Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
The Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health is the public health graduate school of Columbia University. Located on the Columbia University Medical Center campus in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, the school is recognized by the Council on Education for Public Health. Founded in 1922 as the DeLamar Institute of Public Health, it is one of the oldest public health schools in the United States. It became an official school within Columbia University in 1945. In 1999, following a $33 million grant from the Joseph L. Mailman Foundation, the school was renamed the Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health.The Mailman School is considered a preeminent school of public health in the United States, and is consistently ranked among the top in the nation by the U.S. News & World Report. Admission to the school is highly selective and has traditionally drawn a very international student body. Currently, the school enrolls over 1,600 students and is one of the largest recipients for sponsored research pertaining to public health.The school is home to the Calderone Prize, the most prestigious award in the field of public health, as well as numerous world-renowned research centers, including the Center for Infection and Immunity, ICAP, the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center, and the Center for Environmental Health Sciences in Northern Manhattan.
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10031 New York, Manhattan
New York, United States
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