The University of Tennessee has established a new Department of Public Health within the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences.

The program will offer "a doctoral program in health behavior and health education; a master of public health degree with concentrations in community health education, veterinary public health and health planning and administration; and a dual-degree program in which students earn master’s degrees in nutrition and public health. The department will maintain a single undergraduate course (Introduction to Public Health), but will otherwise have no undergraduate programs."

The new department, headed by Dr. Paul Erwin, is the next step towards the university's goal of someday establishing a School of Public Health.

Read more in the press release...