The Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health is the
public health
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graduate school
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of
Columbia University
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. Located on the
Columbia University Medical Center
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campus in the
Washington Heights neighborhood of
Manhattan, New York City
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, the school is recognized by the
Council on Education for Public Health
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.
Founded in 1922 as the DeLamar Institute of Public Health, it is one of the oldest
public health
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schools in the United States. It became an official school within
Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
in 1945. In 1999, following a $33 million grant from the
Joseph L. Mailman Foundation, the school was renamed the Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health.
The Mailman School is considered a preeminent school of
public health
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in the United States, and is consistently ranked among the top in the nation by the ''
U.S. News & World Report''. Admission to the school is highly selective and has traditionally drawn a very international student body. , the school enrolls over 1,600 students and is one of the largest recipients for sponsored research pertaining to public health.
The school is home to the
Calderone Prize
The Frank A. Calderone Prize in Public Health is the most prestigious award in the field of public health. It is given every two years by the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health to an individual who has made a "transformational co ...
, the most prestigious award in the field of public health, as well as numerous world-renowned research centers, including the Center for Infection and Immunity,
ICAP, the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center, and the Center for Environmental Health Sciences in Northern Manhattan.
History
![Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health entrance](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Columbia_University_Mailman_School_of_Public_Health_entrance.jpg)
In 1918, Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons received a $5 million endowment from the estate of mining magnate
Joseph Raphael De Lamar
Joseph Raphael De Lamar (September 2, 1843 – December 1, 1918) was a prominent mine owner and operator in the western United States and Canada, as well as a financier and speculator, from the late 1870s until his death in 1918.
Early life
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to establish an educational program in public health, which led to what would become the School of Public Health.
The DeLamar Institute of Public Health opened its doors at Columbia in 1922 and the following year began offering the Master of Science in Public Health degree.
In 1940, the Doctor of Science of in Public Health degree was offered for the first time.
In 1945, the designation of "Institute of Public Health" was changed to the "School of Public Health" by the Trustees of Columbia University.
In 1967, the nation's first Psychiatric Epidemiology Training Program was established with funding from the National Institute of Mental Health. In 1968, School establishes the Division of Sociomedical Sciences, the first in the country to offer graduate degrees in social science with a focus on health.
Since 1992, the school has administered the
Calderone Prize
The Frank A. Calderone Prize in Public Health is the most prestigious award in the field of public health. It is given every two years by the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health to an individual who has made a "transformational co ...
, regarded as the most prestigious award in the field of public health. The award is given to an individual who has "accomplished work of extraordinary distinction in the field of
public health
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or made a specific discovery or contribution that has had long-term national or global implications in such areas as
communicable disease
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,
environmental health
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,
epidemiology
Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population.
It is a cornerstone of public health, and shapes policy decisions and evidenc ...
,
social
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Etymology
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and/or
behavioral medicine Behavioral medicine is concerned with the integration of knowledge in the biological, behavioral, psychological, and social sciences relevant to health and illness. These sciences include epidemiology, anthropology, sociology, psychology, physiolo ...
,
health policy
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, or any aspect of
health promotion
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Scope
The WHO's 1986 Ottawa Charter for Healt ...
or
disease prevention
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."
In 1998, the Mailman Family Foundation endowed the school with $33 million, at the time the largest gift ever given to a school of public health. The school was renamed the Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health in recognition of
Joseph Mailman
Joseph Lawrence Mailman was an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist.
Mailman was born in Utica, New York, the son of Jewish immigrants, and attended Syracuse University. Along with his brother Abraham Mailman, Joseph founded the Uti ...
,
businessman and philanthropist.
In 2011, the School establishes the Climate and Health Program to foster cross-disciplinary, translational scholarship on the human health dimensions of climate change. In 2012, the school redesigned and implemented a new Master of Public Health (MPH) degree to meet global health challenges, which has since become a model at other schools worldwide.
Educational programs
The Mailman School offers MPH, MHA, MS, PhD, and DrPH (Doctor of Public Health) degrees. The school's educational offerings include 10 dual degree programs with other schools at Columbia University.
Faculty
Linda P. Fried serves as dean and DeLamar Professor of Public Health at the Mailman School.
More than 172 faculty members work in over 100 countries, as well as in the Northern Manhattan community. Their research areas include climate and health,
HIV/AIDS
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treatment and prevention, healthy aging, maternal health, mental health, environmental toxins and children's environmental health, climate and health, epigenetics, the human microbiome, the history and ethics of public health, healthcare reform and how to strengthen healthcare systems, among many other critical issues.
Department chairs
* Biostatistics - Kiros Berhane. PhD
* Epidemiology - Charles Branas, PhD
* Environmental Health Sciences -
Andrea Baccarelli
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, MD, PhD, MPH
* Health Policy and Management - Michael S. Sparer, PhD, JD
* Population and Family Health -
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, JD
* Sociomedical Sciences - Kathleen J. Sikkema, PhD
Student Demographics
* 1,687 students
* 90% master's students
* 10% doctoral students
* 45 states/territories represented
* 56 countries represented
* 29% non-U.S. citizens
* 53% ethnic/racial minorities
Employment
One year after graduation, 95% of graduates were employed or continuing their studies in graduate school (8% of respondents).
The overall median salary 6 months after graduation was $70,000 annually.
Research Centers
The Center for Infection and Immunity
The Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) is one of the world's largest and most advanced academic centers focused on microbial surveillance, discovery, and diagnosis. CII is directed by
W. Ian Lipkin
Walter Ian Lipkin (born November 18, 1952) is the John Snow Professor of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University and a professor of Neurology and Pathology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbi ...
