More than 100 students, faculty, staff, alumni and supporters gathered on campus to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Georgia State University School of Public Health.
Located in the heart of Atlanta at one of America’s most innovative and diverse research universities, the Georgia State SPH educates the next generation of public health leaders while conducting research and outreach that advances health equity.
“In many important ways, the trajectory of the School of Public Health mirrors that of Georgia State University as a whole,” said Georgia State President M. Brian Blake. “Its enterprising faculty and staff are dedicated to advancing the frontiers of knowledge, connecting with communities in Atlanta and beyond, and educating a diverse public health workforce for our state and world.”
The School of Public Health was founded in 2013, but its history dates back much further. To address the growing demand for a well-educated public health workforce and to capitalize on Atlanta’s status as a global hub of public health expertise, GSU launched a graduate certificate in public health program in 2002. The Institute of Public Health, as it was then known, added new students and faculty through a Master of Public Health program and then a Ph.D. program before becoming a standalone School of Public Health in 2013. Later milestones in the school’s history include the Mark Chaffin Center for Healthy Development within the SPH becoming a University Research Center in 2015 and the launch of a Bachelor of Science in Public Health program in 2016 and a DrPH program in 2018.
“I’m very proud of what we’ve created with the Georgia State University School of Public Health,” said Regents’ Professor Michael Eriksen, who served as the school’s founding Dean from 2013 through 2019. “We are fully accredited with over 2,000 alumni, offering degrees at the undergraduate level all the way through doctoral training, and most…
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