public health

New York City health commissioner discusses public health policy with students

Health Commissioner Thomas Farley told the Fundamentals of Global Health class that he wanted to “talk about the way in which we think about public health in New York City.”

By Emily Neil | Apr 10 01:53 am ET

CUMC launches public health internship

The medical school’s emphasis on this program could encourage students already thinking of careers in medicine to reconsider one in public health, said Lexa Koenig, CC ’14 and co-president of the public health club GlobeMed.

By Lauren Chadwick | Feb 16 12:58 am ET

Equity and equality

If people are fundamentally equal, should we equate difference with injustice?

By Nicole Dussault | Nov 2 09:58 pm ET

New five-year public health program available to undergraduates

The school is in the process of developing a program in which current undergraduates, if on track with their current undergraduate major, may begin taking graduate-level courses in public health and continue those into a fifth year at Columbia.

By Anne Brink | May 3 01:52 am ET

Medical School researches cocaine vaccine viability

Participants who responded to a Columbia cocaine vaccine spent an average of $49 less on the drug during the 13th week than they had in the first week of the study.

By Yishu Huang | Mar 26 04:15 am ET

Mailman Aims To Create Global Network

In a new effort to globalize, a School of Public Health program is working to expand the availability of information on child protection.

By Laura Ly | Oct 24 04:33 am ET

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