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.

MPH student Anthony DiBenedetto at an emergency management workshop

Emergency Preparedness & Management

Scientists team collect water samples for analysis and research

Environment, Climate & Health

Food Systems students on a Aquaponics field trip

Food Systems & Health

Neeti Patel working in the fungal diagnostic lab

Infectious Disease Epidemiology

News

The bat paradox: what nature’s night flyers could teach us about pandemics – and ourselves

Bats carry many deadly viruses, yet rarely fall ill themselves. Rather than fearing them, scientists say we should study and protect them, to safeguard our own health.

In the aftermath of COVID-19, the question of where the next pandemic might come from looms large. Increasingly, eyes turn to bats.

The diversity of deadly viruses these much-maligned mammals carry is astonishing – as is their ability to host at least some of them without falling ill…Read More