Public Health

Reflecting the diverse nature of public health, the Doctorate in Public Health at Bangor University enables applied practitioners to adopt leadership roles and advance their career.

This Public Health Doctorate at Bangor University provides students with a rigorous framework for the development and synthesis of empirical, professional and organisational knowledge in the area of public health, including the development of knowledge and skills in public health and health promotion theory, research and practice, focusing on current priorities and challenges that involve ethical, economic, political, societal and cultural factors.

Careers

This course is intended to support the academic and career progression of healthcare professionals working in, or aspiring to senior roles within UK and international public health bodies and those working with a public health /health promotion brief in health and social care organisations.

Graduates will be well placed to take advantage of role developments in health care, such as non-medical consultantship.

During the course the combination of taught and research components will provide students with a range of outcomes, including:

• An in-depth knowledge and understanding of specific issues at the forefront of theory and practice in students’ professional fields in the arena of public health and health promotion, that enables them to critically evaluate research and provide possible alternative hypotheses.
• A comprehensive understanding of relevant research and scholarly approaches applicable to practice and service improvement in the arena of public health and health promotion, with an informed knowledge of how the results of this application may improve public health orientated practice and develop research ideas/policy.
• An ability to develop originality in inquiry, independent thinking and theoretical concepts as part of scholarly activities.