Education in Public Health & Preventive Medicine
| CNYMPH Program: Donna Bacchi MD, MPH, Director Location: 2262 Weiskotten Hall, 750 E. Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210 Phone: 315 464-1700 Email: cnymph@upstate.edu |
Preventive Medicine Program: Martha Wojtowycz, PhD, DirectorJohn Epling, MD, Associate Director Phone: 315 464-2642 Email: pmp@upstate.edu |
The department is dedicated to educating a wide variety of practitioners to have the values, commitment, knowledge, and technical skills necessary to improve health using population health philosophy.
Preventive Medicine
Preventive Medicine is the interface between public health and medical practice. The department's goal with regard to medical student education is to enable students to learn the essentials of epidemiology, biostatistics, preventive medicine, population health, and public health, and the US health care system, in order to prepare them for the practice of medicine.
The Preventive Medicine component of the medical curriculum seeks to educate medical students and physicians on the importance of population factors (health determinants) as the chief predictor and influence on the health status of individuals. Through its preventive medicine program, the department will make available to students a broad array of subject areas including rural health, community medicine, public health, clinical outcomes, and health care quality improvement.
Public Health Masters Degree Program
The CNYMPH graduate degree program is jointly offered with Syracuse University. It is a graduate professional degree designed to prepare students to manage public health problems as practitioners in the field. As practitioners, they will understand the importance of prevention as well as cure, integrating public health and clinical models that guide health and healthcare. This dual perspective provides them with a breadth of knowledge and understanding that prepares them for leadership roles in the healthcare system.
CRE Mission
In collaboration with the clinical and research faculty of SUNY Upstate Medical University, the CRE will conduct research and execute data analyses designed to guide the improvement of patient care and associated patient outcomes.