Joining the ranks of CPH certified professionals is an important step in the evolution of our profession. As a board certified physician in internal and preventive medicine, taking the exam was a personal choice and an easy one to make. It is important all of us as committed public health professionals demonstrate support for the future of our profession and demonstrate a commitment to continuing education. At ASPH, we will fully support staff with a CPH obtaining the continuing education credits needed to maintain their credential.

Harrison Spencer, MD, MPH, CPH President and CEO Association of Schools of Public Health

The CPH provides evidence that public health professional staff are committed to lifelong learning. As public health undergoes rapid change, we can assure our community that staff with the CPH are familiar with the latest developments and challenges in public health.
	Alan Melnick, MD, MPH, CPH, Health Officer, Clark County, WA

For many years public health has been virtually the only health field without a core credential. Certified in Public Health professionals have demonstrated mastery of the core sciences of public health, and can apply their proven knowledge to tobacco control. Therefore, Certified in Public Health professionals will help stop the number one cause of preventable death in the US.
	Cheryl G. Healton , Dr.P.H., President & CEO, American Legacy Foundation

To become certified in public health is a way to support our field, its professionalism, and its credibility. It is also a personal challenge and a commitment to continue your education to enhance your role as a public health professional.
	Anna Torrens Armstrong, Ph.D., MPH, CHES, CPH Davenport University

The Public Health Management Corporation, as a public health institute, supports the exam and maintenance fees of all employees eligible to become Certified in Public Health by the National Board of Public Health Examiners. Our CPH professionals have demonstrated their leadership in our non-profit, and they provide essential and effective outreach, health promotion, education, research, and direct services to our community.

Richard J. Cohen, PhD President, Public Health Management Corporation

As a member of the last health profession without a credential, you can help the field raise its profile by earning the CPH and displaying it proudly.
	Michael J. Klag, MD, MPH Chair-Elect, ASPH Board of Directors Dean Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Linda Rosenstock, MD, MPH Chair, ASPH Board of Directors Dean UCLA School of Public Health

CPH professionals exhibit the leadership and qualification that the community has come to expect from our public health workforce. The CPH exam demonstrates that persons have mastered a fundamental breadth of core and cross-cutting competencies necessary for the effective practice of public health. CPH professionals are competent, distinguished members of the workforce and they benefit the communities they serve.

David I. Gregorio, PhD, MS Director, Master of Public Health Program University of Connecticut

I am very happy I took the exam. One of the things which I have noticed about our profession is that we are splintered – not only by skill but by specialty. I see this more profoundly when we (public health professionals) offer our services to the general public or emergency responders during emergency responses. Calling ourselves public health professionals – but failing to disclose that public health offers much more than just epi – or treatment/screening – is something we have to do much better… the CPH provides a network of public health professionals with different backgrounds – which should ever be needed – can be engaged for services around the world… A CPH means you have been trained by an institution which is accredited at the highest standards of public health, you understand the complexities of the public specialties, and you commit yourself to a process which prevents rust and keeps you operating as a current public health professional.

Sean G. Kaufman, MPH, CHES, CPH Center for Public Health Preparedness and Research Emory University

I took the CPH exam because I felt that there was a need for this type of certification in public health, and I was sure that others (including employers) would see it as valuable. As I took the exam right after finishing my MPH, it was a good review of my courses, some of which I had taken four years earlier. I believe the field was ready for this type of generalized certification… it will help ensure that those who have it possess a certain distinct body of knowledge. In my experience, the exam was challenging, but fair.

Debbie Shelmire, MPH, CPH National Board of Medical Examiners

The obstacles to ensuring the public’s health have grown increasingly complex in the 21st century, and will require sophisticated, multi-tiered solutions. Public health experts must be equipped with the tools necessary to pursue solutions at the policy level. The National Nursing Centers Consortium has supported emerging leaders among our staff in becoming Certified in Public Health to ensure that we can continue to further our mission of supporting policy solutions ensuring access to health care across the nation.

Tine Hansen-Turton, MGA, JD Executive Director, National Nursing Centers Consortium

Public health is critically important in the protection and promotion of health and the prevention of disease. The CPH provides evidence that we as public health professionals have attained a nationally recognized level of expertise to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy. I believe that everyone eligible who is in the field should take the exam.
	Adewale Troutman, MD, MPH, CPH Director, Louisville Metro Department of Public Health & Wellness

I am promoting this exam and I am involved in the teaching of public health at a college level. I feel that the CPH is something that will validate public health as a clear set of disciplines and adds to the expertise that one brings to the table with issues concerning all aspects of public health. My own public health background emphasized economics and the built environment and the CPH has been invaluable as a tool of credibility.

Dr. David J. Hintz, CPH

“PREFERRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE: PhD or terminal degree in public health, health promotion, health policy, or health education preferred. … Certified in Public Health (CPH), or eligible and intent to become certified is preferred.”
	job posting for Director of Health Promotion and Wellness Services at California State University, East Bay

“In pursuit of our mission to assure quality public health services in an urban county, the Allegheny County Health Department will provide the initial registration fee for any employee to become Certified in Public Health. A well-trained and up-to-date workforce, such as CPH professionals, is essential to the effective delivery of public health services.”
	Bruce Dixon, MD Director Allegheny County Health Department, PA