Leadership starts here.

At Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health, we are solving the most important public health problems of the 21st century, addressing issues that challenge our shared future around the corner and around the globe.

WITH TREMENDOUS ACCESS TO WORLD-RENOWNED

experts and scientists across the spectrum of public

health, doctoral students at the Mailman School

embark on an academic journey to the cutting edge

of public health science and practice. Collaborating

closely with faculty mentors, you will develop your

capacity to create knowledge in the field and make

a vital contribution to improve population health.

Doctoral degrees

COLUMBIA UNIVERS ITY | MAILMAN SCHOOL OF PUBL IC HEALTH

Biostatistics students have the opportunity to work collaboratively with the nation’s leading researchers in such vital areas as: adaptive randomized clinical trial design, phase I-II-III trial designs, finding effi-cient doses, high-dimensional data analysis, genome-wide association studies, multilevel modeling, functional data analysis, survival analysis and machine learning. Our graduates emerge from the Department with a rigorous understanding of the origins, applications and as-sumptions of the myriad statistical models used in public health and medicine. They are able to apply those methods in real-world settings to help solve the pressing public health problems of today, while de-signing the methodological solutions of the future. Contact: Justine Herrera (jh2477@columbia.edu)

Environmental Health Sciences students develop scholarly expertise and engage in laboratory-based and applied investigations with a focus in one of three areas—molecular toxicology (including a new concentration in neurotoxicology), molecular epidemiology and climate and health. They work closely with renowned faculty to investigate the molecular and pathological mechanisms by which environmental chemicals and physical agents affect human health. The Department’s low student-to-teacher ratio, flexible and tailored curriculum, seminar series, laboratory rotations and teaching opportu-nities provide an outstanding interdisciplinary culture primed to train leaders to tackle today’s environmental health challenges locally and globally. Contact: Alysa Turkowitz (aat2009@columbia.edu)

Epidemiology students engage with our world-class faculty, who are leaders in chronic disease, infectious disease, lifecourse, psychiatric/neurological, and social epidemiology, clinical epidemiol-ogy and epidemiologic methods. Our doctoral offerings are research degrees designed to provide students with advanced knowledge and skills in epidemiologic methods. Building on foundational strengths in the biologic and social determinants of population health, we focus on innovative, interdisciplinary research with a broad “cells-to-society” approach. We have a global perspective and are particularly interested in understanding and improving the health of urban popu-lations. The Department of Epidemiology is committed to teaching students who will be leaders in academic research and public health practice. Contact: Liliane Zaretsky (Lz3@columbia.edu)

Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health students develop the skills, knowledge and vision to take on leader-ship roles in the fields of global health and humanitarian response in an innovative DrPH program. The DrPH in Leadership in Global Health and Humanitarian Systems combines formal classes, field-based research, and the opportunity for remote and work-based

PhD AND DrPH DEGREES doctoral degrees

learning. Students work closely with professors—experts in such fields as child protection, health systems and evaluation—to bring new perspectives to the “on-the-ground” realities of humanitarian aid and global health practice. Contact: Courtney Hooper (clh2155@columbia.edu)

Sociomedical Sciences students work at the intersections between social science and public health. Mentored by faculty mem-bers who are global leaders in the social and behavioral sciences, students are trained to conduct research on the history and ethics of public health; gender, sexuality and health; drug abuse; culture, poli-tics and health; and social inequalities and health. All Sociomedical Sciences’ doctoral students complete rigorous coursework in theo-ries, methods, and topics relevant to social and behavioral sciences approach to public health. PhD students also work closely with, and take classes from, faculty in the Graduate School of the Arts and Sciences (in Anthropology, History, Sociology or Psychology). Graduates continue on to research and teaching careers, as well as to leadership positions in advocacy or public health programs. Contact: sms.sph@columbia.edu

the columbia advantage

As part of Columbia University, the Mailman School puts the robust resources of a world-class institution at your fingertips. Our graduates join a professional network of over 11,500 alumni around the globe.

Your doctoral education and subsequent career will be guid-ed and advanced by working closely with Mailman School faculty members who share your interests. Before applying to one of the School’s doctoral programs, applicants are encouraged to review faculty profiles—including their areas of research—to ensure a good fit.

Interested? Learn more: publichealth.columbia.edu Phone: 212-305-3927 ph-admit@columbia.edu

Application deadline: December 15

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PhD training places greater emphasis on creat-

ing new knowledge, with PhD recipients pursuing

research and/or teaching as their career goal.

DrPH training places greater emphasis on the

application of science to public health leadership,

practice and program development.

Four academic departments at the Mailman School (biostatis-tics, epidemiology, environmental health sciences, and socio-medical sciences) offer both PhD and DrPH degree programs. The Department of Population and Family Health offers the DrPH only. Both doctoral programs train candidates to create new knowledge and research and apply them to important public health issues and identify and implement potential solu-tions. They differ in their relative emphasis on the scholarship of application versus the scholarship of discovery: