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Vision, Mission, Values & Goals

Our Vision

The JPHCOPH will be the nationally recognized leader in the empowerment of rural communities and underserved populations to address public health issues, eliminate health disparities and improve health outcomes.

Our Mission

The mission of the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health (JPHCOPH) is to enhance health and eliminate health disparities of rural communities and underserved populations in Georgia and the southeastern region, the nation and the world through excellence in public health workforce development, research, professional service and community engagement.

Our Shared Values

The Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health is endowed by Dr. Karl E. Peace as a tribute to his wife and an enduring celebration of her life characterized by ‘a zeal for excellence, consideration of others, intelligence and scholarship, honesty, kindness and humility.’ In honor of Dr. Hsu, the faculty, students and staff of the JPHCOPH commit to demonstrate these values in our behavior toward one another and to those that we serve.

In 2007 the JPHCOPH Students, Faculty and Staff worked together to clarify the following list of shared core values. These values serve to guide decision making for our workforce development, research, professional service and community engagement activities.

We will also use these values to help us in choosing the right path.

• Excellence in research, service and instruction.
• Passion for improving the health of rural communities and underserved populations.
• Responsibility for promoting health equity and eliminating health disparities in rural communities and underserved populations.
• Commitment to community involvement.
• Collaboration for problem solving.
• Commitment to developing as a "Learning Organization."

Our Goals

Workforce Development:

• Provide five competency-based MPH degree programs in the core areas of public health that will ensure our graduates attain and demonstrate competencies that will contribute to the mission of JPHCOPH during their academic programs and throughout their careers.
• Provide three competency-based DrPH programs (in the areas of Public Health Leadership, Biostatistics and Community Health Behavior and Education) that graduate leaders of the public health workforce who contribute to the mission of JPHCOPH during their academic training and throughout their careers.
• Provide a competency-based MHA degree program that will ensure our graduates attain and demonstrate competencies that will contribute to the mission of JPHCOPH during their academic programs and throughout their careers.
• Ensure all of our graduates develop skills for lifelong learning, critical thinking, collaboration and visionary public health leadership.
• Expand our doctoral program to include concentrations in Epidemiology, Environmental Health or perhaps a Ph.D. program within five years.
• Begin the process of including undergraduate public health workforce development programs in our College.

Research:

• Foster excellence in applied public-health-related research that enhances the knowledge, processes, best practices and values to improve health in communities and eliminate health disparities among the rural and underserved populations of the state and region.

Service:

• Facilitate public-health-related community outreach, service learning, use of best practices, continuing education for workforce development and community service to improve health and eliminate health disparities among the rural and underserved populations of the state and region.
• Facilitate faculty and student involvement in national service activities and professional leadership roles to enhance public health.

Organizational:

• Develop and continually enhance a sustainable College of Public Health (COPH) with an emphasis on ongoing assessment and quality improvement processes.