School of public health launched at UCC

A new school of public health that will seek to improve the health of the nation has been launched by University College Cork (UCC).

The university’s Department of Epidemiology and Public Health that grew considerably over the last number of years will become the School of Public Health.

Head of the School of Public Health, Ivan Perry, said the school was modelled on international schools of public health in Britain and throughout Europe and the US.