The Graduate Diploma of Public Health equips you with the skills needed to investigate, critique and respond to real world population health problems in local and global contexts. This course is delivered by CDU and the Menzies School of Health Research. You will be taught by leading Menzies Research professionals in the specialist areas of Indigenous health, global health, public health practice and health research.

You will acquire advanced knowledge and skills in: epidemiology; biostatistics; quantitative and qualitative research methods. You will learn to analyse and interpret population health information, evaluate and design public health interventions and formulate strategies to address complex health and social issues. You will apply public health approaches to: health promotion; disease control; health systems; health policy; decision making; the environment and the sustainable development goals.

On completion, you can articulate to the Master of Public Health with the option of undertaking a supervised research project.

Upon graduating, you will be equipped to work in various areas of public health, including professional public health practice; health policy and planning; epidemiology; communicable and chronic disease control; health research; community development and aid work, both nationally and internationally.

This course requires you to have a high level of academic reading and writing. If you are not confident in your academic literacy skills, you are encouraged to fully utilise the University's academic support services.

Graduating from this course may lead to career opportunities in a broad range of public health roles in government and non-government organisations (NGO) or you may move into our Master of Public Health.