Table 2. US Accredited Public Health Schools Founded after 1970 with Academic Departments Devoted to Infectious and Tropical Diseases.
Schools (Alphabetical Order) | Year Founded | Academic Department or Program |
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health | 1990 | Hubert Department of Global Health |
George Washington University Schools of Public Health and Health Service and Medicine and Health Sciences | 1997 | Public Health Microbiology and Emerging Infectious Diseases Program (jointly with Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine) |
Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica (Cuernavaca, Mexico) | 1987 | Infectious Diseases Infectious Vector-Borne Diseases |
University at Albany SUNY School of Public Health | 1985 | Department of Biomedical Sciences |
University of South Florida | 1984 | Global Health Department |
Of the 25 accredited US public health schools, five schools host departments devoted to this area.