University of Kansas Medical Center

Address:
3901 Rainbow Blvd - Kansas City, KS 66160
Website:
http://www.kumc.edu/

Department(s)

  • Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

    Address:
    3901 Rainbow Boulevard MS 3045
    Kansas City KS 66160
    Website:
    http://www.kumc.edu/school-of-medicine/pathology.html
    Associated SEPA Project(s)
    Department Contact(s)
    Patricia Thomas PhD Phone: 913-588-7070 Fax: 913-588-7073

    Email: pthomas@kumc.edu

  • Preventive Medicine and Public Health

    Address:
    3901 Rainbow Blvd, MS 1008
    Kansas City KS 66160
    Website:
    http://www.kumc.edu/school-of-medicine/preventive-medicine-and-public-health.html

    We are passionate about healthy communities and are committed to improving the health of people through our teaching, research and service. Our research is conducted in the community, with community participation, working to harness public health and scientific discoveries for the benefit of all of our citizens. We invite you to learn more about our department and the critical role that public health science plays in our communities.

    Associated SEPA Project(s)
    Associated SEPA Publication(s)
    Department Contact(s)
    Ana-Paula Cupertino PhD Phone: 913-588-2783

    Email: acupertino@kumc.edu

    Karin Chang PhD Phone: 816-235-6344

    Email: k.chang@umkc.edu

    Megha Ramaswamy PhD, MPH Phone: 913-588-1053 Fax: 913-588-2780

    Email: mramaswamy@kumc.edu

  • Population Health

    Address:
    3901 Rainbow Blvd, MS 1008
    Kansas City KS 66160
    Website:
    https://www.kumc.edu/school-of-medicine/population-health.html

    With faculty and programs on all three campuses of the Kansas University Medical Center, (Kansas City, Wichita and Salina), our department is focused on improving health and reducing health inequities for all people in Kansas and beyond. We think that the health of our communities is best served by integrating our efforts to improve public health with efforts to improve health systems, health policies, and health care delivery. We seek to understand the complex interplay of behavioral and social determinants of health and identify the way these underlying determinants influence the delivery of health care services. We try to find ways in which health systems and health policies can better respond to the needs of the communities they serve.

    We offer training in public health through our Masters in Public Health degree, training in health administration with our Master of Health Services Administration degree and translational research through our Master of Science in Clinical Research degree. Our PhD program in Health Policy and Management provides advanced training for talented individuals interested in advancing the science of health care policy and delivery. Students and faculty interact across these programs to create a multi-disciplinary and inclusive learning environment that better prepares students to address the complex needs of our communities.

    Through strong partnerships with community organizations, government agencies, health care systems and other stakeholders, our more than 90 faculty and staff seek to address some of the most critical threats to the health of our communities, including tobacco, obesity, cancer, and diabetes. Our diverse faculty bring expertise in psychology, sociology, epidemiology, economics, statistics, demography, anthropology, implementation science, public health, and health care delivery, allowing us to apply a multi-disciplinary approach to tackling health concerns, particularly those concerns that disproportionately affect rural, incarcerated, Native American, African American, and Latino communities.

    Associated SEPA Project(s)
    Department Contact(s)
    Megha Ramaswamy PhD, MPH Phone: 913-588-1053 Fax: 913-588-2780

    Email: mramaswamy@kumc.edu

    Karin Chang PhD Phone: 816-235-6344

    Email: k.chang@umkc.edu