Public Health

Focus on the protection and improvement of health for individuals, communities and populations at risk for injury and disease through interdisciplinary study.

Muhlenberg's Public Health curriculum extends across the natural sciences, mathematics, social sciences and humanities to educate and empower students about health-related issues from varying points of view.

Students who major in Public Health will gain an understanding of behavioral, economic, historical, political and social determinants of health, and of the important relationships that statistics and science have on the design of public health interventions. The core class, Issues in Public Health, is designed to introduce students to a wide variety of public health topics including historical perspectives, epidemiological principles and health intervention practices, health promotion and health communication and global issues of health.

The major prepares students for graduate work and professional careers in public health. Students are encouraged to participate in public health related experiences including independent research study, service learning or other experiential learning connected to a course, internships within the community and community service unconnected to a course. The minor offers students flexibility to choose electives appropriate to their interests in public health that also compliment their respective majors.

NEWS AT MUHLENBERG

  • Crisis Communication

    Assistant Professor and Director of Public Health Chrysan Cronin takes her expertise beyond the classroom during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Exploring Community History

    Inspired by the integrative learning course HIV and AIDS in the Lehigh Valley, Victoria Retterholt ’22 is conducting summer research in public health to more closely examine how that pandemic affected local Hispanic and Latino populations.

  • Analyzing How to Provide Better Care

    As a research intern with New Jersey’s Children’s Specialized Hospital, Maayan Malomet ’21 works with data on how well parents understand their infant’s or toddler’s diagnosis.

Contact Public Health

Chrysan Cronin

Director and Assistant Professor
Email cronin@muhlenberg.edu Telephone 484-664-3524
Address Muhlenberg College Public Health 2400 Chew Street Allentown, PA 18104