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The UND School of Law and School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) are proud to announce their new dual Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) degree. The joint program provides future attorneys with a specialized, accelerated health policy track allowing them not only to specialize in public health law, but obtain an M.P.H. degree simultaneous to the J.D.<\/p>\n
While not a new concept, the dual degree is the only one of its kind in North and South Dakota and the only such program between the states of Washington and Minnesota.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor students interested in public health law, this is an ideal dual degree,\u201d said Don Warne, M.D., M.P.H., director of the SMHS Master of Public Health program and its new doctoral program in Indigenous Health. \u201cThese graduates will have skillsets in health law, health policy, and public health.\u201d<\/p>\n
At nearly ten years old, UND\u2019s public health program has already graduated dozens of public health professionals working across the nation in population health research, epidemiology, health systems and policy, and Indigenous health. The program announced the world\u2019s first doctoral program in Indigenous Health in 2020. The new dual degree with the School of Law will expand the program\u2019s productivity, opening up the study of public health to more professionals.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe School of Law is very excited about this new joint degree partnership with the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences,\u201d added Michael McGinniss, J.D., dean of the UND School of Law. \u201cBy sharing faculty expertise and curricular resources, we will provide our law students with a strong foundation of knowledge and skills for professional success in the growing field of public health.\u00a0They will graduate very well-positioned to serve both public and private health institutions in meeting their legal needs and obligations.\u201d<\/p>\n
Graduation requirements for completing the degrees are the same for other dual degrees at the Law School, which \u201chouses\u201d the program, added McGinniss. The School of Law will accept up to nine credits of courses taken as part of the M.P.H. program towards completion of the J.D.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs someone who has advanced degrees in fields separate from but related to medicine \u2013 specifically, public health and business administration \u2013 I know personally the benefits that dual degree programs afford students,\u201d commented Joshua Wynne, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H., vice president for health affairs at UND and dean of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences. \u201cThis is an exciting development for UND and, most importantly, for our students.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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