SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
School of Public Health
We’re accepting applications for the Fall 2020 term! Apply by August 15, 2020 to jumpstart your career in Public Health without leaving the workforce.
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Downstate SPH Partners with Brooklyn College & Medgar Evers College
Graduates of Medgar Evers College School of Science, Health & Technology and the Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences at Brooklyn College will receive priority admission consideration into the MPH program at SUNY Downstate!
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Downstate SPH Researcher Investigates Coronavirus
Epidemiologist Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis, PhD, and scientists from Taiwan, Munich, Berkeley and Madison are examining genome data to unearth insights into 2019-nCoV viral emergence
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Dr. Kitaw Demissie appointed as new SPH Dean
Kitaw Demissie, MD, PhD, and nationally-recognized public health leader brings four decades of academic and investigative experience.
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Dr. Michael Szarek establishes the Lenard and Christine Szarek Fellowship Fund specifically for SPH students.
Assessment Criteria and Application now available
PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
***Due to the significant challenges posed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the SUNY Downstate School of Public Health is waiving the GRE for applicants wishing to enroll in the MPH program beginning in the Spring 2021 term.***
The School of Public Health is now accepting applications for the Summer, Fall, and Spring terms.
We invite all domestic and international prospective students to apply.
For more information about our school and programs please feel free to register for one of our Information Sessions »
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Advanced Certificate in Public Health
Non-Matriculated Application Procedures
The SUNY Downstate School of Public Health is fully accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health
UPCOMING ACCREDITATION CRITERIA CHANGES…AND HOW THEY WILL AFFECT YOU
CURRENT STUDENTS
2020 - 2021 Academic Calendar »
COMPETENCIES
The curricula for our MPH and DrPH programs are built around a framework of essential competencies for public health. For each degree, students demonstrate mastery of overarching competencies important for all public health graduates, as well as competencies specific to their concentration.
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2019 Commencement Ceremony Highlights
THE SPH DIGEST:
NEWS/EVENTS
- Global Call to Action on Antimicrobials from Scientists Published Today; SUNY Downstate’s Dr. Laura Geer among the Authors
- Dr. Sweeney talks about The Fight Against Severe Maternal Morbidity in Brooklyn
- Dr. Lori Hoepner speaks about her research on BPA and childhood obesity
- Second Annual Autism Health Fair held at SUNY Downstate
- NIH R01 Grant - The SUNY Downstate School of Public Health is proud to announce a new collaboration with Memorial Sloan Kettering, focused on promoting HPV vaccinations among Mexican American parents of HPV vaccine-eligible children.
- Boonshoft School of Medicine student and Downstate MPH Grad receives AMA Foundation Physicians of Tomorrow Award