Improving Human Health Outcomes: From Cell to Society
Lehigh’s College of Health is a leader in improving human health outcomes through interdisciplinary studies and research in population and community health, precision health, and health innovation and technology.
Data science and technology are driving the worldwide response to COVID-19 — and Lehigh’s College of Health is cultivating the next generation of leaders in the field, who will be ready to take on challenges we don’t even know exist yet.
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See how an innovative approach to modelling can help accurately predict COVID-19 outbreaks >
Graphic by Drew Harris; adapted from CDC / The Economist and first printed by The New York Times.
The college is pioneering population health as a convergence science, pushing the field forward with the intentional integration of substantive, methodological and technical expertise.
With a focus on population health, the College of Health will make important contributions to the world of health, play a key role in helping meet the fast-growing employment needs of the health sector and work to improve the lives of millions of people the world over.
Population health, part of the broader field of public health, is the science of understanding the multiple determinants of health, from cell to society. It is a data science that provides critical insights that stand to make a positive impact on lives worldwide.
Population health scientists leverage data to explore potential ways to improve the health of individuals, communities and entire populations—all to optimize health outcomes and create a healthier world.
The College of Health will prepare the next generation of diverse scientists and leaders in population health through innovative course work, distance learning and experiential learning opportunities.
Population health, part of the broader field of public health, is the science of understanding the multiple determinants of health, from cell to society. It is a data science that provides critical insights that stand to make a positive impact on lives worldwide.
Population health scientists leverage data to explore potential ways to improve the health of individuals, communities and entire populations—all to optimize health outcomes and create a healthier world.
The College of Health will prepare the next generation of diverse scientists and leaders in population health through innovative course work, distance learning and experiential learning opportunities.
College-based and affiliated faculty across 5 colleges
Students who have experiential learning opportunities
Health | Science | Technology building opens
Launch of graduate programs
Faculty research grants
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.
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.
Researchers: Air Pollutant is Likely Contributor to Most Severe Asthma Species
For the first time, an analysis identifies non-atopic childhood asthma as more than a set of symptoms, but a distinct disease, driven by early exposure to Benzo[a]pyrene from fossil fuel combustion.
COH Appoints Christine Makosky Daley as First Department Chair
Daley will chair the Department of Community and Population Health.
Erica Hoelscher Appointed Associate Dean for Faculty and Staff in College of Health
Hoelscher will help develop tenure and promotion guidelines for the college.
Lehigh is leveraging the strategic partnerships that will enable us to build organizational sustainability and advance the body of research in population health