Overview

Background

The University of Technology, Jamaica is the national university whose strategic goals and objectives are achieved through its Colleges, Schools and Faculties. The Joint Colleges of Medicine, Oral Health and Veterinary Sciences was established in 2011 and became operational in January 2012 during the 2011/2012 academic year. The School of Public Health and Health Technology (SPHHT) became one of the functional units within the Joint Colleges of Medicine, Oral Health and Veterinary Sciences. The SPHHT is the only tertiary institution in Jamaica providing training in Public Health Inspection and Public Health Nursing.

The School of Public Health and Health Technology (formerly known as the West Indies School of Public Health) is located at 21 Slipe Pen Road, Kingston 5 . The University of Technology, Jamaica assumed responsibility for the facility from the Government of Jamaica/ Ministry of Education in September 2000.

Vision

The School of Public Health and Health Technology is committed to being the first choice in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean for Training, Education and Research in Public Health Management, offering cutting edge innovation and technological solutions to local and regional Public Health imperatives.

Mission

To ensure the availability and delivery of the most modern academic Public Health programmes in keeping with international best practices and real time innovations through our cadre of modern thinking faculty, utilizing real world Public Health infrastructure to ensure learning through tackling ongoing critical and emerging Public Health challenges.

Head of School

 Dr. Kevin Harvey, MBBS, MPH, MSc., DrPH, JP

Dr. Harvey graduated from the University of the West Indies with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (1997) and a Master in Public Health (2001) degrees. He furthered his postgraduate training at the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, obtaining the Diploma in Infectious Diseases (2005), a Master of Science in the Control of Infectious Diseases (2007) and the Hubert Humphrey Fellowship in Global Health and Control of HIV (2012) at the Rollings School of Public Health, Emory University. He later achieved the Doctor of Public Health (2015) from the University of the West Indies.

Dr. Harvey has held several prominent positions throughout his career, ascending the ranks of leadership in Administration, Public Health, Control of Infectious Diseases, locally and regionally. His career started at the Kingston Region hospitals (1997), then as District Medical Officer (2000), he later joined the Ministry of Health and held the positions of Director: Treatment Care and Support; Director of the National HIV response (2008-2013); Chief Medical Officer (2013-2014) and Permanent Secretary (2014-2016). He later joined the AIDS Healthcare Foundation as Caribbean’s Regional Director.

Courses of Study

• B.Sc. Environmental Health
• B.Sc. Public Health Nursing
• B.Sc. Occupational Health & Safety
• Post Basic Diploma in Meat and Other Foods
• Master of Public Health