According to the information of official website of Jiangnan University, public health and preventive medicine mainly discuss the problems related to human diseases and health from the perspective of groups, so as to prevent the occurrence of diseases, control the development of diseases, promote health, and protect people's health by formulating disease prevention strategies and measures. It is a provincial key construction major.
The main research directions of this major include molecular epidemiology, health microbiology, nutrition and food hygiene, toxicology and so on. The academic system is 3 years, and the postgraduate study time is at least 2 years and the longest is not more than 3.5 years. Students who have pioneering and innovative qualities and can independently carry out scientific research and teaching in the fields of public health and preventive medicine or serve as professional and technical workers are needed.