Improve the nation’s health and your career prospects Get a high-quality, comprehensive education in public health to boost your career while improving the health of New Zealanders. What is it Like? The Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health will give you leading-edge expertise in many different subjects such as epidemiology and biostatistics, Maori and Pacific health, health economics, occupational health, environmental health, programme evaluation, health inequalities and health policy. Transfer your learning to your workplace Massey’s Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health emphasises applied research and practical experience. You will be able to apply knowledge gained through coursework to projects that reflect your work and interests. Get great work skills With the Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health, you will understand the core functions of public health: health promotion, disease prevention, disease surveillance and monitoring, health assessment and health protection. You will also be able to identify and critically analyse public health problems and solutions from a range of perspectives including biological, environmental, behavioral, social and cultural determinants as well as from a systems perspective. These skills will be invaluable in the workplace. Follow your research passions At Massey, we embrace high-quality research in exciting areas including the effects of noise on health, waterway health, rainwater harvesting, drug delivery systems, the effects of resistance training, novel gene identification and science communication. Graduates of the PGDipPH can do further study for a Master of Public Health. Many of our graduates successfully achieve an academic career in teaching and research. Careers There are many employment opportunities that public health training can give both in the health sector and wider government and community sectors. These include: Health promotion Health protection Policy advisors and analysts in the government sector Health sector analysts in district health boards, public health units, NGOs, PHOs Programme coordinators and evaluators Up skilling for public health nurses Health community workers Public health research and teaching