History
The College of Public Health (CPH) officially opened as UGA's 15th college in January 2005 after receiving approval from the school's Universitmane Council in September 2004 and the Georgia Board of Regents in October. It was the first public health school created within the University System of Georgia. As of 2008, the dean of the school is Phillip L. Williams. He has been the only dean in the short history of the school. He served as interim dean from the initial opening in 2005 until being named to the position permanently on November 10, 2006. Williams was also on the internal committee that proposed the formation of the college. The Institute of Gerontology also joined the CPH in July 2005.
The new college was founded to house various research, faculty and outreach programs in one college so that public health needs would be better addressed. The department of environmental health science in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and the department of health promotion and behavior in the College of Education were moved to CPH. New departments were created including: the department of epidemiology and biostatistics and the department of health policy and management. Also since 2005, the college has expanded to include the institute for health management and mass destruction defense and the center for global health.
Upon opening, CPH took over responsibility for the Master of Public Health (MPH) graduate degree track previously overseen by the UGA Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute and the Division of Public Health.
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