School of Global Public Health
Vision
We envision a world where all people experience health and well-being as a human right rather than a geographic, economic, social, or political privilege.
Mission
Guiding Principles
We go far. We work in partnership with communities around the world. We are committed to increasing local public health capacity and sustainability. Our research, education, practice, and service have no boundaries.
We learn together. We value all lived experiences and our ability to learn from each other.
We inspire change. We challenge the status quo and unite toward an inclusive society where all voices are sought, heard, and valued.
Values
Diversity: We honor individual differences as sources of strength
Discovery: We generate breakthroughs to solve global public health challenges.
Collaboration: We create the future we envision by working together.
Programs
Interdisciplinary Degrees
The School of Global Public Health at NYU offers thirteen innovative undergraduate combined majors in collaboration with several of NYU’s prestigious schools, including the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), Steinhardt, Silver, and Meyers. These combined majors allow you to tailor your degree to accommodate both your passion for public health as well as your interest in another complementary field, from nursing to nutrition to anthropology. The program offers courses that combine elements of research, policy, and practice, giving you an essential conceptual and theoretical foundation that is complemented by practical, real-world experience. All GPH majors--regardless of school--are required to complete 6 public health core courses (24 credits), one to three combined major electives, 90 hours of a public health experiential learning internship, and a semester-long study away experience at one of NYU's global sites. Majoring in Global Public Health will prepare you for entry into not-for-profits, government organizations, social service agencies, international health services and programs, as well as provide excellent preparation for further public health study at the masters, doctoral and professional school levels, including GPH’s own Master of Public Health program.
- Global Public Health/Nursing (with Rory Meyers College of Nursing)
- Global Public Health/Social Work (with Silver School of Social Work)
- Global Public Health/Applied Psychology (with Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development)
- Global Public Health/Communicative Sciences and Disorders (with Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development)
- Global Public Health/Food Studies (with Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development)
- Global Public Health/Media, Culture, and Communication (with Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development)
- Global Public Health/Nutrition & Dietetics (with Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development)
- Global Public Health/Global Liberal Studies (with Liberal Studies)
- Global Public Health/Anthropology (with College of Arts & Science)
- Global Public Health/History (with College of Arts & Science)
- Global Public Health/Sociology (with College of Arts & Science)
- Global Public Health/Biology (with College of Arts & Science)
- Global Public Health/Chemistry (with College of Arts & Science)
Accreditation
The School of Global Public Health at New York University is proud to have been granted full accreditation as a School of Public Health by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) through 2031.
The final GPH Accreditation Self-Study was developed with active participation from a collaborative group of faculty, staff, students, alumni and other stakeholders.
CEPH’s final report can be found here. To visit CEPH’s website, click here.
Undergraduate students enrolled in an interdisciplinary degree program at the School of Global Public Health should refer to their home school for specific accreditation information.
Faculty
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David Abrams
Professor
Social Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Rutgers University-New Brunswick
David Abramson
Clinical Professor
Social Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Columbia University
Prince Michael Amegbor
Assistant Professor
Global Health Programs, School of Global Public Health
Mari Armstrong-Hough
Associate Professor
Social Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Duke University
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Jin Yung Bae
Clinical Associate Professor
Public Health Policy and Management, School of Global Public Health
Juris Doctor (J.D.), Harvard University
Lauren Thomas Berube
Clinical Assistant Professor
Public Health Nutrition, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), NYU
Rebecca Betensky
Professor
Academic Administration, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Stanford University
Jo Ivey Elizabeth Boufford
Clinical Professor
Global Health Programs, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
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Jennifer Cantrell
Assistant Professor
Social Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Columbia University in the City of New York
Ji E Chang
Assistant Professor
Public Health Policy and Management, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), New York University
Virginia W Chang
Associate Professor
Social Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health
Doctorate (Academic)
Rumi Chunara
Associate Professor
Biostatistics, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Linda Collins
Professor
Social Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of Southern California
Stephanie H Cook
Associate Professor
Social Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health
Doctorate (Professional), Columbia University in the City of New York
Adolfo Cuevas
Assistant Professor
Social Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
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Alex Dahlen
Clinical Associate Professor
Biostatistics, School of Global Public Health
Andrea L. Deierlein
Associate Professor
Public Health Nutrition, School of Global Public Health
Doctorate (Academic), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Don Des Jarlais
Professor
Epidemiology, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Christopher Patrick Dickey
Clinical Associate Professor
Global Health Programs, School of Global Public Health
Doctorate (Academic), Columbia University in the City of New York
Ralph DiClemente
Professor
Social Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of California, San Francisco
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Joshua Epstein
Professor
Epidemiology, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Karyn E. Faber
Clinical Assistant Professor
Social Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Teachers College at Columbia University
Yang Feng
Professor
Biostatistics, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Princeton University
Daniel Robert Fogal
Assistant Professor
Bioethics, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), New York University
Debra Furr-Holden
Professor
School of Global Public Health, School of Global Public Health
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Robyn Gershon
Clinical Professor
Epidemiology, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Johns Hopkins University
Melody Goodman
Professor
School of Global Public Health, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Eliseo Guallar
Visiting Professor
Academic Administration, School of Global Public Health
Kate Guastaferro
Assistant Professor
Social Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
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Erez Hatna
Clinical Associate Professor
Epidemiology, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Tel Aviv University
Cheryl Healton
Professor
School of Global Public Health, School of Global Public Health
Doctorate (Professional), Columbia University School of Public Health
Siyu Heng
Assistant Professor
Biostatistics, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
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Mark Jit
Professor
Academic Administration, School of Global Public Health
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Farzana Kapadia
Professor
Epidemiology, School of Global Public Health
Doctorate (Academic)
Daniel Khokhar
Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow
Bioethics, School of Global Public Health
Juris Doctor (J.D.)
