This dual Doctor of Pharmacy/Master of Public Health program is intended to provide students special expertise in public health as related to pharmacotherapy and health promotion, disease prevention, and medication safety.

Graduates of the PharmD/MPH program will be able to:

  • Serve either as a public health professional having strong preparation and competency to deal with pharmacotherapy issues
  • Serve as a pharmacist specializing in health care issues in a public health setting
  • Serve in management positions in a health care building
  • Be a drug use review specialist in a managed care program
  • Serve as a community pharmacist with involvement in community-based prevention programs.

Graduates with this degree will have employment opportunities in:

  • Public and private hospitals and clinics and health care providers
  • Private Practice
  • Insurance and managed care organizations
  • Local, county, state, or federal government
  • Public health governmental agencies such as CDC, HRSA, NIH, FDA
  • Colleges and universities

PharmD-MPH Combined Degree

This program is intended to provide students special expertise in public health as related to pharmacotherapy and health promotion, disease prevention, and medication safety. There are many areas where public health and pharmacy have interests and commitments that are related. Among these are: spread and treatment of disease, community health, immunology; bioterrorism, terrorism, and preparedness; genetics; insurance; managed care; family and juvenile health; and protection of special populations.

Graduates who possess the dual degree will have employment opportunities in:

  • Public and private hospitals and clinics and health care providers
  • Private practice
  • Insurance and managed care organizations
  • Local, county, state, or federal government
  • Public health governmental agencies such as CDC, HRSA, NIH, FDA
  • Colleges and universities

Prerequisites

A minimum of 120 hours of undergraduate course work toward an undergraduate degree is required. Students must be admitted to the PharmD degree program to be admitted to the combined degree program. The cumulative grade-point average should be a minimum of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. One semester each of college algebra and biology is required for admission to the PharmD/MPH degree program. Candidates may be reviewed for each degree concurrently but the condition of acceptance into the PharmD must be made before final acceptance into the MPH program. For information on admission to the PharmD program, please see http://grad.admissions.uiowa.edu/academics/doctor-pharmacy-pharmd.

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