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Admissions•Bulletins•CareerServices OfficeofStudentServices/Admissions GeneralInformation:Telephone:305-392" ColumbiaSchoolofPublicHealth CareerSenices: Telephone:305-3803 600West 168thStreet Fax: 305-6450 NewYork,>n' 10032 OfficeLocationandExpressMaUAddress: http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/sph 61"West168thStreet.Room3-32" http://w'W'w.columbia.edu FinancialAid•LoanApplication•Work-StudyCertification SUGGESTEDROUTESTOHEALTHSCIENCESCAMPUS: FinancialAidOffice (Colunibia-Presb)lerian.MedicalCenter) 617West168thStreet,Room3-33" Subway:Broadway-~thAvenueIRT NewYork,NY10032 Number1orNumber9(local)to168thStreetor Telephone:305-4113 Fax:305-6450 8thAvenueINDAtrainto168thStreet e-mail:phfl-)[email protected] Bus:NumbersM2,M.S.M4.M5,MIOO.andBx"tol68thStreet Housing TOMORNINGSIDECAMPUS: Health.SciencesHousingOffice (116thStreetandBroadwa>) BardHall.50HavenAvenue Subwa>':Broadway-~thA\enueIRT NewYork.NT10032 Number1orNumber9(local)toIl6thStreetor Telephone:304-7000 Fax:544-1900 Bus:NumbersM4,MS,.MIl.and.M104to116thStreet http://cpmc.columbia.edu/dept/housing InternationalHouse .AdmissionsOffice 500RiversideDrive(122ndStreet) Postmaster:Sendchangeofaddressto: NewYork,NY10027 ColumbiaUniversityBulletin SchoolofPublicHealth Telephone:316-8436 600Westl68thStreet InternationalStudentAdvisoryServices NewYork.NY'10032 InlcrnationalStudentsandScholarsOffice CoitunbiaUniversityBulletin 524Ri\ersideDrive(122ndStreet) (USPS123820J Mailingaddress: Volume3hNumber5 2N9e6w0YBorroka.dwNaYy,10M0a2i7lCode5724 August15. 1997 Telephone:854-3587 Fax:854-8579 PublishedonceamonthinMay,June,andSeptember, twiceamonthinJul\and.\ugust.forsevenconsecutive StudentHealth issuesbyColumbiaIniversity.New^ork.NT1002". ColumbiaUniversity-StudentHealthService Second<lasspostagepaidatNew^ork.N\'. ImmunizationandEnrollmentOffice 60HavenAvenue,4thFloor,4E NewYork.NY10032 PhotosRenePerez.Coivr.5.18.26.35.45 Telephone:795-4181 JonRoemer.43.50 JonathanSmith.I.57.85 DamonWinter.II.1532.53.64.69.73.76.''8.84 KegLstration•PaymentofFees•WithdrawalNotices CP.MC.61 Tran.scripts•CertificationstoGovernmentAgencies OnvrDesign.-TikChitafihwi Mudc-ntAdminislrallveSer\ices.HealthSciencesDivision Cover:TheHealthSciencescampusi«southu/lhcOei>nieWashingtonBridge,and 6Te3l0eWpehsotne1:683t0h5-.S3t9re9e2t,RBelgiasctkraBru;i3l0d5in-g36R3o3oSmtsud1e4n1taAnccdo1u2n7ts otLivtrtlloeoRkesdthLeigHhitihcokutsmeRimiavdreafnadmo.\teiiesJtehrsreoyugPhalcLhuiilddersenAtsltihteebraatsuereoftheBridgeisthe e-mail:.sa.shs@coiumbia,edu PleasesavethisBulletinanduseitasasourceforcontinuingreference. Columbia University Bulletin Columbia School of Public Health Programs andApplication, 1997-1999 CONTENTS 3 1 6 ACADEMIC CALENDAR: 1997-1999 ThefollowingAcademicCalendarwascorrectandcompleteasof FALL TERM 1997 thetimeofpublication;however,theUniversityreservestheright toreviseoramendit,inwholeorinpart,atanytime.Information August onthecurrentstatusoftheAcademicCalendarfortheSchoolof 1 Friday.Lastdaytofileapplication,orrenewal,orchange PublicHealthmaybeobtainedfromtheOfficeofStudentServices, ofnameforOctoberdegrees.NOEXCEPTIONS. (212)305-3927. 