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 & Impacts
Health innovations workshop
In May, Cornell Public Health (CPH) hosted an intensive workshop on Innovations in Improving Human Health for 12 delegates from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a large federal agency employing hundreds of the top medical researchers in India. Funded by the World Bank, Cornell’s ICMR visitors were interested in learning more about two of Cornell’s signature strengths—applying a One Health approach to advancing human health, and translating academic research to real-world impacts through partnerships and commercialization…
Contaminants found in commonly hunted waterfowl
Researchers tested five species of commonly hunted waterfowl in the northeast Atlantic Flyway and, in every sample, found contaminants that could impact the health of the birds, as well as the hunters and others who consume them.
The study, published Jan. 15 in Science of the Total Environment and conducted in collaboration with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and other state agencies, found detectable levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and…
Smaller fish offer better nutrition, lower environmental cost
Smaller fish species are more nutritious, lower in mercury and less susceptible to overfishing, a Cornell-led research team has found.
The team’s study was conducted in the Amazon River, but the findings have implications for biodiversity conservation and public health across the globe as large fish species populations are declining worldwide.
The study, “Accessible, Low-mercury and Nutritious Fish Provide Win-Wins for Conservation and Public Health…