Newswise — NEWARK/PISCATAWAY/STRATFORD, N.J. -- The UMDNJ-School of Public Health has established a special scholarship to honor men and women who have served our nation - in programs such as AmeriCorps, the Peace Corps, Teach for America and the uniformed services including the United States Public Health Service. People in these categories who are accepted for Master’s or doctoral programs in any of eight concentrations at the school will be honored for their service with scholarships in the amount of $6,000 to help defray the cost of tuition and fees.
“We are pleased to be able to offer these scholarships to individuals who have demonstrated their commitment to public service,” said Interim Dean George G. Rhoads of the UMDNJ-SPH. “Their service experience will add to the school’s consciousness for improving the public’s health.”
Concentrations for which students are eligible for these scholarships are: Dental Public Health, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Quantitative Methods (biostatistics and epidemiology combined), Urban Health Administration, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health Education and Behavioral Science, and Health Systems and Policy.
“This scholarship program serves two marvelous purposes,” said William Halperin, MD, DrPH, who worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 25 years and is currently Chair of the Department of Quantitative Methods of the School of Public Health. “It offers a profound ‘thank you’ to people who have given of their time to serve our nation and humankind as a whole. We also hope it will help attract a uniquely talented group of people to the field of public health, which is a natural extension of the work that many of them did as they performed their national service. Public health is a field where a great need exists for skilled individuals.”
UMDNJ-School of Public Health offers courses and programs in all regions of New Jersey, on campuses located in Newark, Piscataway/New Brunswick and Stratford/Camden. Its evening schedule makes it convenient for students to continue working or gain experience while earning a public health degree. “Whether you're a working professional or ready to commit to a full-time program,” added Rhoads, “we can help you strike a balance between learning, life and work.”
Prospective students can obtain general information at: http://sph.umdnj.edu/, and more on the scholarship program at http://sphweb02.umdnj.edu/sphweb/sphc/documents/NationalServiceScholarshipProgram_000.pdf , or by calling campus offices at 973-972-7212 in Newark; 732-235-4646 in Piscataway; or 856-566-2790 in Stratford.
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) is the nation's largest free-standing public health sciences university with more than 6,000 students attending the state's three medical schools, its only dental school, a graduate school of biomedical sciences, a school of health related professions, a school of nursing and its only school of public health on five campuses. Annually, there are more than two million patient visits at UMDNJ facilities and faculty practices at campuses in Newark, New Brunswick/Piscataway, Scotch Plains, Camden and Stratford. UMDNJ operates University Hospital, a Level I Trauma Center in Newark, and University Behavioral HealthCare, which provides a continuum of healthcare services with multiple locations throughout the state.
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