27 Wednesday.Orientation. MajorReligiousHolidays 27—28 Wednesday-Thursday.Registrationforfallterm. Some ofthe major holidays are shown below. TheJewish and September IefsxrlaoacmmtitdchaetheeossltyfiomdraattyhesedbIdsealgtaeimsnigcaithvoeslnuynbdedaloyowswn:maoyftvhaerypbryecoendeinogrdtawyo.dTahyes 92 TTuueessddaayy..CLlaasstsedsabyegtion.cFhiarsntgdeayprtoogcrhaamsn.geNpOrogArDaJmTsU.ST- MENT OF FEES FOR INDIVIDUAL COURSES DROPPEDAFTERTHISDATE. 1997-1998 RoshHashanah Thursday,Friday,October2,3 October YomKippur Saturday,October1 1 Wcehdanngeesdoafyn.amLaestfodraFyebtroufairleyadpepglrieceast.ioNn,OoErXCreEnPeTwIaOl,NSo.r FirstdaysofSiiccoth Thursday,Friday,October16,17 15 Wednesday.AwardofOctoberdegrees. ConcludingdaysofSuccoth Thursday,Friday,October23,24 November LunarNewYear Wednesday,January28 4 Tuesday.ElectionDay.Noclasses. IdalFitr Thursday,January29 13 Thursday.Lastdaytodropindividualcoursesorchange IdalAdha Tuesday,April7 gradingoption. GoodFriday Friday,April10 19-20 Wednesday-Thursday. Continuing students register for springterm. FirstdaysofPassover Saturday,Sunday,April11,12 27-30 Thursday-Sunday.Thanksgivingholidays. ConcludingdaysofPassover Friday,Saturday,April17,18 December Shavuoth Sunday,Monday,May31,June1 1 Monday. Last day to file application, or renewal, or changeofnameforMaydegrees.NOEXCEPTIONS. 1998-1999 8 Monday.Lastdayofclasses. RoshHashanah Monday,Tuesday,September21,22 12-19 Friday-Friday.Examinationperiod.Termends. YomKippur Wednesday,September30 20 Saturday,toJanuary19,Monday.Winterholidays. FirstdaysofSuccoth Monday,Tuesday,October5, ConcludingdaysofSuccoth Monday,Tuesday,October12,13 SPRING TERM 1998 IdalFitr Tuesday,January19 LunarNetvYear Tuesday,February16 January IdalAdha Saturday,March27 14 Wednesday.Registrationforspringterm. 19 Monday. Martin Luther King. Jr. Day obser\ed. No FirstdaysofPassover Thursday,Friday,April1,2 classes. GoodFriday Friday,April2 20 Tuesday.Classesbegin.Firstdaytochangeprograms. ConcludingdaysofPassover Wednesday,Thursday,April7,8 27 TMuEesNdTay.OLFastFdEa>E-StoFcOhRangeINpDrIogVrIaDmsU.ALNOCOADLJILR'SSETS- Shavuoth Friday,Saturday,May21,22 DROPPEDAFTERTHISDATE. ACADEMICCALENDAR February 15 Tuesday. Last day to change programs. NO ADJUST- 11 Wednesday.AwardofFebruarysdegrees. MENT OF FEES FOR INDIVIDUAL COURSES 16 Monday.PresidentsDayobserv^ed.Noclasses. DROPPEDAFTERTHISDATE. October March 16-20 Monday-Friday.Springholidays. 1 Tchhuarnsgdeayo.fnLaamstedfaoryFetborufailrey-adppelgirceaetsi.onN,OoErXrCeEnPeTwaIlO,NSo.r 26 Thursday.Lastdaytodropindividualcoursesorchange 21 Wednesday.AwardofOctoberdegrees. gradingoption. November May 3 Tuesday.ElectionDay.Noclasses. 4 Monday.La.stdayofclasses. 12 Thursday.Lastdaytodropindividualcoursesorchange 8-15 Friday-Friday.Examinationperiod.Termends. gradingoption. Commencement TBA Continuingstudent.sregisterforspringterm. 20 Wednesday.Conferringofdegrees. 26-29 Thursday-Sunday.Thanksgivingholidays. December 1 Tuesday. Last day to file application, or renewal, or SUMMER SESSION 1998 changeofnameforMaydegrees.NOEXCEPTIONS. 14 Monday.Lastdayofclasses. May 16-23 Wednesday-Wednesday.Examinationperiod.Termends. 21—22 Thursday-Friday.Registration. 24 Thursday,toJanuan,'18,Monday.Winterholidays. 25 Monday.MemorialDayobserved.Noclasses. 26 Tuesday.Classesbegin.Firstdaytochangeprograms. SPRING TERM 1999 June 2 Tuesday. Last day to change programs. NO ADJUST- January MENT OF FEES FOR INDIVIDUAL COURSES DROPPEDAFTERTHISDATE. 13 Wednesday.Registrationforspringterm. 19 Friday. Last day to drop individual courses or change 18 cMloansdsaeys.. