Regional Programs
College of Medicine
at Rockford • College
of Medicine at Peoria
MPH Program at UIC College of Medicine at Rockford
Applications to the MPH program in Rockford will not be accepted for the Fall 2009 admissions cycle.
Effective Spring 2008 a Certificate in Public Health Practice will be offered at the UIC College of Medicine Rockford Campus, sponsored by the Community Health Science Division (CHS) of the School of Public Health (pending Campus approval Fall 2008). For further information about the Certificate Program see http://www.uic.edu/sph/shandbook
_certificates.htm or contact Vicki Weidenbacher-Hoper at (815) 395-5854 or vweide1@uic.edu.
MPH Program at the UIC College of Medicine at Peoria
The MPH program based at the UIC College
of Medicine at Peoria (UICOM-Peoria) offers a professional
enhancement MPH degree. The program is offered through
the UIC School of Public Health Division of Community
Health Sciences (CHS) in coordination with UICOM-Peoria
and the UIC College of Nursing, Peoria Regional Program
and complements the UICOM-Peoria Program in Population
and Community Health. Students will complete the program
using a combination of online distance learning and
Peoria-based instruction. Students will also have the
option of taking courses at the School of Public Health
in Chicago. Student admission and performance standards
are the same as those for students at the Chicago campus.
The MPH Professional Enhancement Program
(PEP) is a 42 semester hour program for medical, nursing,
and public health professionals working in public health
organizations or in community settings. The admission
criteria require the applicant to have a bachelor's
or advanced degree in a health or related profession
plus 3 years of paid public health or community health
experience. Physicians in training, including medical
students and physicians in residency training programs
must also complete a field experience (5 semester hours)
in addition to the 42 semester hours. Nurses seeking
an advanced nursing degree and a graduate pubic health
degree may apply to the joint
MS/MPH degree program (Master of Science in Nursing
and the Master of Public Health).
Specific information on the curriculum and core requirements for this program is available in the CHS Student Handbook. For further information, contact the Regional Program Director at 309-671-3447:
Mary Ellen Simpson, PhD, Director, Program in Population and Community Health and Director of the Regional MPH Program at msimps2@uicomp.uic.edu.
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