Students enrolled in the Master of Public Health program are required to select one concentration in the specialized area of their choosing. Please note that the Community Health, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, and Health Policy and Management concentrations have specific competencies that must be met.
Shape the Future of Health: Climate Solutions & Health Concentration
(Fall 2025)
Climate change is a defining challenge of our time, with significant consequences for human health. Our Climate Solutions and Health concentration is designed to provide you with the essential knowledge and skills to understand, address, and mitigate the health impacts of climate change.
Why Choose This Concentration?
- Relevant and Timely: Focus on one of the most pressing global issues.
- Interdisciplinary Approach: Explore the intersection of climate science, public health, data analysis, and social justice.
- Career-Focused Skills: Gain expertise in data science, spatial analysis, and public health practice relevant to climate change.
Curriculum Highlights:
Core Knowledge:
- Climate and Health (Introductory): A foundational understanding of the relationship between climate change and human health.
- Data Science Methods and Climate: Learn how to use data to analyze and understand climate-related health risks.
- Geographical Information Systems and Spatial Analysis: Develop skills in mapping and analyzing spatial patterns of climate-related health outcomes.
Elective Specialization: Choose one course from a range of options to tailor your learning, including:
- Mental Health and Climate
- Social Work and Environmental Justice
- Infectious Disease Epidemiology
- Climate and Allergies, Asthma, Chronic Respiratory Disorders
- Advanced Methods in Epidemiology
- Applied Biostatistics
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Enrollment is open for Fall 2025.
Have questions? Contact us at publichealth@stonybrookmedicine.edu
The mission of this concentration is to prepare students for community-based work in public health. Students will acquire skills and knowledge related to planning, implementing, and evaluating community health improvement projects and interventions, as well as learn the principles of community-based participatory research.
Concentration Head:
Rachel Kidman, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine
Required Courses (12 credits)
HPH 551 Introduction to Health Communications (3 credits)
HPH 552 Planning & Implementing Community Health Initiatives (3 credits)
HPH 553 Advanced Evaluation of Community Health Initiatives (3 credits)
Approved Elective (3 credits)
For the Community Health Plan of Study, click here.
For students who matriculated prior to Fall 2016, see the academic coordinator for Community Health concentration requirements.
The mission of this concentration is to prepare public health professionals with the analytical, research, methodological, and statistical skills necessary to identify and analyze epidemiologic data. Students will gain skills in assessing the current evidence base on epidemiologic topics, evaluating evidence for causation, and identifying study limitations. Students will learn to critically assess different methodologies and assessment techniques used in infectious and chronic disease epidemiology. Students will gain the ability to select from a suite of statistical methods and apply them to analyze epidemiologic data.
Concentration Head:
Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi, PharmD, MPH, Ph.D.
Core Faculty, Program in Public Health
Assistant Professor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine
Required and Elective Courses (12 credits)*
HPH 560 Advanced Biostatistics (3 credits)
HPH 559 Advanced Research Methods (3 credits)
HPH 510 Infectious Disease Epidemiology (3 credits)
HPH 532 Chronic Diseases: Epidemiology, Etiology, and Prevention (3 credits) [Elective]
For the Epidemiology & Biostatistics Plan of Study, click here.
Looking for a previous year's plan of study? Please contact our Associate Director for Student Affairs.
The mission of this concentration is to develop foundational proficiency in health management knowledge, skills, and abilities among aspiring public health professionals. Our students learn from a dynamic faculty who value research and innovative methods to facilitate excellence in the learning of health management and population health competencies. Graduates will be prepared to contribute to the health sector with enhanced policy, management, and leadership skills.
Courses in this concentration address economics, law, finance, policy, and the principles of management.
Concentration Head:
Susan Somerville, RN, MA
Associate Director of Health Management Practice
Instructor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine
Required Courses (12 credits)
Required for all students in the Health Policy and Management Concentration:
HPA 529: Fundamentals of Healthcare Management
HPA 510: Health Finance and Accounting
HPA 536: Health Law and Compliance
HPA 527: Health Economics and Policy
For the Health Policy and Management Plan of Study, click here.
Students planning to complete this concentration in conjunction with a dual-degree (MAPP, MBA, MD, MS Nutrition, MSW) should speak with the Assistant Director for Student Affairs. Credits to complete the dual degree may be greater than that of other MPH concentrations.
*The Health Policy and Management (HPM) concentration of the MPH is accredited by CAHME until June 30, 2024, and will not be renewed. The HPM concentration will remain accredited by CEPH.
Goals
The MPH HPM Concentration maintains five overarching goals to guide programmatic development. Each overarching goal has a series of corresponding sub-goals and benchmarks which inform assessment, data sharing, and continuous quality improvement initiatives. The overarching goals are provided below:
- The MPH HPM Concentration at Stony Brook Medicine will attract students from the larger MPH student body with a seriousness of purpose for studying health policy and management topics.
- The MPH HPM Concentration at Stony Brook Medicine will provide a high-quality, competency-based educational experience to all students.
- The MPH HPM Concentration at Stony Brook Medicine will participate in professional development, research, scholarship and service to advance the field of healthcare management education.
- The MPH HPM Concentration at Stony Brook Medicine will foster and maintain an environment that is inclusive, equitable, and welcoming for all.
- Graduates of the MPH HPM Concentration at Stony Brook Medicine will be prepared to contribute to the public health or health services sector with enhanced policy, management, and leadership skills.
*This is the approved curriculum for the Fall 2019 entering class. Students who entered prior to Fall 2019 should speak with the Associate Director for Student and Academic Affairs about their plan of study.
Tailor Your Public Health Path: Generalist Concentration
Are you an advanced degree student seeking to customize your public health education to perfectly match your career goals? Our Generalist Concentration offers you the unique opportunity to design and complete an individualized curriculum that best meets your specific educational needs. This concentration is ideal for those who have already completed or are concurrently pursuing a graduate degree required for advanced practice in their health profession.
Why Choose This Concentration?
- Personalized Learning: Create a curriculum that aligns perfectly with your professional aspirations.
- Flexibility: Choose from a variety of relevant concentration courses and electives to suit your interests and needs.
- Practical Experience: Complete a practicum project that directly addresses your tailored concentration requirements, guided by expert faculty.
- Advanced Skill Development: Gain specialized public health competencies that will enhance your career trajectory.
Curriculum Highlights:
- Individualized Plans: Tailored for students in combined programs (MSW/MPH, MD/MPH, DDS/MPH) and Preventive Medicine Residents.
- Elective Choices: Select four elective courses (12 credits) to deepen your knowledge in specific areas.
- Three of the electives will be PPH offered and/or pre-approved courses with mapped competencies.
- The fourth elective can be selected by the student with approval from the concentration head.
Meet the Experts:
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Discuss your specific needs and interests with the concentration head to develop your individualized plan.
