Program in the
History of
Public Health
& Medicine
David Rosner & David J. Rothman, Directors

Columbia University is pleased to announce a new Program in History of Public Health and Medicine (HPHM). The program, to begin in September 1998, will offer two degrees: a Masters in Public Health and a PhD in History. The goal of the Program is to equip its graduates with skills that will provide them with the knowledge and ability to work in academic, policy and administrative positions. Public health practitioners, policy analysts, epidemiologists, practicing physicians, and lawyers, as well as recent college graduates with a background in history, sociology, political science, ethics or other humanities and social sciences are encouraged to apply for admission.

The program bridges the two main campuses of Columbia University. In addition to Columbia’s faculty, libraries, and archives, New York City provides a unique combination of resources for the historian and the public health practitioner. It brings together a wide range of public health needs with one of the world’s most comprehensive network of medical care and social services. Its history has been shaped by longstanding concern for the problems of poverty and disease and it has been a laboratory for a variety of national and local experiments in social welfare and health planning. The historical resources available in New York City are a rich mix of archival records stored in public and private agencies as well as some of the leading libraries in the world for the study of the history of public health and medicine: the New York Public Library, and the New York Academy of Medicine.