The Public Health Data Analytics concentration in the Master of Public Health (MPH) program prepares students to harness innovative and advanced analytical tools and data science techniques to address pressing public health issues. By bridging foundational public health knowledge with cutting-edge data science methodologies, students gain advanced analytical skills using modern methodologies, such as AI, Machine learning, and GIS (Geographic Information System) to manage and analyze big population datasets. Through didactic and practical experience, students will gain hands-on experience to implement data analytical skills on a variety of large and complex public health datasets and learn how to thoughtfully interpret results. Courses in this concentration address a wide variety of topics, such as rigorous public health data modeling methodologies, epidemiological data analysis with R and Python programming, and machine learning and geo-informatics methods and applications in public health. Students can also take advantage of several AI educational and practical opportunities at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (https://icahn.mssm.edu/about/artificial-intelligence ).

Public Health Data Analytics Concentration Competencies

1. Apply quantitative, logical, or computational skills using R or Python in public health research.

2. Translate public health questions into spatial and/or statistical hypotheses.

3. Construct and manage public health datasets for spatial and/or longitudinal studies using statistical software.

Public Health Data Analytics Concentration Requirements

In addition to the General Public Health concentration, which gives students a solid foundation in the five core areas of public health (biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental health, health policy & management, and socio-behavioral health) the Graduate Program in Public Health provides students with an opportunity to specialize in a specific public health concentration. Students are required to take the courses listed for the Specialty Concentration they choose to pursue. The credits accrued from required courses vary for each concentration. In total, students must complete 45 credits to be eligible to earn the Master of Public Health.

The Specialty Tracks are:

• General Public Health

• Global Health

• Epidemiology & Biostatistics

• Public Health Data Analytics

MPH Requirements for all Concentrations

The Global Health concentration in the Master of Public Health (MPH) program is designed for students interested in understanding complex global health issues. This Concentration prepares students to address pressing health challenges across diverse populations and settings worldwide. Through theoretical and hands-on experience, you will gain the needed skills to work in a wide variety of settings with diverse populations, and bring practical solutions to major public health problems of underserved and neglected populations worldwide.

Courses in this concentration address a wide variety of global health priorities such as planetary health, maternal and child health, and climate impacts on global health. Students can also take advantage of the Arnhold Institute for Global Health, which offers public health and research programs around the globe.

Global Health Concentration Competencies

1. Explain the global context in which public health problems occur including the social, political, economic, and environmental forces that underly them.

2. Describe the roles or relationships of the systems and entities that influence global Health and/or Planetary health.

3. Identify the leadership or management skills needed to effectively participate or lead local, national, or global health organizations.

Global Health Concentration Requirements

The General Public Health concentration in the Master of Public Health (MPH) program offers broad and interdisciplinary training across core public health disciplines such as public health policy and management, epidemiology, biostatistics, and global health and prepares students to investigate and act on the root causes of health and disease in communities by examining how social systems, environmental exposures, and infrastructure shape public health outcomes.

Through public health program planning, implementation science, and community-based research and learning, students gain tools to transform public health systems and improve the health of communities at the local, national, and global levels.

General Public Health Concentration Competencies

1. Examine and characterize how environmental and system conditions influence patterns of health and disease across populations.

2. Design public health programs and policies within a socio-ecological framework, including plans for implementation, evaluation and improvement.

3. Use established theories and models of health behavior to inform the design and implementation of public health programs.

4. Identify and evaluate environmental exposures and their impact on human health using appropriate epidemiologic and biostatistical methods.

5. Inform the development of policies and practices that mitigate health risks and promote health in populations.

General Public Health Concentration Requirements

The Epidemiology & Biostatistics concentration in the Master of Public Health (MPH) program prepares students to investigate and address complex public health issues using rigorous epidemiologic and biostatistical methods. Through integration of foundational public health knowledge with epidemiologic research training, students obtain advanced theoretical and practical skills in designing epidemiology studies and collecting, analyzing, and interpreting public health data. Students build a strong foundation in traditional and modern epidemiologic study designs, rigorous data collection and analysis methodologies and advanced statistical modeling tools, and gain expertise in conducting valid and reproducible epidemiological studies. Students can also take advantage based on their career interests of several state-of-the-art epidemiology research and data analysis initiatives led by the Department of Public Health, Center of Biostatistics, Department of Environmental Medicine, and AI programs, among other opportunities and resources offered at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Epidemiology & Biostatistics Concentration Competencies

1. Develop capacity to complete in-depth epidemiological analyses using statistical software.

2. Critically synthesize the public health research or practice literature for a selected health topic.

3. Distinguish between a statistical association and a causal relationship using appropriate principles of causal inference.

Epidemiology & Biostatistics Concentration Requirements