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day observed. No gradingoptioninfirstsix-weeksession. 19 Tuesday.Classesbegin.Firstdaytochangeprograms. 24-25 Wweedenkessedsasyi-onT.hursday. Registration for the second six- 26 TMuEesNdTay.OLFastFdEaEyStoFcOhRangeINpDrIogVrIaDmsU.ALNOCAODUJRUSSETS- July DROPPEDAFTERTHISDATE. 2 Thursday.FirstsLx-weeksessionends. February 3 Friday.IndependenceDayobserved.Noclasses. 10 Wednesday.AwardofFebruar\-degrees. 6 Monday. Second six-week session begins. First day to 15 Monday.PresidentsDayobserved.Noclasses. changeprograms. 13 Monday. Last day to change programs. NO ADJUST- March MENT OF FEES FOR INDIVIDUAL COURSES 15-19 Monday-Friday.Springholidays. DROPPEDAFTERTHISDATE. 25 Thursday.Lastdaytodropindi\idualcoursesorchange 28 Tuesday.Lastdaytodropindividualcoursesorchange gradingoption. gradingoption. May August 3 Monday.Lastdayofclasses. 3 Monday. Last day to file application, or renewal, or 7-14 Friday-Friday.Examinationperiod.Termends. changeofnameforOctoberdegrees.NOEXCEPTIONS. Commencement 14 Friday.I^.stdayofclasses. 19 Wedne.sday.Conferringofdegrees. FALL TERM 1998 SUMMER SESSION 1999 September 1—3 Tue.sday-'rhur.sday.Registrationforthefallterm. May 2 Wedne.sday.Orientation. 20-21 Thursday-Friday.Registration. 7 Monday.LaborDay.Noclasses. 24 Monday.MemorialDayobser\-ed.Noclasses. 8 Tuesday.Classesbegin.Firstdaytochangeprograms. 25 Tuesday.Classesbeginforfirstsix-weeksession. — A LETTER FROM THE DEAN TheColumbiaSchoolofPublicHealthisanexcitingcommunity m'i'Hi asmallgraduateschoolwherestudents,faculty,andstaffarehard atworkonthemajorhealthissuesoftheday.OurNewYorkCity setting provides a unique combination of challenges and re- sources.Itbringstogetherawiderangeofcomplexpublichealth needs with the world's most comprehensive network ofhealth care and social services. An integral part of the Columbia- Presbyterian Medical Center, we work closely with our sister schoolsofmedicine,nursing,anddentistry. IntheUnitedStatesandabroad,thesearedemandingtimesforthe healthfield.Publichealth,whichearlierin itshistorywaschiefly concerned with sanitation and the control of epidemics, now addressesacomplexrangeofhealth-relatedissues,suchasAIDS, health care financing, environmental contamination, adolescent pregnancy, and health care for the homeless, indigent, and uninsured. And while much of CSPH's attention is devoted to health issues in New York City and the U.S., we also work on significantglobalconcerns:emerginginfections,populationgrowtli, internationalhealthsystems,AIDSandSTDs,women'sreproduc- tive health and rights, family planning, infant and maternal mortality, andrefugeehealth. Manyofourfaculty,workingwith theirstudents,aretheleadingexpertsonthesevitalissues. Morethanever,thebroadfieldofpublichealthneedswell-trained professionals.Asthenationandtheworldwrestlewiththereality oflimitedhealthcareresources,efficiencyrequiresgreaterutiliza- tionofpublichealth'sapproachtopreventionandinterventionat thepopulationandenvironmental levels. Thisbulletindescribes theexciting programsofferedbytheColumbia School ofPublic Health.AsIhopeyouwillsee,theSchooloffersitsstudentsarich arrayofeducational,research,andserviceopportunities.Also,our commitmenttoflexibilityinthelearningprocesspermitsstudents andfacultyfrommanydisciplinesandbackgroundstofindnew perspectives and approaches to the critical mission of public