The Law and Public Health (LPH) program, housed within the Department of Health Policy and Management,
is devoted to both teaching and research. Coursework introduces lawyers
to the science of public health and provides training in the analysis
of public health problems. Graduates of the program receive an MPH
degree and are prepared for positions in a health, law, or
environmental section of a law firm, local, state and federal
government, a hospital legal counsel's office, a nonprofit advocacy
organization, or academia. The Law and Public Health faculty are dually
trained in law and health services research and policy. The faculty
research agenda rests on three pillars: health care law and policy,
public health law and policy, and ethics. Current research projects
focus on the medical malpractice system, patient safety and medical
error prevention, health care dispute resolution, and research ethics.