Office of Applied Public Health

The Office of Applied Public Health (OAPH) is the central and dedicated resource that facilitates student access to practice-based education, research and service to strategically enhance and develop professional skills and competencies in contribution to the public health workforce. The office supports academic public health practice by building mutually beneficial relationships with communities, non-profit organizations and healthcare and government agencies.

Our Mission

We are dedicated to practice-based education that convenes faculty, staff, students, and communities to advance social justice through reciprocal partnerships to influence local, national, and global health practice.

Our Vision

Activating public health practitioners as leading change agents.

Our Values

A culture of service that centers social justice.
Mutually beneficial collaboration that promotes civic responsibility.
Psychological safety to empower all to engage in civil discourse to expand knowledge and promote understanding.
Critical reflection and practicing accountability.
Acknowledging, discussing and welcoming differing perspectives and cultures.

As part of our portfolio we:

Provide a dedicated environment for school-wide public health practice where students enhance their skills and competencies through experiential-learning and community engagement, informing their sense of responsibility to contribute to the public health workforce.
Train students to be influential leaders through opportunities that enhance practice, scholarship and service-learning to address the public health needs of the local, national and global communities.
Afford students the opportunity to translate skills learned in their coursework into real-world practice through meaningful and reciprocal service-learning partnerships with communities in the nation’s capital.