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Top 10 Reasons to Get Your MPH at the University of Rochester
- Solid grounding in research design with a broad offering of research method courses ranging from field epidemiology to qualitative methods.
- A community-base participatory approach to public health research that has resulted in long-standing relationships with community organizations.
- An award winning Community Health Program ranked #2 in US & World Report within a medical center awarded the 2004 for Outstanding Community Service from the American Academy of Medical Colleges.
- One of only 6 medical centers nationally to house BOTH a NIH Clinical Translational Science Institute to support research that translates the findings of basic science into bedside practices and bedside practices into effective community programs, AND a CDC Prevention Research Center – the National Center for Deaf Health Research (http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/cpm/NCDHR/index.html).
- Public Health Grand Rounds that generate dialogue between community public health professionals and academic investigators. (www.urmc.rochester.edu/cpm/CPMWebRounds.html)
- Center for Community Health, a joint effort of the Monroe County Health Department and the University of Rochester aiming to make Rochester the Healthiest Community in the US by 2020.
- The Greater Rochester Area Tobacco Cessation Center (GRATCC) is housed in DCPM and provides opportunities for student research.
- Home to two other Master’s Programs – MS in Clinical Investigation and MS in Translational Research – and two PhD programs – PhD in Health Services Research and PhD in epidemiology. This results in classrooms with a diversity of students from medicine, psychology, economics, anthropology, and beyond.
- Monthly Epidemiology Journal Club.
- The City of Rochester! Rochester is in the heart of the Upstate New York Finger Lakes region with a host of recreational and entertainment activities; home to several professional sports franchises and several colleges and universities. Housing is affordable and the cost of living reasonable for students. (www.ci.rochester.ny.us)
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