Promoting Health Equity
At the College of Health, we promote health equity through forging unconventional connections between diverse fields, prioritizing real-world impact in our research, and educating students through experience.
Through community partnership and applied technological innovation, we strive for a future where health equity is a reality.
Collaboration with affected communities guides our work, both locally and globally. Together, we leverage Lehigh’s traditional strength in technology across business, nonprofit, and government sectors to identify and implement innovative, appropriate strategies for living better and longer.
60+
College-based and affiliated faculty across 5 colleges
100%
Students receive experiential learning opportunities
2021
Health | Science | Technology building completed
2022
Launch of graduate programs
$18M+
Faculty research grants since 2020
600+
Lehigh alumni network working in healthcare
The College of Health occupies a unique space within the Lehigh University ecosystem, and it enables us to tap into the expertise from faculty in Lehigh’s four existing colleges. Our alumni enter the world prepared to make an impact in the private sector, nonprofit organizations and government institutions.
Our growing roster of distinguished faculty includes many of today’s leading minds in the field of population health and together, they are pushing the college towards key milestones in academics, research, admissions, strategic partnership development and more.
Lehigh is leveraging the strategic partnerships that will enable us to build organizational sustainability and advance the body of research in population health
Our state-of-the-art Health, Science and Technology building is home to a number of cutting edge resources including: the Health Data Warehouse, the Artificial Intelligence and Data Visualization Laboratory, the Community Partnership Engagement Space and more.
In our virtual Colloquium Series, we provide compelling videos that showcase panels and lectures from local, national, and international leaders on our time's most pressing population health challenges. This series is free and open to the public through online registration.
College of Health Professor Hyunok Choi Joins NIH Grant to Research Early Environmental Influences on Child Health (ECHO) and Development
Choi Joins Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in the Nationwide ECHO Program
Lehigh Welcomes New Faculty for the 2024-25 Academic Year
Learn about new faculty members on campus this fall.
College of Health Professor John Hughes Joins National Cancer Institute-Funded Study to Research Neighborhood Exposures Over Time and Their Associations with Cancer
Hughes leads effort to apply new statistical methods to cancer data