health.Thisflexibilityiswhathaskeptusattheforefrontofpublic healthforsolong. Webelievethatourcommunityprovidesexceptionalopportuni- tiesforstudents,andwewelcomeyourinterest. Withbestwishes, ,yz<^.u_ /Ci^^^Ul/ COLUMBIASCHOOLOFPUBLICHEALTH Officers ofAdministration Professors Emeriti GeorgeRupp,Ph.D. RosemaryBarber-Madden,B.A.,M.P.H.,Ed.D. PresielcittoftheI'niversity ClinicalProfessorEmeritaofPublicHealth JonathanR.Cole,Ph.D. JackElinson,BS,MA.,Ph.D. ProvostoftheVniversity ProfessorEmeritusofPublicHealth(SociomedicalSciences) HerbertPardes,MD. DeziderGrunberger,M.Sc,Ph.D.,Sc.D. VicePresidentforHealthSciences ProfessorEmeritusofBiochemistry&MolecularBiophysics (intheInstituteofCancerResearch)andPublicHealth SCHOOLOFPUBLIC HEALTH (EnvironmentalSciences) AllanRosenfield,MD LeonardC.Harber,B.A.,M.D.,M.S. DeanandJosephR.DeLamarProfessorof Richard&MildredRodebeckProfessorEmeritusof PublicHealthPractice DermatologyandPublicHealth(EnvironmentalSciences) AndrewR.Davidson,Ph.D. MichaelKatz,M.D. AssociateDeanforAcademicAffairs Reuben.9.CarpentierProfessorEmeritusofPediatricsand PublicHealth(TropicalMedicine) RobertE.FulUlove,Ed.D. AssociateDeanforCommunityandMinorityAffairs SidneyKatz,M.D. CherylHealton,DrPH ProfessorEmeritusofGeriatricMedicine(inMedicine,Public AssociateDeanforProgramDevelopment HealthandtheCenterforGeriatricsandGerontology) DianaC.Landreth,M.P.H. LucieS.Kelly,RN.,Ph.D. AssociateDeanforExternalAffairs ProfessorEmeritaofNursingandPublicHealth(HealthPolicy andManagement) MichaelP.O'Connor,Ed.D. AssociateDeanforFinanceandAdministration ZenaA.Stein,B.A.,M.A.,MB.,BCh. ProfessorEmeritaofPublicHealth(Epidemiology) WilliamA.VanWie,Dr.P.H. (inPsychiatry)(intheSergievskyCenter) AssociateDeanforStudentAffairs MervynW.Susser,MB.B.Ch.,Dr.P.H. GertrudeH.SergievskyProfessorEmeritusofPublicHealth SCHOOLADMINISTRATIVEOFFICE (Epidemiology)(intheSergievskyCenter) BarbaraJohnston FrankW.vanDyke,B.A.,M.S. AdministrativeAssistant,FinancialAidOfficer ProfessorEmeritusofPublicHealth(AdministrativeMedicine) JeanLlewellyn Director,PublicandMediaRelations DRoebaenrEtmJe.rWietiusss,anBd.AD,eML.aDm.arProfessorEmeritusof YvonneVentura PublicHealth.SocialMedicineandPsychiatry Manager,FinancialandAdministrativeServices RogerW.Williams,B.S.,M.S.,Ph.D. JuneSaunders ProfessorEmeritusofPublicHealth(TropicalMedicine) Manager.StudentInformationSystems SamuelM.Wishik,B.A MD MPH. AnneShowers ProfessorEmeritusofPub,licHe,althPractice AdministrativeAssistant,Dean'sOffice JoeD.Wray,B.A.,M.D.,M.P.H. PhyllisStarner ProfessorEmeritusofClinicalPublicHealth(Population Director.AcademicandStudentAffairs andFamilyHealth) MoiraWalter ProgramCoordinator,CommunityandMinorityAffairs COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH History and Organization BIOSTATISnCS Biostatistics provides the basic tools forthe collection, analysis, andpresentationofdatainallareasofpublichealth.Biostatistical For nearly three-quarters ofa cenairy, the Columbia School of techniques are used in measuring effectiveness of preventive, PublicHealth,oneofthefirstinthenation,hasbeenonthecutting diagnostic,andtreatmentactivities,andinpublichealthanalysis. edge of public health education. It has assumed leadership in Oneofthe first in the nation, the DivisionofBiostatisticsatthe disease prevention and, with equal emphasis, in the active SchoolofPublicHealthwasestablishedin1940. promotion ofhealth