ASPPH is committed to taking urgent action to address the climate change crisis and its negative impacts on the health of populations worldwide.

ASPPH is committed to taking urgent action to address the climate change crisis and its negative impacts on the health of populations worldwide.

ASPPH commends the Senate for the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which includes provisions impacting deficit reduction, healthcare, and climate change. Climate change is possibly the most significant global challenge of the 21st century, with the potential to irrevocably alter the planet and the population’s health unless there is sufficient and immediate action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

ASPPH reacts to President Biden's latest executive actions to combat climate change.

ASPPH is deeply concerned about the SCOTUS 6-3 ruling in the West Virginia v. EPA case, significantly limiting the ability of the EPA to regulate carbon emissions from power plants.

ASPPH is extremely concerned with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. This will have irreparable consequences on the strides our nation has made in reducing maternal mortality rates over the past 50 years.

ASPPH leadership sent a letter to the Senate urging quick passage of the bill. The Senate passed a gun violence prevention package called the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act by vote of 65-33.

ASPPH is devastated by the recent mass shootings in Buffalo and now at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Our hearts break for the victims and families of those who were killed and injured, as well as those who had to endure this traumatic experience.

ASPPH highlighted in its response, the importance of better integrating public health dimensions within the US health care system.

ASPPH's written testimony for the record on recommendations for the Senate Labor-HHS-ED Appropriations Bill to support the mission of our 137 academic institutions.

As the leading voice of academic public health, ASPPH is concerned about the Supreme Court’s draft opinion regarding Roe v. Wade. ASPPH believes access to family planning services is an essential component of public health. Removing access to these services will significantly impact maternal health outcomes.

ASPPH commends President Biden’s commitment to strengthen the health of Americans through important investments in public health, biomedical research, and education programs in the fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget proposal.

ASPPH applauds final passage of the fiscal year (FY) 2022 omnibus spending package. The bipartisan, bicameral measure invests in key federal agencies and programs of importance to the academic public health community.

ASPPH does not endorse third party ranking systems of schools and programs of public health. All ASPPH member institutions, who have earned accreditation from the Council on Education in Public Health (CEPH), provide a high-quality education that prepares students for success in public health and related careers.

As an organization that supports public health for everyone, everywhere, we condemn these egregious acts that infringe upon our deeply held principles of human rights and social justice. We call for an end to these violent attacks.

We at ASPPH and our member schools and programs are deeply saddened by the death of Dr. Paul Farmer. He was a world-renowned physician, anthropologist, professor, author, and a tireless advocate for global public health. Dr. Farmer made a tangible impact on the health of many people in underserved parts of the world.

We support the efforts of the PREVENT Pandemics Act to improve public health workforce education, training, and research that will strengthen the nation’s public health and medical preparedness and response systems.

ASPPH is disappointed with the Senate’s failure to pass an election reform package that would expand civic engagement in the US. The fundamental right to vote is a key pillar of our democracy and we must ensure safe access to achieve optimal public health for all Americans.

We are extremely disappointed that the Supreme Court chose to overlook what science has proven time and time again, which is the critical role of vaccines and testing in preventing illnesses and call on employers to take the lead on setting their own vaccination requirement policies rooted in both scientific evidence and common sense.

As part of the FY 22 appropriations process, ASPPH urges Congress to prioritize funding for critical public health programs that promote prevention and prevention research, advance preparedness, ensure that we have a well-trained and resourced public health workforce, and that promotes health equity and social justice.

College campuses have unique risks of spread and a return to a more normal education may require extraordinary efforts to vaccinate campus communities.

Now more than ever, given the inequity in vaccine uptake in the US and the rising rates of the COVID delta variant in many regions, the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health strongly supports community outreach efforts promoting COVID-19 vaccinations and calls on the nation’s elected leaders to unite to encourage and support such initiatives.

For the past two decades, public health education has experienced continued growth at both the undergraduate and graduate degree levels. This growth is now spiking during the pandemic, with a 40 percent increase in applicants to 2021 graduate-level degree programs compared to March 2020.

ASPPH strongly endorses the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to begin the regulatory process to ban menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and ban all characterizing flavors (including menthol) in cigars.

ASPPH does not endorse third party ranking systems of schools and programs of public health or participate in their creation, production, or promotion.

ASPPH will not tolerate harassment and discrimination in any form. Our members stand united in opposing efforts to demonize individuals due to their ancestry or birth country. The enemy is COVID-19 and not our fellow human beings.

ASPPH calls on all Americans to rededicate themselves – both individually and collectively — to the fundamental values that allow democracy to work. It is essential to our future as a functioning country and society — but it is also essential to our health and wellbeing.

DHS' visa duration proposal would create unnecessary procedural uncertainty for international students by introducing a burdensome and bureaucratic extension of stay process to the normal visa system.

If followed, the recommendations in the Great Barrington Declaration would haphazardly and unnecessarily sacrifice lives. The declaration is not a strategy, it is a political statement.

Regardless of the result of November’s election, public health challenges will test the President’s ability to communicate effectively and to bring the country and the world together to make difficult policy choices and long-term investment decisions to achieve our shared vision of improved health for everyone, everywhere.

Regardless of the result of November’s election, public health challenges will test the President’s ability to communicate effectively and to bring the country and the world together to make difficult policy choices and long-term investment decisions to achieve our shared vision of improved health for everyone, everywhere.

Racial sensitivity and unconscious bias training courses represent an important part of our collective effort to shift culture towards a world that is welcoming of all, without prejudice.

ASPPH does not believe that the CDC’s revision reflects the best available science or is in the best interest of the public’s health. ASPPH strongly urges the CDC to reconsider its change, especially considering the confusion and consternation it has generated among public health and medical professionals and the general public.

Given the lack of evidence of the effectiveness of GRE scores in predicting the academic success of graduate students, schools and programs of public health and Public Health Admissions are moving away from requiring GRE scores and are instead focusing more on a holistic process for evaluating applicants.

The work of public health professionals is to protect and improve the populations’ health. The current disaster highlights multiple problems contributing to a worsening health catastrophe in Lebanon, requiring urgent international support and solidarity.

ASPPH staff and members are committed to addressing racial injustice by teaching skills to advocate for the essential public health values of compassion, empathy, justice, and equity. Read our full statement.

ASPPH is engaged in the COVID-19 response by supporting both our members’ mission activities as well as federal, state, and local response initiatives. Learn more about what we're doing.

ASPPH stands with Dr. Fauci and encourages him to continue to ‘speak truth to power’ and to trust that the American people can handle scientific truths, and will stand behind informed, reasoned decisions that protect us from Covid-19. Read our full statement of support.

ASPPH strongly opposes the various policy and regulatory impediments that Donald Trump and his administration are imposing on current students and applicants, as well as to international scholars on our faculties. Read the full statement.

This decision is politics at its most dangerous and a blatant effort to shift blame for the failure of the United States to appropriately prepare for a pandemic or to quickly deal with disease’s inevitable outbreak in the US. Read the full statement.

Supreme Court’s Ruling That Trump's Efforts to end the DACA Program Violated the Administrative Procedures Act. Read the brief.

Report and recommendations from the ASPPH Task Force on Public Health Initiatives to Address the Opioid Crisis.