Columbia Public Health

For more than 90 years, Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health has been a global leader in the development of science, policy, and programs to improve health and prevent disease and disability.

With faculty at work in more than 100 countries and deeply involved in the northern Manhattan community, the Mailman School is a leading force in both global and urban health. Its faculty includes world authorities on climate and health, HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention, healthy aging, maternal health, mental health, environmental toxins, the history and ethics of public health, healthcare reform, and ways to strengthen healthcare systems, among many other critical issues.

In recent years the Mailman School has launched major initiatives and interdisciplinary research programs focused on the biggest health challenges of the century. These include the aging of global populations; the spread of chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and obesity; the emergence of new infectious diseases; and the need for new statistical models and tools that harness increasingly large sets of data. An innovator and pre-eminent force in public health education, Columbia's Mailman School trains the future leaders of the field.

Learn about students' experiences in the classroom, as researchers, and on the job, making a difference in human health.