Message From the Chair

Welcome to the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health (DPMCH). Our patients are both individuals and communities. Through research, training and service, we strive to incorporate the most effective preventive medicine into one-on-one clinical practice. For communities, our goal is to protect health and reduce death, disease and disability through societal application of public health measures.

The faculty of DPMCH teach NJMS medical students, as well as public health students attending the Newark Campus of the UMDNJ School of Public Health. Our training programs include short courses and certificates in public health disciplines and academic programs leading to the Master of Public Health and the Doctor of Public Health.

We invite you to visit our Web site and learn more about our activities and the possibilities for prevention.

Best wishes,

William Halperin MD, MPH, DrPH
Professor and Chair
E-mail: halperwe@umdnj.edu