A leader in interdisciplinary studies, the school offers dual-degree programs with medicine, nursing, health professions, business, and law. Master’s degrees also are available with a concentration in clinical research. The Career MPH is a distance-learning program for mid-career professionals who wish to pursue a degree while employed.

In 2007, the school recorded $54.7 million in research funding. These funds support research efforts in cancer epidemiology, nutrition, environmental and occupational health, HIV/AIDS education and prevention, addictive behaviors, youth violence, antibiotic resistance, micronutrient malnutrition, diabetes and obesity, and health care costs and allocation of health resources.

Many of the 180 full-time faculty and more than 250 adjunct faculty in six academic departments are linked by appointments, shared programs, or research grants with the CDC, The Carter Center, the American Cancer Society, CARE, the Arthritis Foundation, the Task Force for Child Survival and Development, and state and local public health agencies. Through these partnerships and in its role as a center for international health research and training, the school helps make Atlanta the public health capital of the world. The school is ranked 7th among peer institutions by U.S. News & World Report.