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| This is a critical moment for both public health and medicine. Fundamental changes in the organization, funding, and delivery of health care and public health services are challenging the role of medical and public health institutions and redefining the position of health professionals. An understanding of the history of public health and medicine provides a vital perspective on the political, ethical, and social forces that have shaped our practices and policies. |
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Who is responsible for childhood lead poisoning? A Newsweek article features work by Center faculty David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz. [more]
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| The Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health is composed of both research and training components. The research agenda focuses on a wide range of topics from environmental and public health ethics through immigration and public health policy concerns (see Research or News page). Our training component is a joint effort to train doctoral and master’s students in the uses of historical and ethical analysis of public health and medicine. This is accomplished through the MPH and PhD Program in the History and Ethics of Public Health and Medicine. |
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Columbia University invites applicants to its Program for the History and Ethics of Public Health and Medicine. The Program offers two degrees: a Master of Public Health and a Doctor of Philosophy in Sociomedical Sciences, concentrating in History.
This Program brings together the faculties of three of the nation's leading research and educational units:
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A children's book from the lead paint industry c. 1929 from research by David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz.
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The Department of Sociomedical Sciences at the Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University, the Center for the Study of Society and Medicine at the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Department of History at the Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
The goal of the Program is to equip its graduates with the knowledge and skills necessary for work in academic, policy, and administrative positions. Public health practitioners, policy analysts, epidemiologists, clinicians and medical center staff, and clergy as well as recent college graduates with training or interest in history, ethics, sociology, political science, philosophy, or other humanities and social sciences are encouraged to apply for admission.
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