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Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice

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Marvin and Harlene Wool Center, home of the College for Public Health and Social Justice
Marvin and Harlene Wool Center, home of the College for Public Health and Social Justice
Motto Health, through justice, for all. Local, regional, and global communities that are healthy, thriving and just.
Type Private
Established 1991
Parent institution Saint Louis University
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic - Jesuit
Dean Kimberly Enard, Ph.D., has been named interim dean of Saint Louis University’s College for Public Health and Social Justice, effective Sept. 1, 2026[1]
Students 613[2]
Location The Marvin and Harlene Wool Center, Second Floor, 3545 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63103
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St. Louis
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Missouri
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U.S.
38°38′14″N 90°13′53″W / 38.6371°N 90.2315°W
Campus Urban
Website www.slu.edu/public-health-social-justice/index.php

Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice is a private undergraduate and graduate program of the Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. The College for Public Health and Social Justice came to fruition in July 2013 from its previous form as the School of Public Health, which was founded in 1991 and became fully accredited in 1995.[3]

History

Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice[4] was founded in 2013[5] by the combining of the School of Social Work, founded in 1930, the School of Public Health, established 1991, and the program in Criminology and Criminal Justice.[6]

Campus

The College for Public Health and Social Justice is located at the Saint Louis University Medical School, across from the university hospital on South Grand, about a mile south of the main campus in St. Louis, Missouri. It is connected to the university by a shuttle bus. The School of Social Work remains on the university's main campus, on Lindell east of Grand.

Academics

Degrees

St. Louis University's College for Public Health and Social Justice offers six undergraduate degrees, three accelerated degrees, seven master's degrees, thirteen dual-degree masters, one executive master's degree, two Ph.D. degrees, and three certificates.[7] Public health students can also complete first-year and sophomore level coursework at SLU’s campus in Madrid, Spain.[8]

There are four departments and one school of social work:[9]

Accreditation

The college is one of 39 schools of public health accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health, the field’s highest accreditation. It is the only accredited school of public health in Missouri and the only school of public health at a Jesuit Catholic university in the United States.

Ranking

U.S. News & World Report ranked SLU’s Master of Health Administration among the top graduate programs in the country.[10]

Deans of the School

Since the school's founding, its deans have been:

James Kimmey (1991-1993)[11]
Richard Kurz (1993-2001)
William True, interim (2001-2002)
Andrew Balas (2001-2004)
Homer Schmitz, interim (2004-2006)
Connie Evashwick (2006-2007)
Homer Schmitz, interim (2007-2010) 		Edwin Trevathan (2010-2015)
Collins O. Airhihenbuwa (2016-2017)[12]
Thomas Burroughs (July 1, 2017 – 2022)
Ellen Barnidge, Interim (February 1, 2022 - November 14, 2023)
Leslie McClure (November 15, 2023 - Present)

References

  1. Back to citation "Kimberly Enard Named Interim Dean of the College for Public Health and Social Justice".
  2. Back to citation "About Us".
  3. Back to citation "Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice History". www.slu.edu. Retrieved 2026-08-18.
  4. Back to citation "SLU College for Public Health and Social Justice". College for Public Health and Social Justice. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  5. Back to citation "History of the College and its Programs". Saint Louis University's College for Public Health and Social Justice. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  6. Back to citation "Degree Programs and Certificates". Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  7. Back to citation "Academics". College for Public Health and Social Justice. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  8. Back to citation "SLU in Madrid". Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  9. Back to citation "Departments of Public Health". Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  10. Back to citation "Best Grad Schools, Health Care Management". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  11. Back to citation "SLU's First Endowed Chair in Public Health Honors James Kimmey". slu.edu. Saint Louis University. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  12. Back to citation "A Message from the Dean". slu.edu. St Louis University. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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