HPEB announces 2026 Student Award winners
Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior is proud to announce the 2026 winners of the department’s student awards program: Bria Singleton, Anna Chupak, and Amber Buckingham.
HPEB conducts innovative research and prepares future leaders to improve public health locally, nationally, and globally. Our faculty and students address how interventions, social context, health care systems, and physical environments influence health behaviors and health status, with an emphasis on disadvantaged populations.
Departmental strengths include:
- community-engaged interventions
- economics of behavior
- global health
- health communication and use of digital technology
- healthy aging
- HIV/AIDS
- nutrition and food security
- physical activity
- prevention of cancer and other non-communicable diseases
- public policy and advocacy
- research methods, program evaluation, and implementation science
- sexual and reproductive health
- social determinants of health and health inequities
- tobacco use and vaping
Degrees Offered
In addition to an undergraduate minor, we offer four advanced degrees related to health promotion, education and behavior as well as three graduate certificate programs. Each graduate degree and certificate has specific application deadlines and requirements.
- Certificate of Graduate Study in Aging
- Certificate of Graduate Study in Global Health
- Certificate of Graduate Study in Health Communication
- Master of Public Health in Health Promotion, Education and Behavior (MPH)
- Online Master of Public Health (MPH) in Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior Program
- Master of Social Work / Master of Public Health in Health Promotion, Education and Behavior (dual degree)
- Ph.D. in Health Promotion, Education and Behavior
Are you an undergraduate student interested in doing research with an HPEB faculty member? Fill out this contact form for more information.
HPEB Graduate Student Welcome Guide
Curious about what it’s like to be a graduate student in Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior (HPEB)? Our Welcome Guide offers an inside look at life in the program, what to expect, how to prepare, and where to find support. Whether you’ve just been accepted or are considering applying, this guide is a great starting point to understand our community, values, and resources that will shape your academic and professional experience.
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