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Fall 2025 Health Sciences Catalog
Public Health, MPH
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Program Director: Dylan Smith, PhD
Although admission requirements are rigorous, the Program in Public Health aims to develop camaraderie, cooperation, and cohesiveness among students in each cohort. For this reason, admission to the Program is during the fall semester only.
The curriculum for the MPH degree is competency-based in order to comply with current national efforts to improve the quality and accountability of public health training programs. To ensure that all students have a broad understanding of the basic areas of public health, every student is required to complete all MPH Core courses satisfactorily. Students receive training in the five basic, discipline-specific, competency areas of public health: biostatistics, environmental health, epidemiology, health policy and management, and the social and behavioral sciences. Students also receive core competency education in informatics and communication, professionalism, systems thinking, research methods, and problem solving. The Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Health Policy & Management, Community Health, and Generalist concentrations have concentration-specific competencies.
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MPH Degree Curriculum
The curriculum for the MPH degree ensures that students are grounded in the 12 Foundational Public Health Knowledge Areas, as identified and required by CEPH. A table with a complete list of the Foundational Public Health Knowledge Areas is on the PPH website at https://publichealth.stonybrookmedicine.edu/academics/competencies. Students receive training in the five-core discipline-specific competency areas of public health: biostatistics, environmental health, epidemiology, health policy and management, and the social and behavioral sciences. The curriculum for the MPH degree is competency-based in order to comply with current national efforts to improve the quality and accountability of public health training programs. The curriculum for MPH degree ensures that students attain mastery of the 22 CEPH identified Foundational Competencies which are informed by the core competency areas noted above and which fall under the following competency domains: Evidencebased approaches to Public Health, Public Health and Health Care Systems, Planning and Management to Promote Health, Policy in Public Health, Leadership, Communication, Interprofessional Practice, and Systems Thinking. The MPH Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Health Policy and Management, and Community Health concentration areas are also informed by concentration specific competencies identified by the Program which enhance or expand on the Foundational Competencies All students are assessed at least once, on each CEPH-defined foundational competency. In addition, the Program’s success in training students to be able to demonstrate the competencies achieved is also measured before and after completion of the Program (Orientation and Graduation Competency Assessments), as well as at the beginning and end of each academic year. A table with the complete list of MPH Foundational and Concentration Competencies is on the PPH website at https://publichealth.stonybrookmedicine.edu/academics/competencies. The PPH reserves the right to approve alternate courses that meet core and concentration competency requirements. Approval for such courses is at the discretion of the MPH Director in consultation with the PPH Curriculum Committee and/or concentration heads. Curriculum Overview
Total Credit Hours for MPH Program (54 Credits) MPH Applied Practice Experience and Integrative Learning Experience (6 credits)
MPH Concentrations (12 Credits)
Epidemiology & Biostatistics Concentration
Concentration Head: Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi, PharmD, MPH, Ph.D.
Core Faculty, Program in Public Health
Assistant Professor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine The mission of this concentration is to prepare public health professionals with the analytical, research, and statistical skills necessary to benchmark and evaluate health improvement initiatives in a variety of settings. The faculty has training in research design, implementation of research projects, and analysis of data using advanced methods and statistical tools applied to priority population health issues. Faculty members study a variety of health issues including health care quality improvement, patient decision-making, environmental epidemiology, and determinants of health and disease. Some faculty members work with physicians to improve clinical outcomes for patients with heart disease, cancer, asthma, and other conditions. Others work with health care administrators to increase efficiency in the use of health care resources in hospitals and other medical care settings. Others work with organizations to improve health in communities. Community Health Concentration
Concentration Head: Rachel Kidman, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine The mission of this concentration is to prepare students for community-based work in public health. Students will acquire skills and knowledge related to planning, implementing, and evaluating community health improvement projects and interventions, as well as learn the principles of community engagement and community-based participatory research. Climate Solutions and Health Concentration
Concentration Head: Jaymie R. Meliker, PhD
Professor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine The cascading adverse impacts of climate change are affecting societies worldwide, with vulnerable communities most at risk due to historical socioeconomic injustices. Climate change is a major environmental and human health issue, with clear impacts already upon us. The mission of this concentration is to provide the public health workforce of the future with cutting-edge knowledge and skills to predict, measure, and ultimately mitigate the adverse health effects of climate change. The Climate Solutions and Health concentration and curriculum will include three courses and one elective. The required courses are on the following topics: - Climate and Health (introductory)
- Data Science Methods and Climate
- Geographical Information Systems and Spatial Analysis
The elective can be chosen from a number of courses including (but not restricted to): - Mental Health and Climate
- Social Work and Environmental Justice
- Infectious Disease Epidemiology
- Climate and Allergies, Asthma, Chronic Respiratory Disorders
- Advanced Methods in Epidemiology
- Applied Biostatistics
Health Policy and Management Concentration (12 Credits)
Concentration Head: Susan Somerville, RN, MA
Associate Director of Health Management Practice
Instructor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine The mission of this concentration is to develop foundational proficiency in health management knowledge, skills, and abilities among aspiring public health professionals. Our students learn from a dynamic faculty who value research and innovative methods to facilitate excellence in the learning of health management and population health competencies. Graduates will be prepared to contribute to the health sector with enhanced policy, management, and leadership skills. Courses in this concentration address economics, law, finance, policy, and the principles of management. Generalist Concentration
Concentration Head: Yuri T. Jadotte, MD, PhD, MPH
Associate Program Director of Preventive Medicine Residency
Assistant Professor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine The mission of the generalist concentration is to allow advanced degree students to achieve specialized public health competencies optimally aligned with their professional aspirations, by providing them the opportunity to design and complete an individualized curriculum that best meets their educational needs. Advanced degree students are those who have already completed or are concurrently completing the graduate degree required for advanced practice in their current health profession. Students in this track have varying flexibility to complete combinations of relevant concentration courses and electives. The mission is considered met when the student successfully undertakes a practicum project that satisfies their tailored concentration requirements, as determined with guidance from program faculty. Required Courses (12 credits) Individualized Plans for MSW/MPH, MD/MPH, DDS/MPH, and Preventive Medicine Residents.
Students in this concentration are allowed to choose four course electives (12 credits). Three of the four shall be PPH offered and/or pre-approved courses, and have competencies mapped that are approved by the PPH Curriculum Committee. The fourth course will be an elective that will be selected by the student with approval by the concentration head. |
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