A Doctor of Public Health (abbr. DrPH, Dr.PH. or D.P.H.; Latin ) is a doctoral degree awarded in the field of Public Health. DrPH is an advanced and terminal degree that prepares its recipients for a career in advancing public health practice, leadership, research, teaching, or administration. The first DrPH degree was awarded by Harvard Medical School in 1911. According to the United Nations, the world faces unprecedented challenges such as climate change, noncommunicable diseases, aging populations, health crises, a widening wealth gap, and the overreliance on the internet. DrPH graduates, who received trainings in evidence-based public health practice and research, are expected to have the competences to convene diverse stakeholders, communicate across a range of sectors, and settings, synthesize findings, and generate practice-based evidence. Given the core competencies developed during the program, DrPH graduates often occupy executive leadership roles in private and public sectors along with non-profits, universities and multilateral entities such as WHO and the World Bank. In addition, some DrPH graduates pursue academia including teaching and research. Core Competency Model The common elements addressed in all DrPH degrees are: 1) a professionally oriented and competency-based curriculum and 2) core competency domains. The DrPH core competency model highlights the transformative leadership role that DrPH graduates play in advancing the field of research and practice in public health. According to The Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH), the DrPH competency model has seven domains of skills that every DrPH program should aim to develop: Advocacy: Ability to influence decision-making processes related to public health policies and practices. Communication: Ability to assess and to use communication strategies across different audiences and stakeholders. Community/Cultural orientation: Ability to communicate and interact with people from diverse communities, nationalities, and cultures. Critical Analysis: Ability to synthesize and apply evidence-based research and theory from different fields to solve public health challenges. Leadership: Ability to create and communicate a shared vision, inspire trust, and motivate others to achieve higher goals or an enlightened purpose. Management: Ability to provide responsible strategic and operational guidance within public and private organizations to achieve individual and community health and wellbeing. Professionalism and Ethics: Ability to identify, discuss, and analyze an ethical issue, and balance the claims of personal liberty with the responsibility to protect the health of a population. Combined, these skills allows DrPH graduates to create linkages and synergies between research and practice. Often, rather than serving as