forall. It isoneoftwenty-sevenschoolsof public health in the United States accredited by the Council on ENVIRONMENTALHEALTHSCIENCES EducationinPublicHealth. CSPHhaslongbeeninthevanguardofinstitutionsrespondingto TheSchoolofPublicHealthwasfoundedin1919bythelegacyof theimpactofindustrialization'senvironmentalcontaminants,toxic JDoesLeapmharR.InD.estLiatumtaero,fPaunbdliocpHeenaletdhiwtistdhoionrtshetCwoollyeegaersoflaPtheyrsiacsiatnhse cohuermiecnavlis,rocnamrecnintogaennds,haunmdaonccuppoaptuiloatniaolnhsa.zaEradrslyoninthietshehailsttohroy,f andSurgeons.Sincethelate1920s,theSchoolhasbeenlocatedin CSPH created a Division ofEnvironmental Health and Occupa- the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (CPMC), one of the tionalMedicine(changedin1970totheDivisionoiEnvironmental country'slargestandmostrenownedacademicmedicalcenters.In Sciences and currently the Division of Environmental Health 1945,theInstitutebecametheColumbiaSchoolofPublicHealth. Sciences). Throughoutitshistory,CSPHhasmaintainedclosecontactwithits EPIDEMIOLOGY sisterschools at CPMC, includingthe College ofPhysicians and Oneofthemainstaysofpublichealth.Epidemiology, studiesthe Surgeons,theSchoolofDentalandOralSurgery,andtheSchoolof occurrence and distribution ofdisease and other health-related NHousrpsiitnagl.,tThheeNSecwhoYoolrkalSstoatecoPlslyacbhoiratartiecsIwnsittihtutTe,heandPrweisbtyhteortihaenr cpornodviitdieonksnionwploepdulgaetioofnst.hEepindaetumriaollohgiys'tsorpyrionfcipdilseesaasensd,maertehotdhse CHoolsupimtbaila,-afMfairlyiatIemdohgoesnpietaBlassisnecttlu(diCnogopSte.rLsutkoew'sn-,RoNoesewveYlto,rkH)a,rainedm ffoorunrdataitoinoanldfoercipsrieovnesntciovnecehrenailtnhgiclnitneircvaelntainodnsm,eadincdafloprrmactthiecebaasnids Morristown(NewJersey). publichealthpolicy. CSPH is situated in a city where life and health are often endangeredbydrug, alcohol, andtobaccoabuse, HIVinfection, HEALTH POUCYANDMANAGEMENT malnutrition, child abuse, homelessness, too-early and too- As health care facilities grew in type and complexity, CSPH frequent pregnancies, inadequate primary health care, ser—ious respondedbydevelopingtheInstituteofAdministrativeMedicine. health care financing issues, and a hospital financial crisis an Inthe1970stheInstitutebecametheDivisionofHealthAdministra- alarming array ofadverse conditions. The extent of New York tion,offeringprogramsinpublichealthpractice,hospitaladminis- City's social and hea—ltli problems, howe—ver, offers the School a tration,policyformulation,andadministrativemedicine.Todayit unique opportunity a testing ground for formulating policy is known as the Division of Health Policy and Management. andcarryingoutqualityresearchwhileansweringlocalneedsand reflecting the growth of governmental policies and a greater modelingsolutionsforsimilarsituationsatsitesacrossthecountry demandformanagerialandentrepreneurialskills. andaroundtheglobe. POPULATIONANDFAMILYHEALTH OrganizationoftheSchool TheDivisionoiPopulationandFamilyHealthwascreatedin1975 TcAepgfoiuhnlurnbgioessldanttilaggacainenacwcsnthaideledtyaiehelnomrxttnihperhceveepirmsirrieeoaiaerwopnrrngeriyccadithneimieaofszaofri.arnnytdtAiifltttoiuhsesnneeplcrrSe\tode'cvifseiehocelsonetnio.htogloef'nfSstttSrhaueecepdnahsrecdSpoonhcoojtihnelenscosxgtieo,owscvlfoueetvrnihPineeakucrssibysonlursinditdcoidxoevferiHdcrsierhivtaeaoioflsnsnaeticggahaouiarlnlnicsstig.nhoys