| 1931 |
Department of Public Health established in LSU School of Medicine |
| 1930’s – 1980’s |
Department of Public Health makes notable contributions to the field of public health in the areas of malaria, polio and other endemic infections in the South. |
| 1994 |
Department of Public Health reactivated as Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine |
| 3/29/96 |
MPH Degree Program Proposed to LSU Board of Supervisors and Board of Regents for the state of Louisiana |
| 3/26/97 |
MPH Program Approved by LSU Board of Supervisors and the Board of Regents for Higher Education for the state of Louisiana |
| 5/99 |
Graduation of first MPH Class |
| 3/27/03 |
Louisiana Board of Regents Approves LSU HSC School of Public Health (SPH) |
| 5/29/03 |
MPH Program Accredited by Council for Education in Public Health |
| 7/1/03 |
LSU SPH begins operations at 1600 Canal St on the LSU HSC downtown campus |
| 11/17/03 |
School of Public Health approved as an Associate Member of the Association of Schools of Public Health |
| Fall 2004 |
New MPH concentrations began in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental/ Occupational Health Sciences |
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The Community Preventive Medicine MPH was opened to health care professionals (i.e., MD, DDS, DSN, DVM) |
| Fall 2005 |
New MPH concentrations offered in Behavioral/Community Health Sciences and Health Policy/ Systems Management. |
| 2007 and/or 2008 |
Doctoral programs will be offered in Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Behavior and Community Health Sciences subject to approval by Board of Regents for Higher Education for the State of Louisiana |
