Rethinking Rankings in Public Health Graduate Education-Who Are They For?

Affiliations

¹ Jonathon P. Leider is the founding director of the Center for Public Health Systems, Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis.

Editorial

Jonathon P Leider. Am J Public Health. 2024 Nov.

. 2024 Nov;114(11):1195-1198.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307848.

¹ Jonathon P. Leider is the founding director of the Center for Public Health Systems, Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis.

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