Environmental Health Sciences

The CCHP builds upon a foundation established over the past decade at the Mailman School in climate and health scholarship, including the longest-running graduate level course on the public health impacts of climate change.  In achieving its leadership position, the CCHP draws from the Mailman School’s robust programs in Epidemiology and Global Public Health, as well as the School’s proximity to global leaders and top international organizations located in New York City. CCHP is uniquely positioned to benefit from partnerships throughout the Columbia University Medical Center campus, as well as the Earth Institute, the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and the Columbia Climate Center. These partnerships provide CCHP with interdisciplinary expertise in epidemiology, earth sciences, climate prediction, and ecology, and enable the program to bring together faculty, post-doctoral scientists and graduate students from across the University to share information, coordinate research, develop curricula, and host scientific exchanges on the human health dimensions of climate change.