, MD, John Snow Professor of Epidemiology and Professor of Neurology and Pathology who has been named the “World’s Most Celebrated Virus Hunter” due to his speed and innovative methods of identifying new viruses. From the onset of the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, 50 to 60 CII researchers began collaborating with researchers at
Sun Yat-sen University
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in China. Dr. Lipkin had advised the Chinese government and the
World Health Organization
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(WHO) during the
2002–2004 SARS outbreak
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The outbreak wa ...
, for which China awarded him its highest honor in January 2020. CII researchers have discovered more than 1,800 new microbes.
ICAP
ICAP at Columbia University ICAP at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health (formerly the International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs) supports programs and research that address HIV/AIDS and related conditions and works to strengthen health systems ...
is a leader in global public health, internationally known for tackling the world's toughest health challenges—from HIV to tuberculosis, from malaria to maternal and child health, and the growing problem of non-communicable diseases, and most recently, the COVID-19 pandemic—in more than 30 countries. As a result of ICAP's support, 40.5 million people have been tested for HIV and 2.6 million have received HIV care in ICAP-supported health facilities. ICAP is led by Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, University Professor, Dr. Mathilde Krim-amfAR Chair of Global Health, and director of Columbia World Projects.
Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center
Columbia University's Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center is a university-wide hub for aging science and policy. Located at the Mailman School of Public Health, the center carries out a mission is interdisciplinary research, policy and education to advance aging equity. The Columbia Aging Center houses the International Longevity Center USA (ILC-USA), and it is the current home of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG). The ILC-USA is a member of the global consortium of ILCs devoted to the development of policies, awareness campaigns and interventions at the individual and societal level to best respond to populating aging and support longevity. This consortium known as the ILC Global Alliance reaches into 17 countries around the world.
The Climate and Health Program
The Mailman School houses the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education, a global network of 200+ Universities committed to educate their students on
health impacts of climate change
The effects of climate change on human health include direct effects of extreme weather, leading to injury and loss of life, as well as indirect effects, such as undernutrition brought on by crop failures or a lack of access to safe drinking water. ...
. The school is the first to house a climate and health training program funded by the National Institutes of Health for doctoral students and postdoctoral trainees, and has a Master of Public Health certificate program in Climate and Health.
NIEHS Center for Environmental Health in Northern Manhattan
The Mailman School is home to the NIH/NIEHS funde
Center for Environmental Health in Northern Manhattan which includes researchers working in environmental health sciences across Columbia University. Virginia Rauh, one of the Center members, was the lead author of a landmark paper showing that chlorpyrifos, a commonly used pesticides, caused neurodevelopmental alterations in children.
Her data supported tighter regulations of the pesticides that were initially opposed and blocked by the Trump administration and eventually reinstated under the Biden administration.
Epigenetics and Precision Prevention
Since 2017, the Mailman School offers a summer Epigenetic Boot Camp for Planning and Analyzing DNA Methylation Studies, a two-day intensive boot camp of seminars and hands-on analytical sessions that provides an overview of concepts, techniques, and data analysis methods utilized in human epigenetics studies.
The Laboratory of Precision Environmental Biosciences, regarded as one of the pioneering epigenetics labs worldwide, is the central focus of a wider
Precision Medicine
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program at the Mailman School, focusing on public health and prevention. That includes research and education on the human microbiome, extracellular RNA communication, molecular epidemiology, genomics, viromics, mitochondriomics, statistical genetics,
computational biology
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, and biomarker sciences. Precision Medicine offers a unique combination of cutting-edge lab technology with large scale studies and applications in population sciences and public health, including predictive analytics and analysis of return on investment.
Facilities
The Mailman School of Public Health's main facility, the
Allan Rosenfield Allan Rosenfield (April 28, 1933 – October 12, 2008) was an advocate for women's health during the worldwide AIDS pandemic as dean of the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health.
Early life
Rosenfield was born in Brookline, Massachusetts o ...
Building, was constructed in 1930 at 1050 Riverside Drive in 1930 on the Columbia University Medical Campus. It served as the original New York State Psychiatric Institute until it was moved to a nearby newly constructed facility in 1998. The building is named after
Allan Rosenfield Allan Rosenfield (April 28, 1933 – October 12, 2008) was an advocate for women's health during the worldwide AIDS pandemic as dean of the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health.
Early life
Rosenfield was born in Brookline, Massachusetts o ...
, a long-time dean of the Mailman School who was referred in ''
The New York Times
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'' as a "giant in the world of public health." Renovation work on the building included increased sustainable features.
Notable alumni
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Chelsea Clinton
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Joseph L. Fleiss
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Tom Frieden
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*
Brian Lehrer
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Ilan Meyer Ilan may refer to:
Organization
*ILAN, Israeli umbrella organization for the treatment of disabled children
Given name
*Ilan (name), a Hebrew/Israeli name
* Ilan Bakhar, a retired Israeli footballer
*Ilan Araújo Dall'Igna, a Brazilian footballer ...
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Robert Lewis Morgan
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Morgan served in the Assembl ...
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Ernest S. Tierkel
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Christy Turlington
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Mailman School Student and Former Supermodel Christy Turlington Burns Makes Directorial Debut with Film on Maternal Mortality , Population & Family Health , Population & Family Health , Mailman School
. Mailman.columbia.edu. Retrieved on 2013-09-07.
* Yvonne Thornton
* Chandra Ford
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