MPH Concentrations

Now enrolling for Fall 2025.

The cascading adverse impacts of climate change are affecting societies worldwide, with vulnerable communities most at risk due to historical socioeconomic injustices. Climate change is a major environmental and human health issue, with clear impacts already upon us. The mission of this concentration is to provide the public health workforce of the future with cutting-edge knowledge and skills to predict, measure, and ultimately mitigate the adverse health effects of climate change.

The Climate Solutions and Health concentration and curriculum will include three courses and one elective. The required courses are on the following topics:

1. Climate and Health (introductory)
2. Data Science Methods and Climate
3. Geographical Information Systems and Spatial Analysis

The elective can be chosen from a number of courses including (but not restricted to):

• 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

Concentration Head:

Jaymie R. Meliker, PhD
Professor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine

Have questions? Please email 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: 

1. 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. 
2. The MPH HPM Concentration at Stony Brook Medicine will provide a high-quality, competency-based educational experience to all students.
3. 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.
4. The MPH HPM Concentration at Stony Brook Medicine will foster and maintain an environment that is inclusive, equitable, and welcoming for all. 
5. 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.

Generalist Concentration

The mission of the generalist concentration is to allow advanced degree students to achieve specialized public health competencies optimally aligned with their professional aspirations, by providing them the opportunity to design and complete an individualized curriculum that best meets their educational needs. Advanced degree students are those who have already completed or are concurrently completing the graduate degree required for advanced practice in their current health profession. Students in this track have varying flexibility to complete combinations of relevant concentration courses and electives. The mission is considered met when the student successfully undertakes a practicum project that satisfies their tailored concentration requirements, as determined with guidance from program faculty.

Concentration Head:

Yuri T. Jadotte, MD, PhD, MPH
Associate Program Director of Preventive Medicine Residency
Assistant Professor, Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine 

Required Courses (12 credits)

Individualized Plans for MSW/MPH, MD/MPH, DDS/MPH, and Preventive Medicine Residents.
Students in this concentration are allowed to choose four course electives (12 credits). Three of the four shall be PPH offered and/or pre-approved courses, and have competencies mapped that are approved by the PPH Curriculum Committee. The fourth course will be an elective that will be selected by the student with approval by the concentration head.