College of Health and Human Development
Welcome to the College of Health and Human Development
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Learn the skills to enhance, enrich, and empower the human experience. Serve your community as a health advocate, nurse, exercise physiologist, audiologist, environmental health specialist, youth counselor, hospitality & tourism specialist, food scientist, physical therapist, assistive technology specialist, and more.
We are honing skills and finding solutions that improve the quality of life for individuals, communities and families. Health and Human Development is focused on preventing problems involving health and well-being, and where such issues exist, we address them through rehabilitation and rejuvenation.
Our alumni are in professions that enrich health and well-being, fitness and activity, and living environments. Together, HHD students, faculty, staff, and community improve the quality of life through research, education, and action.
HHD Stories Come to Life Video Series
- Scott L. Ponaman, Founder, President Ponaman Healthcare Consulting, (B.S. '89, M.S. '92, Health Administration) on how he discovered ways to help others through health administration optimization (E-6)
- Jane Marlis, Speech-Language Pathologist, M.S.. Communication Disorders Alum ('77) on a rewarding career working with children who stutter (E-5)
- Nina Amirian and Ariel Dankner Nursing Alums, Who Delivered Some of the Earliest COVID vaccines (E-4)
- Adrienne Borlongan and JP Lopez FCS, and Business alums; Owners, Founders Wanderlust Creamery (E-3)
- Lee Zeidman, RTM Alum, President, STAPLES Center, Nokia Theatre, and LA Live (E-2)
- Terri Stratton, HSCI Alum, CEO of El Dorado Community Health Centers in Northern California (E-1)
Watch all of HHD's videos on Our YouTube Channel
The Health and Human Development Heroes Award
Now scheduled for fall, 2024, the Inaugural HHD Heroes Award will recognize the success and accomplishments of a professional in one of the fields of HHD who has overcome barriers and made a significant impact through extraordinary work to improve and/or save the lives of others. These heroes are role models for students, alumni, faculty, staff, and the community.
Find Out More About the Heroes Award
Contact
College of Health and Human Development
Office of the Dean
email us: hhd@csun.edu
818-677-3001
Campus location:
Sequoia Hall Room 220
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8215
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Land Acknowledgement
The CSUN College of Health and Human Development recognizes and acknowledges the Sesevitam, the first people of this ancestral and unceded territory of Sesevenga that is now occupied by our institution and our college; and it honors their elders, past and present, and the Sesevitam descendants who are citizens of the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians. We recognize that the Sesevitam are still here and we are committed to lifting up their stories, culture, and community. Link to CSUN Shine today ‘We’re Still Here’: Land Acknowledgement Strengthens Bond Between CSUN and Fernandeño Tataviam Band
Featured News in HHD
Celebrating CSUN Students During Black History Month
February 1, 2024
February is Black History Month, and the nationwide theme for this year’s festivities is “African Americans and the Arts.” CSUN is celebrating all month with a variety of activities to recognize Black excellence. As part of an ongoing project to feature student voices during cultural awareness months, CSUN Today spoke to students about the importance of their identities and how that corresponds to their celebration of Black History Month. Read More About These Students
MPH Online Ranked #9 in by Best Online Master's in Public Health Programs
January 23, 2024
The team at Best Accredited Colleges has released their 2023 rankings, and CSUN has been ranked #9 on the list Best Online Master's in Public Health Programs. Among hundreds of institutions across the country CSUN was ranked using data around financial aid awards, the quality of education, faculty, campus resources, and more. The CSUN Online MPH program is a collaboration of the College of HHD and the Tseng College of Graduate, International, and Midcareer Education.
Read More About this Ranking
Congratulations to 2024 Jerome Richfield Memorial Fellow, Patchareeya Kwan
January 23, 2024
We have received word that Health Sciences faculty Patchareeya (Patty) Kwan has been named the 2024 Jerome Richfield Memorial Fellow by the CSUN Office of the Provost and Resarch and Grant Committee, Research and Sponsored Programs. Read more