tdAdicpfoneoeurfnsbvaiatliencdrigtaldicsn,orb,speuhaistaeannseandngsldtdtthwLhyoeaottorwethisluohintdrengs,kAghdemiaerrencnvasnhrtde,ioiellvctcdaooaoortfp.ensimpnvtdTeoeuuhnpidcnuetmytlestoatDthfhtibeheivraoioesUhsdnlineiecsaigo\ltnaraotenonhfdtpwdrastpSoenauhtvrabdpi\tilpedinwilsceeci,mesleapfaddodanselirrlyirweeiceevsycpoele.tarflar^rst'wcae,soshno,'mtAifrescaatieninhasn,de,,s protocolsandserviceprogramming. COLUMBIASCHOOLOFPITBUCHE\LTH SOCIOMEDICALSCIENCES studentsleadingtoaMasterofScienceinHealthServicesManage- With the establishment in 1968 of the first formal division of ment. Each of these degree programs, unique in its goals, behavioralsciencesinapublichealthschool,CSPHtookanother academic criteria, content, and methods, is described in more pioneering step for the public health field. The Division of detailelsewhereinthisbulletin. SociomedicalSciences focuses on social and beha\'ioral factors Amongtheoveralleducationalobjectivesforallgraduatesofthe affecfing health. Faculty and students from fields as diverse as Schoolisthedevelopmentofindividualcompetenceandimproved publichealth,sociology',histor>%anthropology,socialpsychology, skills, particularly in (a) recognizing and defining public health andpoliticalsciencebringtheirspecialexpertisetothestudyof problems, setting priorities, and using scientific approaches to health,healthcare,andhealthcareservicesdelivery. problemsolving;(b)accumulatingappropriatedatainformation, analyzingandinterpretingfindings,andassessingrelevanceand OTHERPROGRAMS validity;and(c)communicatingeffectivelywithcolleaguesanda Major decisions concerning part-time attendance have greatly varietyofgroupsinvolvedindeliveringhealthservices. improvededucationalopportunitiesforwell-qualifiedhealthpro- fessionalstoreceivetlieiracademiccredentialswhilecontinuingto Inalldegreeprograms,studentsarerequiredtochooseanareaof contribute in their professional roles. CSPH offers year-round concentration.Thesearethemajorareas: eveningcourses,expandedsummerofferings, andanExecutive • biostatistics, including theoretical biostatistics and clinical Program in Health Services Management based on intensive researchmethods monthlyweekendsessions. • environmentalhealthsciences,includingmedicalyhealthphysics, DualDegreePrograms occupational medicine, environmental or molecular CSPHdevelopeditsdualdegreeprogramstoencouragestudents epidemiology,andtoxicology tointegratepublichealthtrainingwithotherclinicalorprofessional • epidemiology, including neuroepidemiology, psychiatric studies(e.g.,medicine,internationalaffairs)whichhaveanatural epidemiology,andcardiovascularepidemiology interface with public health. Dual degree programs currently • healthpolicyandmanagement,includinghealthpolicy,planning, enrollstudentsinavarierv'oftheUniversirv'sprofessionalschools. healtheconomics,andeffectivenessandoutcomesresearch Residencies • population and family health, including reproductive, adoles- TheSchooloffersacademictrainingforphysiciansinanumberof cent,andchildhealthindevelopedanddevelopingcountries residencyprogramsintheNewYorkarea.Inacollaborativeeffort, theNewYorkCityDepartmentofHealthandColumbiaSchoolof • sociomedical sciences, including health promotion and PublicHealth ResidencyTraining Program have been preparing diseaseprevention. phy.siciansforcareersinpublichealthsince1950.Incollaboration The School has an exceedinglywell qualified