Bluffton University to offer major, minor in public health

12/24/2010

BLUFFTON, Ohio — Beginning next fall, Bluffton University will offer undergraduates a major and minor in public health.

Ross Kauffman, a postdoctoral fellow in the Training in Research for Behavioral Oncology and Cancer Control program in Indiana University's School of Nursing, will head the degree program at Bluffton. Mr. Kauffman has a master of public health and a doctoral degree in epidemiology from Ohio State University.

The Bluffton program will offer concentrations in pre-epidemiology, public health advocacy, and public health education.