The Public Health Graduate Program (PPGSP), master’s and doctoral programs, established in 1970, aims to form faculty members and researchers with emphasis on health policy and management; epidemiology of diseases, of damages to health and of risk factors; life cycles, social and health conditions; organization of productive processes and workers’ health; environmental health, ways of life and sustainability. In the last triennial, it was granted a 5 grade by Capes (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel).

Research lines:

1. Epidemiology of diseases, of damages to health and of their determinants

2. Organization of productive processes and workers’ health

3. Policies, management and health

4. Environmental health, ways of life and sustainability

5. Health, life cycles and social conditions