UIC-SPH DrPH Competencies	ASPPH DrPH Competencies
1. Gain in-depth understanding of core areas of public health practice, research, and theory including the legal basis for public health, public health as a system, and the ecological model.	1. Advocacy: influence decision-making regarding policies and practices that advance public health.
2. Analyze issues and problems using needs or resource assessments, critical evaluation, applied research methodology, and statistical methods.	2. Communication: assess and use communication strategies across diverse audiences to inform and influence policy actions.
3. Synthesize information from multiple sources to develop strategies for addressing problems in an area of emphasis that contributes to the evidence base of practice and public health scholarship.	3. Community or cultural orientation: communicate and interact with people across diverse communities and cultures.
4. Demonstrate leadership in designing and implementing policies, strategies, and interventions.	4. Critical analysis: synthesize and apply evidence-based research, theory, and health-related data sources.
5. Assess communication strategies and use communication skills across diverse audiences to inform or influence program and policy decisions.	5. Leadership: create and communicate a shared vision; inspire trust and motivate others; use evidence-based strategies to enhance essential public health services.
6. Demonstrate a vision and philosophy for leadership that includes systems thinking and ethical principles.	6. Management: provide fiscally responsible strategic and operational guidance.
	7. Professionalism and ethics: identify and analyze an ethical issue; balance claims of personal liberty with population responsibility; act on ethical concepts of social justice and human rights.

Source. University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health¹⁴; ASPH Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) Core Competency Model.¹⁰

Note. SPH = School of Public Health; UIC = University of Illinois at Chicago.