Centers, Institutes, & Initiatives

CUNY SPH conducts research and implementation through its centers and institutes, many of which are affiliated with institutions both within and outside of the CUNY network.

CENTERS:

Aid migrant community health

We reduce health inequities in migrant communities and increase access to health and social services.

Community care

We implement, evaluate and disseminate community-clinical linkage to preventive care and chronic disease prevention and management in NYC.

Create healthy communities

We foster innovation in health promotion and disease prevention through changes in systems design.

Accurate and timely health info

We fulfill the need for new technology and communication approaches that help decision makers better understand and tackle systemic, deep-rooted issues in health.

Advance quality mental healthcare

We promote effective mental health interventions via research, evaluation, training and policy.​​

INSTITUTES:

Tackling food inequity

We work across disciplines and sectors to make the food system just, healthy and resilient.

Make research actionable

We improve population health through better intervention implementation.

INITIATIVES:

Accelerating ventures for public health impact

The premier public health entrepreneurship platform in the US and leading public health startup accelerator at an accredited graduate school of public health.

Science-based, community driven

To improve the health and wellbeing of the Harlem community by supporting its existing community-based organizations.

New York’s hub for sexual and reproductive justice

Preparing the next generation of public health leaders to stand up for and advance the human right to health.

Student health equity

We ensure that all CUNY students can reach their full health and academic potential by reducing health-related barriers to educational achievement.

Partnering to dismantle global inequity

Understanding the power embedded in existing global and institutional governance systems and the changes required.

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