About

Committed to improving human health

Health is a complex interplay between systemic forces—economic disparity, racism, and climate change among them—and the immediate challenges to well-being that people face every day. 

Loyola University Chicago’s Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health brings together our call as a Jesuit institution to go to the frontiers of education, research, and practice and to help people who live at the margins. We apply entrepreneurial energy, interdisciplinary collaboration, and broad-based expertise to transform human health.

An established leader in health care education with the Stritch School of Medicine and the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, the Parkinson School draws on those strengths to address today’s public health challenges. We prepare a rising generation of diverse health leaders to be “persons for others”—in public health, health systems and informatics, dietetics, exercise science, and medical laboratory science.

We meet student, community, and industry needs with flexible degree programs for undergraduate and graduate students as well as certificate programs for professionals seeking additional skills or a career change.

Educating Locally, Caring Globally

Loyola University Chicago established the Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health in 2019. In quick time, the Parkinson School has distinguished itself as an innovative, entrepreneurial institution promoting interdisciplinary learning, collaboration, and care for communities.

Embracing an ethos of design- and systems-thinking, we prepare the next generation of scholars, educators, and health practitioners to expand knowledge, drive change in service of humanity, and translate research, scholarship, and teaching to scalable, sustainable solutions.