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School of Public Health

Why Participate?
Innovate for Health

Join Us in Creating a Healthier Future

We invite high school students (grades 9-12) to participate in this transformative experience. Whether you’re passionate about improving mental health, tackling global pandemics, or promoting universal health coverage, public health club is your platform to turn ideas into reality.

  • NETWORKING: CONNECT WITH PEERS AND PROFESSIONALS.
  • SKILL DEVELOPMENT: GAIN PRACTICAL PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERIENCE THROUGH PROBLEM SOLVING AND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN.
  • COMMUNITY IMPACT: CONTRIBUTE TO MEANINGFUL HEALTH IMPROVEMENTS.

 

Empower Students to Drive Impactful Change

Expert Guidance to Develop Innovative Solutions and Create Tangible Products, Services, and Deliverables that Address Key Public Health Challenges Locally and Globally and Tailored Specifically to Their School and Community Needs.

 

Who can participate?

High School Students
Grades 9-12, with an interest in public health and solving health challenges.

 

How to participate?

Ready to Make an Impact?
Here’s How to Join!

KEY ACTIVITIES

Support Community Health and Wellbeing. Make public health ideas reality. Showcase student-led projects and initiatives using social impact innovation and human-centered design thinking!

 

  icon for workshop Workshops:
Hands-On Sessions to Address Public Health Challenges icon for research projects Research Projects:
Community-Driven Health Research Collaborations icon for health Public Health Challenges:
Initiatives to Promote Health Equity icon for hackathon Re-AIM Public Health Ideas Hackathon:
Innovation and Design Competition icon for celebration Public Health Days:
Celebrate Public Health-Related Holidays  
Activities:
  • Public Health workshops.
  • Celebrating public health days.
  • Participate in community-based participatory research to generate data and develop meaningful information using informatics, and analytic skills.
  • Create public health campaigns in the community to inform about the pressing public health challenges using evidence-based information.
  • Participate in RE-AIM Public Health IDEAS through the lens of the youth hackathon.

See Public Health Activities in Action

Check Them Out in Our Photo Gallery Below

 

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Events

Speakers Series

Volunteer Opportunities

Ways to be involved and support the community

Career options and pathways of interest