Nap Hosang was the first director of UC Berkeley's online Master's of Public Health (MPH) program. After graduating from medical school in Jamaica in 1976, he worked as an obstetrician/gynecologist for several years before obtaining his master's degree in public health from UC Berkeley in 1984 and joining the School of Public Health as a faculty member in 1989. In 2010, following his retirement from clinical practice, Hosang was recruited to help create UC Berkeley's online MPH degree program. In this interview, Hosang discusses his career in public health, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the online MPH program.
Title
Nap Hosang: On the Evolution of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health
Published
Berkeley, CA, 2023
Full Collection Name
School of Public Health, UC Berkeley Oral Histories
Type
Text
Archive
The Bancroft Library Oral History Center
Note
Nap Hosang, "Nap Hosang: On the Evolution of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health" conducted by Paul Burnett in 2022, Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2023.
Interview date(s) 2022
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