Mission
The mission of the division is to improve the state of environmental and community health through teaching, research, and service activities.

Faculty
The Community, Environment and Policy Division represents a diverse group of faculty members who engage in teaching, service and research on the many different areas of public health policy and environmental and community health. Research interests and expertise are primarily focused in the major areas of public health that relate to the environment, community, workplace, health policy and health management. View faculty directory.

Sections
Each division is sub-divided into sections that are aligned with academic areas.  The division of Community, Environment and Policy consists of two sections:

      Environmental and Occupational Health
           Chair:  Mary Kay O'Rourke, PhD

      Public Health Policy and Management
           Interim Chair:  Doug Taren, PhD

Educational Programs
The Master’s of Public Health degree at the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health offers different concentration areas, two of which are in the Division of Community, Environment and Policy.

The MPH in Public Health Policy and Management (PHPM) prepares leaders of public and private health systems to manage effectively and to create and implement policies that promote the public’s health. Public Health Policy and Management develops skills in management and leadership, policy analysis and formulation, strategic and financial planning, health services administration and evaluation for all levels of practice, including local/community, state, national and international.

Consistent with the College’s focus on community participation and development, our curriculum emphasizes community partnership in all aspects of public health policy development and program management. The concentration also offers a dual degree, MPH/MS program in Latino Health and Public Health Policy and Management, in collaboration with the University of Arizona’s Mexican American Studies Program.

View more information about the Academic Programs at the UA Zuckerman College of Public Health.

Research
Community, Environment and Policy Division members are engaged in a wide range of research areas that focus on the public health preparedness, environment, community, workplace, health policy and health management. The faculty’s research interest includes: diabetes prevention and control, physical activity and nutrition in children, waterborne pathogens, anthrax, health hazards of public safety workers, exposure to pesticide, Valley Fever, hospital and emergency medical services for the poor, respiratory toxicology in firefighters, mining-related injuries and exposures, environmental arsenic exposure, methamphetamine labs, tobacco use, industrial hygiene, ventilation, native healing practices, and disease-causing microbes in the environment.

View a list of our current grants.