The Pacific Public Health Training Center (PPHTC) is a joint effort of the four California Schools of Public Health (University of California Los Angeles, University of California Berkeley, Loma Linda University, San Diego State University), and the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Office of Public Health Studies, Department of Public Health Sciences.

Our mission is to develop and maintain a skilled public health workforce in California, Utah, Nevada, Hawaii and the U.S. Associated Pacific Islands, in order to support and enhance individual and community health needs. We collaborate with strategic partners in providing training that is innovative, effective, flexible in methodology, and accessible to our constituents.

PPHTC is one of 14 nationwide centers that comprise the national Public Health Training Center Network. The PHTC centers are partnerships between accredited schools of public health, related academic institutions, and public health agencies and organizations.