faculty member, Dan Zeltzer! An associate professor of health policy and management and health economist, he explores how digital innovations like telemedicine and AI are transforming access, cost, and quality of care across health systems.
https://publichealth.berkeley.edu/articles/spotlight/faculty/meet-our-new-faculty-dan-zeltzer

Dr. Zeltzer is a health economist whose research focuses on how digital technology is transforming healthcare delivery and organization.zel

10/13/2025

On September 20, the UC Berkeley Public Health Social Impact Team was thrilled to host over 100 health innovators 💡– including public health and CBO leaders, entrepreneurs, policymakers, healthcare providers, faculty and students – for the inaugural Health Futures Unconference. Participants designed and led deep-dive conversations on 40+ critical topics, including:

✳️ Reimagining the safety net
✳️ Teaching leadership skills that AI cannot replace
✳️ How to fix primary care
✳️ Moving from health to thriving
✳️ New models for funding public health programs and services
✳️ Aligning the experience of CHWs, the reach of CBOs, and the agility of tech

We are excited to see what collaborations and actions emerge from our time together. Thanks to everyone who joined! 🌟
More on Social Impact at UC Berkeley Public Health: https://ow.ly/p65M50XaJfn

In their new book Advancing Peace: Ending Gun Violence in Urban America Through the Power of Redemptive Love, UC Berkele...
10/08/2025

In their new book Advancing Peace: Ending Gun Violence in Urban America Through the Power of Redemptive Love, UC Berkeley’s Jason Corburn and Richmond leader DeVone Boggan highlight the city’s successful community violence intervention strategy. They show how Richmond’s approach can serve as a model for reducing gun violence nationwide.
http://publichealth.berkeley.edu/articles/spotlight/faculty/an-end-to-urban-gun-violence

How a healing-centered, accountability-grounded, non-punitive model can reduce shootings, increase public safety, and restore dignity to communities.

From smallpox to COVID-19, UC Berkeley Professor Elena Conis examines how vaccine hesitancy in the U.S. has roots in shi...
10/07/2025

From smallpox to COVID-19, UC Berkeley Professor Elena Conis examines how vaccine hesitancy in the U.S. has roots in shifting trust, public health policy, individual rights, and risk perception. Through history, she traces how social, political, and scientific forces shaped vaccine uptake.

https://publichealth.berkeley.edu/articles/news/commentary/the-history-of-vaccine-hesitancy

UC Berkeley professor Elena Conis explains how attitudes and federal policy about vaccines have evolved in the U.S.

A new study led by UC Berkeley Public Health professor Charles Whittaker and colleagues at Imperial College London shows...
10/04/2025

A new study led by UC Berkeley Public Health professor Charles Whittaker and colleagues at Imperial College London shows broadly protective coronavirus vaccines could cut deaths in half during future pandemics. Stockpiling such vaccines would save lives, reduce lockdowns, and provide critical time for tailored vaccine development.

https://ow.ly/POCw50X5TWX

Broadly protective sarbecovirus vaccines could be manufactured and stockpiled ahead of time and deployed as soon as a new coronavirus is detected.

Cara Schulte, a doctoral student at UC Berkeley School of Public Health and researcher at Climate Rights International, ...
10/02/2025

Cara Schulte, a doctoral student at UC Berkeley School of Public Health and researcher at Climate Rights International, has spent the past two summers in southern Bangladesh. There, she investigated the brutal toll of extreme heat on Bangladeshi garment workers—documenting fainting, illness, and structural injustice in factories that churn out fashion for wealthier nations.

https://ow.ly/Ux5H50X5SAc

Documenting the lives of Bangladeshi garment workers who routinely faint from relentless heat.

On September 1, Professor of Community Health Sciences Hannah Thompson became the new director of the Nutrition Policy I...
09/30/2025

On September 1, Professor of Community Health Sciences Hannah Thompson became the new director of the Nutrition Policy Institute at the University of California. She plans to make community voices central in shaping research and policy, ensuring public health efforts reflect people’s real needs and experiences.

Dr. Hannah R. ​Thompson hopes to build on the institute’s innovations in research and program evaluation.

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