Thomas Kirchner
Associate Professor
Social Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of Pittsburgh
Jonathan Knutzen
Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow
Bioethics, School of Global Public Health
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Alden Lai
Assistant Professor
Public Health Policy and Management, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Johns Hopkins University
S. Matthew Liao
Professor
Academic Administration, School of Global Public Health
Doctorate (Academic), University of Oxford
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Amanda Isabel Mauri
Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow
Public Health Policy and Management, School of Global Public Health
Courtney A McKnight
Clinical Assistant Professor
Epidemiology, School of Global Public Health
Doctorate (Professional), CUNY New York City College of Technology
Yajun Mei
Professor
Biostatistics, School of Global Public Health
Alexis A Merdjanoff
Assistant Professor
Social Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Rutgers University-Newark
Michael Howard Merson
Clinical Professor
School of Global Public Health, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn
Joyce Moon Howard
Clinical Associate Professor
Social Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health
Doctorate (Professional), Columbia University School of Public Health
Corrina Moucheraud
Associate Professor
Public Health Policy and Management, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Science (D.Sc.)
Genevra Murray
Assistant Professor
Public Health Policy and Management, School of Global Public Health
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Peter S Navario
Clinical Associate Professor
Public Health Policy and Management, School of Global Public Health
Doctorate (Academic)
Raymond S Niaura
Professor
Academic Administration, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Rutgers University-New Brunswick
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Thomas S O'Connell
Visiting Associate Professor
Global Health Programs, School of Global Public Health
Master's Level Degree
Jonathan Nenye Odumegwu
Visiting Assistant Professor
Biostatistics, School of Global Public Health
Danielle C. Ompad
Professor
Senior Vice Dean's Reports, School of Global Public Health
Doctorate (Academic)
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Jose Pagan
Professor
Academic Administration, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of New Mexico-Main Campus
Niyati Parekh
Professor
Academic Affairs, School of Global Public Health
Doctorate (Academic)
Nina S. Parikh
Clinical Associate Professor
Social Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Columbia University in the City of New York
Claudia Passos Ferreira
Assistant Professor
Bioethics, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO)
Emmanuel Peprah
Associate Professor
Global Health Programs, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Meharry Medical College
Jennifer L Pomeranz
Associate Professor
Public Health Policy and Management, School of Global Public Health
Doctorate (Professional)
Jonathan Purtle
Associate Professor
Public Health Policy and Management, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
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Scott Rosenstein
Lecturer
Global Health Programs, School of Global Public Health
Diana Rosenthal
Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow
Social Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health
Saba Rouhani
Assistant Professor
Epidemiology, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Rachel Ann Ryan
Visiting Assistant Professor
Public Health Nutrition, School of Global Public Health
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Donna Shelley
Professor
Senior Vice Dean's Reports, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Hai Shu
Assistant Professor
Biostatistics, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Diana R Silver
Professor
Public Health Policy and Management, School of Global Public Health
Doctorate (Academic)
Brian James Spitzer
Visiting Assistant Professor
Biostatistics, School of Global Public Health
Bachelor's Level Degree
Jillian Strayhorn
Assistant Professor
Social Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health
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Yesim Tozan
Associate Professor
Global Health Programs, School of Global Public Health
Doctorate (Academic)
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Judith D Weissman
Visiting Assistant Professor
Epidemiology, School of Global Public Health
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Shu Xu
Clinical Associate Professor
Biostatistics, School of Global Public Health
Doctorate (Academic)
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Lawrence H Yang
Professor
Academic Administration, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Boston University Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program
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Wen Zhou
Associate Professor
Biostatistics, School of Global Public Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Iowa State University