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Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health is offering the Accelerated MPH, an intensive one-year program for highly motivated professionals.

Taught by a world-class faculty, and with the vibrant context of New York City as a resource, the Accelerated MPH will give you the skills and knowledge to build on your current expertise, expand your career opportunities and enhance your professional impact.

Accelerate.

Leadership starts here.in the U.S. and around the world, new forces are reshaping the landscape of public health.Soaring obesity rates, global urbanization, climate change and aging populations are just a few of the factors that pose complex challenges to public health. Addressing them will require new ways of thinking and new ways of working.

Interdisciplinary. Innovative. Collaborative.

These essential qualities are at the heart of a breakthrough MPH program that builds on a long tradition of academic excellence at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.

an education for the unfolding 21st century, the accelerated MPH

provides vital knowledge and tools to tackle current public health issues. It also cultivates the broad systemic understanding and critical thinking skills needed to address the unknown challenges that lie ahead.

This intensive program is designed to offer a rich academic

framework for future leaders of public health.

The one-year Accelerated MPH program includes:

•An interdisciplinary Core curriculum that draws on the strengths of every academic department to provide a broad foundation of essential knowledge and skills

• in-depth coursework in the discipline you select as your primary area of focus

•the opportunity to integrate science and practice by applying your knowledge to real-world case studies

•training in leadership, innovative problem-solving and working effectively in teams

•A practicum that provides valuable fieldwork experience

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visit the prospective students website

for an interactive guide to the curriculum.

mailman.columbia.edu/admissions/amph

what factors underlie the patterns of disease and premature death in the U.S. and around the globe?What role is played by environmental factors? What accounts for health disparities between demographic groups within nations and around the world? What values come into play in designing interventions to prevent illness or systems to promote health?

The first semester Core challenges you to think critically about

overarching questions like these as you explore political, socioeconomic, biological and environmental influences on public health and consider the historic and ethical foundations of the field. The Core also introduces qualitative and quantitative methodologies essential for research.

As you and your peers move together through the 18 modules that make up the Core, you will learn from many of the School’s most gifted professors and accomplished scholars, who bring frontline experience and knowledge to every class.

Initial coursework in your discipline begins in the first semester and intensifies in the second semester. No matter which discipline you choose, you will work with experts whose research and projects are expanding the boundaries of knowledge in the laboratory and in the field.

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Discover.

the Columbia Accelerated MPH curriculum components

are integrated to build a powerful educational experience

and prepare you for today’s public health challenges.

The Mailman School puts a strong emphasis

on teaching and mentorship. In class, professors will challenge you to consider multiple perspectives, help you to master essential skills and inspire you to discover new solutions. Outside the classroom, accessible and engaged faculty mentors will guide your academic path, open doors to research opportunities and nurture your career goals.

Disciplines:

•Biostatistics

•epidemiology

•Health Policy

•Population & family Health

•Sociomedical Sciences

•general Public Health

DISCIPLINE

PRACTICUM

DISCIPLINE

LEADERSHIP & INNOVATION

INTEGRATION OFSCIENCE AND PRACTICE

SEMESTER 1FALL

SEMESTER 2SPRING MAY– JULY

INTEGRATION OFSCIENCE AND PRACTICE

DISCIPLINE

CORE

Accomplished peers will enrich your experience.

Columbia offers a program in

leadership and innovation that is

unique among schools of

public health.

Most public health work occurs within interdisciplinary teams. And yet, teamwork and leadership skills have not been a required part of public health education.

Integrated into the second semester, coursework and hands-on workshops

will foster your ability to collaborate

with diverse professionals in a wide

range of settings —hospitals, research centers, public health organizations, NGOs or wherever your career leads you.

This training will strengthen your capacity to implement public health strategies that depend on negotiation, cooperation and collaboration to succeed.

Details at mailman.Columbia.eDu/aDmissions

Collaborate.

Succeed.

All students in this rigorous program will work with a cohort of classmates including other professionals such as public health researchers, doctors, urban planners, health educators, nurses and policy specialists. Faculty mentors and your fellow students

will form a professional network for life.

The Accelerated MPH incorporates case study analysis to integrate theoretical science with real-world practice. One case, for example, examines New York City’s decision in 2006 to ban the use of transfats in city restaurants. Students would weigh the likely health benefits against the competing values of the free market system and individual choice. Working in small, interdisciplinary teams, you will sharpen your skills in critical analysis and learn to factor in the multiple perspectives that are key to problem solving.

A practicum experience also provides the opportunity to collaborate with diverse professionals and apply knowledge gained in class to real-world challenges.

Most candidates who are

eligible for the Accelerated

MPH will have one of these

qualifications:

• A doCtorAl degree

(SUCH AS An Md, ddS,

Phd, Jd, dnSc, edd, etc.)

• A neArly CoMPleted

doCtorAl degree

(witHin 24 MontHS of

CoMPletion)

• A MASter’S degree

(SUCH AS An MS, MA,

MBA, MSn) And At leASt

5 yeArS relAted work

exPerienCe

Please visit the prospective

student website for additional

information about all degree

programs, eligibility criteria,

admission requirements,

financial aid support and to

apply online.

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“I think about this school each and every day. I do that because I am surrounded by talented alums from the Mailman School of Public Health.”

kathleen sebelius

u.s. secretary of health

and human services

executive master of public

health commencement speaker

october 2010

For eNTrY iN Fall

Preferred deadline: december 1

Final deadline: January 15

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