SUNY Downstate Medical Center
School of Public Health
Public Health for a Global Community
New School of Public Health Building
Construction of our state-of-the-art School of Public Health building has been completed. SPH administration and faculty are now housed in their new home.
Congratulations to the 2018 inductees to Delta Omega, the honor society for Public Health.
New Research
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences faculty member Dr. Lori Hoepner finds significant associations between prenatal BPA concentrations and measures of childhood adiposity.
The School of Public Health receives full re-accreditation for seven years.
Academic Departments
The School of Public Health is made up of four academic departments: Community Health Sciences, Environmental Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Health Policy and Management.
Meet Our Students
Learn and collaborate with a dynamic student body. Our dedicated students come from diverse professions, cultural backgrounds and life experiences.
Empowering Communities
Involvement with our communities is fundamental to our mission of advancing the health of urban and immigrant populations.
"Building a Change" © Groundswell 2012
Living and working in Brooklyn
Explore the rich culture of one of the most vibrant and diverse places in the world.
Advancing Urban and Immigrant Health
Our curriculum has a unique focus on the contemporary health challenges faced by urban and immigrant populations.
“Art Builds Community, Community Creates Change” © Groundswell 2007
PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
The School of Public Health is now accepting applications for the Summer and Fall 2018.
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 »
APPLY
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
2018 - 2019 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.
CONNECT
2018 Commencement Ceremony Highlights
Public Health In Action Newsletter:
Spring/Summer 2016 Issue (PDF)
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
- Biostatistics faculty member Dr. Usha Govindarajulu presents a new tool for modeling dose-response relationships.
- 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
- The esteemed Drs. Rao have awarded $3,000 to Ms. Nagla Bayoumi, MPH, School of Public Health doctoral student, for her dissertation thesis on childhood obesity.
- SUNY Downstate’s Dr. LeConté Dill Receives APHA Women’s Caucus Highest Scoring Abstract Award