The Joseph H. and Belle Braun Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health and Community Medicine

The Joseph H. and Belle Braun Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health and Community Medicine

The Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine at Hebrew University-Hadassah is the first and largest of its kind in Israel, and has been a part of the Faculty of Medicine since 1980. With 50 years of experience in training public health professionals from Israel and from nearly 90 countries across the globe, the Braun School has remained steadfast in its mission is to improve the physical, mental and social welfare of the population of Israel, and elsewhere, with a commitment to:

• excellence in multidisciplinary academic activity
• impacting health services and policy formulation
• developing quality professional leadership
• training a public health workforce for the challenges of today and the future
• conducting public health research from the molecular to the population level

Read press about the Braun School | Watch video from the Health in Africa 2010 symposium

Video (July 2011):
Pears Scholar poised to take public health knowledge back home to Nigeria

The International Masters of Public Heath program (IMPH) draws students from developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. strengthens partnerships between Israel’s public health experts and scholars from developing nations, who return home to fill key healthcare positions. To date, the  IMPH degree has been awarded to nearly 700 graduates from over 85 countries in developing and transition regions, as well as developed countries of North America and Western Europe.

The 12-month, English-language IMPH program offers a scientifically stimulating and culturally rewarding experience of studying in a foreign country and interacting with peers from different professional and cultural backgrounds.  The program provides its trainees with tools for examining public health problems and formulating relevant responses at the institutional, community and national level. Students develop knowledge and skills in a broad range of public health disciplines and are then prepared to take up key positions as leaders and teachers in their home countries, in areas such as HIV, malaria and tuberculosis prevention and control, prevention and treatment of heart disease, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases, combating malnutrition and tobacco use, and fighting the stigma associated with mental illness. An equally important goal of the IMPH program is to instill in students a love and respect for  Israel and its people.   Learn more about the Braun School's International Masters in Public Health Program