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