Prospective Students

New York City is a global base for leaders in the health industry. From renowned research institutes and think tanks, nonprofit organizations, philanthropic organizations, foundations, and international pharmaceutical companies to state-of-the-art hospitals and one of the world’s largest municipal departments of health, the City is a hub for some of the greatest minds in the public health arena.

As a means of enriching students’ learning experiences, the Mailman School regularly hosts experts from this broad intellectual network to present original research, participate in seminars and conferences, and give lectures in classrooms.

Jack Rowe, MD, a distinguished leader in healthcare administration, served for years as chairman and chief executive officer of Aetna, Inc. and, prior to that, was CEO of Mount Sinai Medical Center and Mount Sinai NYU Health, recently joined the faculty of the School’s Department of Health Policy and Management.

In addition to teaching a course on private health insurance, he lectures in courses and seminars throughout the Department and University - including classes at the Business School - imparting decades of invaluable medical and business experience. Says Dr. Rowe of his decision to assume an academic role at this stage of his career, “I bring a substantial amount of practical experience into the classroom. I am able to underscore - or, in some cases, contradict - textbook principles by citing very specific, real-world events that have transpired in health business and policy.”

Real-World Experience

As a former senior economist for healthcare and labor market policy to the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, Sherry Glied, PhD, professor and former chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management, is plugged into the national healthcare policy debate. She works as an adviser to the Congressional Budget Office and as a policy consultant to several states.

“Things happen very quickly in health policy,” says Dr. Glied. “I am able to enrich my course material with examples of state and federal health policy being debated, studied, and - in some cases - passed at the time I am teaching it. What I present to my students is 100 percent influenced by what’s happening in the real world.”

Following the tsunami that devastated several countries in Southeast Asia, Neil Boothby, EdD, professor of clinical Global Health in the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health and director of the Program on Forced Migration and Health, traveled to the region to address the needs of orphans and separated children.

“In Banda Aceh, I helped people search for lost family members - I’ll never forget the joy and relief we all felt when separated children and parents found one an other through our tracing efforts.”

“Following this experience, I incorporated the experiences of tsunami survivors into my course on humanitarian response. As a result, several students from my department have undertaken summer internships with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) devoted to child protection and care in Aceh.”

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