The Department of Community Medicine and Health Care, located within the School of Medicine at the University of Connecticut Health Center, serves the School of Medicine as the academic home of the social, behavioral, and public health sciences. In addition to its responsibilities within the Medical School, the Department supports a Master of Public Health degree in the Graduate School. Established in 1971, the department consists of 24 full and part-time faculty, over 150 adjunct faculty with clinical or teaching appointments, 21 research assistants and associates, and 10 administrative support staff members.

The mission of the Department is to provide education, research, and service to the University, its Health Center, and the broader Connecticut community by providing educational opportunities for individuals pursuing careers in the patient-care professions, public health and the biomedical sciences, advancing knowledge through epidemiological, biostatistical, clinical, ethical, legal, behavioral and social research, developing and evaluating innovative health care services and prevention programs, and assisting health care and public health professionals improve their effectiveness through consultation and continuing educational programs.