4+1 Accelerated MPH in Environmental Health Sciences
Turn your advocacy into action with an MPH focused on environmental health sciences.
Prepare to become a leader who can understand and mitigate the effects of environmental stressors on the human health. UMass Amherst’s MPH in environmental health sciences (EHS) equips you with the knowledge and leadership skills to make the planet a safer, healthier place for humans and other species.
Our program combines a foundation in environmental health sciences with broader training in public health sciences. Students will also be able to take elective courses focused on environmental and molecular epidemiology, environmental monitoring and exposure science, and environmental toxicology.
The 4+1 accelerated master of public health (BS/MPH) program is rigorous, offering high-achieving undergraduates a pathway to a graduate degree that is highly respected and in demand. With a total of 42 graduate credits, the program is designed to be finished in four semesters; two of these semesters are completed during an undergraduate's senior year. Students finish with both a BS and an MPH degree.
Benefits list
Get Started as an Undergraduate
Students interested in the 4+1 MS degree should get involved in environmental health sciences research as early as possible prior to applying to the accelerated program. This helps develop the analytical research skills that will strengthen their application and help complete a master’s thesis.
Newly Renovated Research Facilities
With access to more than 25,000 square feet of modern laboratory facilities, including space for cell culture, microscopy, molecular analyses, microbalances, and histopathology, students will gain the laboratory-based skills necessary to thrive as environmental health professionals.
Featured faculty
Alexander Suvorov
Graduate Program Director, Environmental Health Sciences
Focus on developmental toxicology, epigenetics, chromatin structure, endocrine disruptors, animal models.
Laura Vandenberg
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
Focus on endocrine disruptors, hazard assessment, developmental biology, endocrinology
Carrie Nobles
Focus on air pollution, reproductive health, perinatal epidemiology
Alicia Timme-Laragy
Focus on developmental toxicology, oxidative stress, Nrf and Ahr transcription factors, glutathione
Raphael Arku
Focus on air pollution, environmental exposure assessment, global health, health inequalities, spatial epidemiology, climate change, and sustainable development
Application information & deadlines
Interested students should apply for the 4+1 program during their junior year and must meet all eligibility requirements.
Application Deadline
Applications are submitted to the Department of Environmental Health Sciences.
Environmental Health Sciences
Helping to mitigate the effects of environmental agents on human health.