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In these times of man-made and natural calamities, public health professionals are called to the front line of emergency and bioterrorism preparedness. Federal, state and local public health and homeland security agencies are increasingly in need of professionals with information technology and informatics skills to assist in public health preparedness and health communications. The University of Maryland is offering a new online graduate program in Public Health Informatics. This program is ideal for health professionals such as nurses, pharmacists, epidemiologists, infectious disease experts, hospital workers and lab technicians, as well as professionals in systems management and information technology. The graduate certificate satisfies the Continuing Education Units (CEUs) requirements of health educators through the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE). Credits earned may also meet the requirements for the Master of Public Health and PhD degrees.
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