faculty, including with Morristown Memorial Hospital and cooperating industries. facultycurrentlyworkinginagenciesandinsfitutionsintheNew the School offersanOccupational Medicine Residency. In addi- York metropolitan area. Theirparticularcontribution isto relate tion,theSchool hasestablishedrelationshipswithotherpre\en- classroomtheorytotherealitiesofpractice.Educationalresources tivemedicineresidencyprograms,permittingresidentstopursue arerichbothwithintheUni\ersityandinthemetropolitanarea. concurrently a master's degree in public health. These include Teaching methods includelectures, seminars, casestudies, role- residency programs located at the State University' ofNewYork playing simulations, audiovisual aids, field experience, and (SUNY)atStonyBrookand NewYork Hospital-Cornell Medical research. Center. The instructional activities of tlie School extend beyond the campustoprovidecontinuingeducationalopportunitiesforpracti- tionersinthefield.Thesenondegreeeducationalactivitiesserve Educational Programs professionalpersonnelofmanydisciplinesinofficialandvolun- tary health agencies and in health facilities, drawing on faculty expertisederivedfromservice,teaching,andresearchprograms, Carefulstudyoftheexistinghealthsystem,theprobableshapeofa andarepresentedthroughtechnicalassistance,trainingprograms, futuresystem,andthepreparationofstudentsforrequiredpublic lectures,andshortandintensiveworkshops.Importantexamples health practice, research, and teaching activities continue at the oftheSchool'scontinuingeducationinitiativesinclude: forefront ofeducational planning. In particular, consideration is • AIDS education. Through a grant from the Health Research giventothesystemrolesthatneedtobefilled,thecareerdecisions Services Administration, the School provides continuing AIDS graduatesneedtomake,andthegroupandpersonalrelationships education to New York State and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This necessary to the task of problem solving. As a result of these programcontractswithtenacademicmedicalcentersthroughout considerations, a number of carefully designed educational New York State to provide regionally based training toa broad programshavebeendeveloped. spectrumofhealthprofessionals,focusmgonpreventionissues. CSPH administers three graduate degree programs: Master of • Collcihoratiott withtheCityandState.TheSchoolcontinuesits Public Health (M.P.H.); MasterofScience (M.S.). and Doctor of long-termcollaborationwiththeNewYorkCityandStateDepart- Public Health (Dr.PH). The Columbia School of Public Health mentsofHealthinanumberofactivitiesthatfocusoncontinuing cooperateswithotherUniversityunitsinprogramsleadingtothe education, includinga statewideeducation plananda reviewof Ph.D.degreeandanumberofdualdegrees:M.P.H./M.D:M.P.H./ advancedtechnologicalapplicationsexploringhowlx.'sttoapply D.D.S.; M.PH./M.S. in Nursing; M.PH./M.S. in Occupational existing and emerging new technology to continuingeducation Therapy,M.P.H./MasterofBusinessAdministration;M.P.H./Master needs.TheSchoolandtheNewYorkCityDepartmentofHealth in International Affairs; M.P.H./Master of Public Administration; (DOH) have linked by video technology a classroom space at M.P.H./M.S. in Social Work; M.PH./M.S. in Urban Planning. The Columbia with conference space at DOH to facilitate reciprocal Schoolalsooffersadualdegreeprogramformedicalanddental training.