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. 2008 Aug 27;2(8):e279. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000279

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.