[1][2] It is ranked as the 89th best public health school in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.

[4] It is named after the Milwaukee philanthropist Joseph Zilber, who donated $10 million for the establishment of the school in 2009[1][2].

The school was founded with State approval in 2009,[5] with $10 million donation from a local philanthropist Joseph Zilber.

The school was located in a building donated by Zilber at the former Pabst Brewery, near Aurora Sinai Medical Center[1].

From 2013 and 2017, the school attracted more than $9.3 million federal research funding, the number of faculty increased to 27 and enrollment for the coming academic year stands at 87[1].