Bioethics - MPH

An MPH in Bioethics will prepare students to recognize, assess, and address issues at the intersection of bioethics and public health. Job prospects for graduates with an MPH in Bioethics might include health systems or hospitals, through institutional policymaking, patient advocacy, or clinical ethics; in institutional review boards, by protecting research participants and promoting justice in health research trials, or in public policy, by assisting officials in healthcare and public health decision-and policymaking.

In addition to 22 MPH foundational competencies, required by the Council on Education for Public Health, the five MPH Bioethics track competencies are as follows:

  1. Examine social, political, and ethical forces that have historically shaped systems of health and apply these insights to contemporary bioethical problems in public health 
  2. Critically assess the foundational works in bioethics, including clinical, public health, environmental, animal, and research ethics
  3. Determine methodological approaches in bioethics
  4. Apply bioethics methods to various public health contexts or cases
  5. Create recommendations using bioethical approaches to address justice issues

SPPH Graduate Programs | University of Texas Medical Branch
301 University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas 77555-1150 | (409) 772-1128


Denny Fe Agana, PhD, MPH, CPH
Program Director, Master of Public Health Program
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology
deagana@utmb.edu


Christina Johnson, MBA
Program Manager, Student Affairs
Student Recruitment and Admissions
(409) 747-7584
cnross@utmb.edu