The Tufts University Master of Public Health (MPH) Program arms you with the academic foundation and practical skills you need to make a difference in the community and around the globe. Join a group of passionate, committed public health practitioners and scholars driven to solve some of the toughest challenges facing society today. As public health practitioners, our goal is to eliminate health inequities, reduce the burden of disease and injury, promote mental and physical health, and to prevent global threats to the environment. We aim to effect change in our professions, institutions, public policies, and politics. This requires a never-ending search for knowledge in our professional and personal lives.Through critical examination and lively debate, we arm you with the knowledge and skills necessary to prevent disease and injury, promote health, and protect populations from harm. We seek to give you an understanding of research methods, critical thinking skills to evaluate the literature, and the capacity to collaborate with a multidisciplinary group of practitioners, public health agency personnel, academic professionals, and community members.Our mission is to prepare students for careers in public health practice through which they will advance societal and environmental conditions that allow all members of society to enjoy the highest attainable standard of health.