| 2012 |
Students from all schools and programs accredited by CEPH eligible for the February 2012 and future CPH exams. |
| 2011 |
79 Academic Institutions accredited by CEPH Extend Certified in Public Health Eligibility to their Students. |
| 2010 |
NBPHE successfully pilots student eligibility for Certified in Public Health Exam. 37 CEPH-accredited schools and program offered the CPH exam as a pre-graduation test for their students. Certified in Public Health Continuing Education (CPHE) offered for the first time by ASPH, APTR, ASTHO, APHA, NACCHO. |
| 2009 |
NBPHE headquarters relocated to Pittsburgh, PA. |
| 2008 |
The inaugural Certified in Public Health exam was administered both in the U.S. and in international locations during August 11-30, 2008.The National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE) announced the award of its inaugural Certification in Public Health (CPH) to over 500 qualifying professionals. |
| 2006 |
The NBPHE Liaison program was created in July 2006 to assure that all CEPH-accredited public health schools and programs were linked into the credentialing development process. |
| 2005 |
ASPH releases first competency set for MPH graduates. The first meeting of the NBPHE was held in December 2005. |
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| The Executive Committee Members are: |
| • | Dr. Bernard Goldstein, dean emeritus of the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, chair; |
| • | Dean Donna Petersen, University of South Florida College of Public Health; chair-elect; |
| • | Dr. Cheryl Healton, president and CEO of the American Legacy Foundation, secretary-treasurer; |
| • | Dr. Patricia Buffler, dean emerita of the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health, chair of the Nominations Committee, and |
| • | Dr. Terry Dwelle, North Dakota state health officer, chair of the Testing Committee. |
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| Representative board members include: |
| • | Dr. David Gregorio, director, University of Connecticut Graduate Program in Public Health; |
| • | Dr. Sally Guttmacher, New York University MPH Program; |
| • | Dr. Robert Harmon, Director, Duval County Health Department, Florida; |
| • | Dr. Diane Matuszak, director of the Community Health Administration, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; |
| • | Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer for Clark County, Washington, and faculty at Oregon Health and Science University; |
| • | Dr. Andrew Sorensen, president of the University of South Carolina; and |
| • | Dr. Walter Tsou, past-president of APHA and public health consultant. |
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| At-large Board Members are: |
| • | Dr. Jack Barnette, senior associate dean for academic affairs, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health; |
| • | Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; |
| • | Dr. Kristine Gebbie, School of Nursing, Columbia University; |
| • | Dr. Fernando Guerra, director of health, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District; |
| • | Dr. Camara P. Jones, research director on social determinants of health, CDC; |
| • | Dr. Gerald T. Keusch, Associate Dean for Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health; |
| • | Dr. Edward Mamary, director, MPH Program, San Jose State University; and |
| • | Dr. Adewale Troutman, director of the Louisville Metro Health Department and faculty at the University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences. |
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| 2005 |
The National Board of Public Health Examiners incorporated September 2005. |
| 2004 |
Eligibility requirements set at graduate-level degree in public health from a school or program accredited by CEPH, after extensive discussions among ASPH, APHA, ASTHO, and NACCHO. |
| 2002 |
In January of 2002, ASPH's Executive Committee approved developing an independent Board of Public Health to issue examinations and provide those that pass the exam with a public health credential. |
| 1999 |
In 1999, Dr. Mohammad Ahkter, then Executive Director of APHA, and Dr. Al Sommer, Dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Chair of the Board of ASPH, decided to jointly form the APHA/ASPH Task Force on Public Health Workforce Credentialing. After receiving encouragement from both the APHA and ASPH Executive Boards, the Task Force reached out to other stakeholders in the credentialing process and became the Steering Committee on Public Health Workforce Credentialing. |
| 1995 |
Another study was conducted in 1995 by Dr. Bill Livingood and colleagues. Of those who participated in the survey, 45% supported a national certification effort with an additional 30% undecided on the issue.
Livingood, W.C., Jr. et al: The feasibility and desirability of public health credentialing: A survey of public health leaders. AJPH. 1995; 85: 765-770. |
| 1989 |
ASPH commissioned a formal study of public health worker credentialing in 1989, which recommended that if ASPH did decide to undertake credentialing that it should pursue it independently and in a "pro-active, reformist role." |
| 1980 |
Both ASPH and APHA established task forces on the credentialing of public health workers in the late 1980's, stimulated in part by the call from the U. S. Surgeon General for such an effort. |
