Alumni News, Events & Awards
The Columbia Mailman Alumni Association is proud to celebrate the accomplishments of our many outstanding alumni! Read about the latest alumni award winners and news featuring Mailman alumni, and join us for upcoming events to connect with the alumni community.
2024 Alumni Summit
Save the date! The Columbia Mailman Alumni community will be gathering in New York City and virtually on Friday, September 27, 2024. Additional details coming soon. Make sure your contact information is up to date here. Contact us at MSPHevents@cumc.columbia.edu with questions.
Past Events
The Alumni Centennial Celebration
Thursday, May 19, 2022
Centennial Distinguished Speakers Series
A Public Health System for the Future
Speakers:
- Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc
Chief Health Officer, Google - Michael Sparer, JD, PhD
Chair and Professor, Health Policy and Management
Visit the Centennial web section to browse a timeline of the School’s first century and opportunities to contribute reminiscences.
Centennial Special Event
COVID-19 and Public Health: Two Years and a Changed Profession
Speakers:
- Anabel Cole, MS, MPH
Officer of Research & Community Outreach and Research Translation Core (COTC) Project Coordinator
Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health - Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH
Director, ICAP, University Professor, Dr. Mathilde Krim-amfAR Chair of Global Health, Epidemiology (In ICAP) - Terry McGovern, JD
Chair and Professor, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health - Nischay Mishra, PhD
Assistant Professor in Epidemiology, Center for Infection and Immunity - Michael A. Joseph, PhD, MPH (Moderator)
Vice Dean, Education, Associate Professor, Epidemiology
FACE Forward Speaker Series
Intersectionality in Racism and Public Health
Speakers:
- Robert E.Fullilove, EdD (Moderator)
Associate Dean for Community and Minority Affairs, Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences
Columbia Mailman School of Public Health - Dustin D. Duncan, ScD (Panelist)
Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Columbia Mailman School of Public Health - C.Virginia Fields (Panelist)
President and CEO
National Black Leadership Commission on Health Inc. - Nesha Z. Haniff,PhD (Panelist)
Founder of the Pedagogy of Action (POA) and the Gender Consciousness Project (GCP)
Lecturer in the Department of Afro-American and African Studies, University of Michigan - Elinor Tatum (Panelist)
Publisher and Editor in Chief of the New York Amsterdam News
Centennial Distinguished Speakers Series
Affordable Housing: An Essential for Health Equity
Speakers:
- Jonathan F.P. Rose
President, Jonathan Rose Companies - Peggy Shepard
Co-Founder and Executive Director, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Member, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health Board of Advisors - Diana Hernández, PhD (moderator)
Associate Professor, Sociomedical Sciences
Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
Visit the Centennial web section to browse a timeline of the School’s first century and opportunities to contribute reminiscences.
An (Un)holy Union: Causal Inference, Semiparametric Statistics and Machine Learning in the Age of Data Science
Speaker:
- Eric J. Tchetgen Tchetgen, PhD
Professor of Statistics and Data Science, Wharton School University of Pennsylvania
CUIMC Grand Rounds
The Science of Healthy Longevity and Its Impact on Health Systems
Speakers:
- Eric Verdin, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Buck Institute - Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH (Moderator)
Dean, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
Visit the Centennial web section to browse a timeline of the School’s first century and opportunities to contribute reminiscences.
Centennial Distinguished Speakers Series
An Argument for Healthy Longevity (and Public Health)
Speakers:
- Victor J. Dzau, MD
President, National Academy of Medicine - Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH
Dean, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
Yusuf Hamied Distinguished Lecture
A Person-Centered and Compassionate Healthcare System
Speaker:
- Vikram Patel, PhD, MBBS
The Pershing Square Professor of Global Health at Harvard Medical School
Centennial Distinguished Speakers Series
A Conversation About Climate and Food
Speakers:
- Bill McKibben
Author and founder of 350.org - Lewis Ziska, PhD
Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Columbia Mailman School of Public Health - Alfredo Morabia, MD, PhD (Moderator)
Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Public Health
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology
Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
Public Health: A Critical Foundation for Successful Societies
A conversation with Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization and Dr. Linda P. Fried, Dean of the Mailman School of Public Health
The Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health is turning 100 this year! This celebration is happening at a critical moment as communities across the globe grapple with an array of public health-related crises and challenges, including COVID-19, health inequities driven by poverty and racism, the health effects of climate change, and longer lives. Significant work lies ahead and governments, the private sector, NGOs, and academia can play a vital role to secure equal access to conditions that ensure the health and well-being of everyone. And in a world, where the challenges require national and global solutions - the role of key global institutions is particularly critical. Please join us for a conversation between Tedros Adhanom, director-general of the WHO, and Linda Fried, the dean of Columbia’s Mailman School, as they discuss lessons from COVID-19 and how we can prepare for the next century of public health threats by translating research into action.