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Cornell University

Public Health

Sustainability. Equity. Engagement.

Working Together to Change the World

Cornell University offers a campus-wide Master of Public Health (MPH) Program to help build public health leaders who are inspired and trained to ensure the health of people, animals, and the world in which we live.

Our program is founded on three pillars—Sustainability, Equity, and Engagement—that inform our approach to teaching, research, service, and practice. Our small class sizes and engaged-learning approach give our students uncommon flexibility in developing the skills they need to make an impact in their desired careers. And, by working with community partners, our students turn theory into practice while preparing to become future leaders of the public health workforce.

Our Curriculum

Our core curriculum provides students with the skills, tools, and foundational knowledge to become general public health practitioners, while our concentration courses allow our students to become specialists in their chosen field.

News

One of 16 bobcats tracked in a study that found widespread exposure to avian flu in bobcats in New York state.<br />

Avian influenza discovered in NYS bobcats

Avian influenza – which has devastated poultry flocks, wildlife populations and increasingly poses a public health risk – has now been confirmed in wild bobcats in New York state.

In a new study, published March 25 in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases, researchers tracked live bobcats in the state and found widespread exposure to avian flu, with evidence of bobcats surviving but also succumbing to the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain. The research further documents increasing avian influenza cases in mammals and underscores the importance of proactive wildlife…Read more.

From left to right-Aaron Connolly, Parshad Mehta, Neeti Patel, Dr. Sallie Permar, Premika Amudhan, Ilina Ewen, and Katie Lesser

Cornell represents on the Hill to advocate for vaccine access

Aaron Connolly ’23; Parshad Mehta ’23; Neeti Patel ’24; Premika Amudhan ’26; and Katie Lesser

Qijin Wang

Alumni in action: Qijin Wang

Consultant, IQVIA China

Schurman Hall

Cornell Public Health faculty, student awarded community-engagement grant

Elizabeth Fox, Assistant Professor of Practice; Caroline Yancey, Professor of Practice; Anthony Un MPH ’25