The Harvard School of Public Health is (colloquially, HSPH) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Longwood Area of the Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood of Mission Hill, next to Harvard Medical School and Cambridge, Massachusetts, HSPH is considered one of the most prestigious schools focusing on health in the United States. It is the country's second-oldest school of public health. Founded in 1922, the Harvard School of Public Health grew out of the Harvard-MIT School for Health Officers, the nation's first graduate training program in public health. The dean of HSPH, Barry R. Bloom, recently announced he will step down from his current position but remain active with the school.
Admission to HSPH is selective: For the class beginning in 2006-2007, 4.5% of nearly 10000 applicants were admitted, and 60% of those admitted enrolled. Half of the class that entered in 2006 had a GPA between 3.50 and 3.75 (out of 4.0).
The HSPH doctoral programs in epidemiology have been ranked #1 in the U.S. in terms of faculty research productivity. Overall, HSPH is ranked second along with University of North Carolina School of Public Health in the 2008,U.S. News & World Report.
The School's objectives are:
