Public Health

The Presidential Award for Civic Life is the highest recognition for service, leadership, and civic engagement conferred by Tufts University. This year’s winners include four students from Tufts School of Medicine.

With lives at stake, a scholar-activist investigates what it will take to fix an alarming health disparity

As an advocate for women and people of color, she looks forward to beginning her career—and eventually becoming a physician

Behind countless medical and public health breakthroughs are the translators, problem-solvers, and artists of the biological sciences—also known as biostatisticians

To increase racial justice, we must get involved in politics, build a better diplomatic corps, and foster a more diverse Tufts, alumni argue

To increase equity, we must address racism and boost diversity in medicine, dentistry, and veterinary medicine, Tufts alumni and faculty say

PA/MPH student Michelle Ngeouyang's ALE project gave her the chance to apply the skills and knowledge she learned in the classroom to a real-life problem.

For her ALE, MS/MPH student Sylvia Chen planned and implemented a quality improvement project for a community-focused program to help people quit smoking.

Omar Yaghi, MPH’17, was inspired to pursue an MPH after witnessing a near fatal accident at a hospital in Bahrain. Now he’s part of the Quality and Patient Safety team at Tufts Medical Center and investigates patient safety issues.