Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Columbia University
Joseph L. Mailman
School of Public Health
TypePrivate
Graduate school
School of Public Health
Established1922; 102 years ago (1922)
Parent institution
Columbia University
DeanLinda P. Fried
Academic staff
500
Students1,687
Location
Manhattan, New York City
,
New York
,
United States

40°50′33″N 73°56′36″W / 40.84261°N 73.9432°W / 40.84261; -73.9432
Websitepublichealth.columbia.edu

The Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health[1] is the public health graduate school of Columbia University. Located on the Columbia University Irving Medical Center campus in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, the school is accredited 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.[2] It became an official school within Columbia University in 1945. In 1999, following a $33 million gift from the Mailman Foundation, the school was renamed the Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health in honor of Joseph L. Mailman, an investor, philanthropist and founder of one of the earliest conglomerates in North America.[3][4]

The school is home to the Calderone Prize,[5] the most prestigious award in the field of public health,[6] as well as numerous 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.

  1. ^ "JOSEPH L. MAILMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. OFFICE OF THE DEAN" (PDF). Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
  2. ^ "MPH Program Rankings".
  3. ^ "Quick Facts". Columbia University. Archived from the original on 2008-02-09. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
  4. ^ "Joseph Mailman, 88, Head of Philanthropy". The New York Times. July 10, 1990. pp. B8. Retrieved Nov 20, 2023.
  5. ^ "The Calderone Prize". Columbia Mailman School of Public Health. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  6. ^ Shalo Wilmon, Sibyl (January 2013). "The Calderone Prize in Public Health: A Legacy of Legends". American Journal of Public Health. 103 (1): 41–46. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2012.300982. PMC 3518370. PMID 23153163.