School of Health Sciences and Practice
The School of Health Sciences and Practice offers master's degrees, clinical doctorates, and advanced certificates that will inspire you to bring change to your community and the world. In whichever SHSP program you choose, you'll receive a broad foundation of educational experiences taught by health care practitioners and industry-based professionals.
Our programs are tailored to your career situation, experience level, and schedule, giving you the best opportunity to develop your health career. We have a proud tradition of preparing health professionals to improve health and quality of life in all communities and individuals.
Whether online or on campus, our faculty utilizes evidence-based methods and in-the-field training to give you a strong professional foundation. With five active centers of excellence on campus, you’ll be immersed in exciting innovations in health science. At SHSP, research, service, and education are all integrally connected.
Our Programs
Public Health
The school is a founding member of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH). Our public health programs are accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) and feature online and late afternoon and evening on-campus classes to accommodate the busy schedules of working professionals.
CORE PROGRAMS:
- M.P.H. Generalist
- M.S. in Epidemiology
- M.P.H. in Epidemiology
- Dr.P.H.
- M.S. in Biostatistics
- M.S. in Bioethics
DUAL DEGREES:
ADVANCED CERTIFICATES:
Speech-Language Pathology
Speech-language pathology offers a two-year master’s that is full-time weekday program and on-campus with a focus on medical speech-language pathology in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and clinics. Our unique pediatric dysphasia certificate is offered online and trains working SLPs and OTs to diagnose and treat swallowing disorders in children.
PROGRAMS:
Physical Therapy
Our full-time weekday professional program in physical therapy has a robust list of clinical affiliates and a community-oriented approach you won't find in most other teaching settings. Service-based learning activities integrate health sciences and public health practice with the clinical arts.
PROGRAMS:
Centers of Excellence
Our Institute of Public Health houses the School’s centers of excellence – Center for Disaster Medicine, Center for Children’s Environmental Health, and Campus Collaborative Research (CCR).
These centers focus on high-priority topics of concern to communities and the nation at large. They draw upon the expertise in our academic departments and other resources outside as well as inside New York Medical College.
Research Projects
Our faculty are involved in innovative research in different areas of public health, and many of our students participate in these projects through internships, publications, and other opportunities. Learn more about our faculty’s current research projects:
Dr. Drugge (Epidemiology)
One aspect of Dr. Drugge’s research focuses on skin cancer risk assessment and detection modeling. This includes assessment of diagnostic accuracy of AI algorithms, telehealth dermatology and image processing techniques. Dr. Drugge’s skin cancer research is easily integrated into EPIM 5002 (Introduction to Epidemiology), providing great examples of risk factor analysis, prevalence, incidence, mortality rates, biases, etc.
Dr. Block (Health Policy & Management)
Dr. Block’s research focuses on how individuals make decisions in healthcare markets, specifically patient selection of hospitals and insurance plans. He has involved two Dr.P.H. students in recent articles in trade and media publications.
Dr. Knapp (Health Policy & Management)
Dr. Knapp has studied the prevalence of cognitive decline by caregiving status, explored challenges faced by family caregivers among the intellectually/developmentally disabled population, and assessed a resource guide for NYC’s low SES population. He has involved Dr.P.H. students in this work which has led to two publications with the students as co-authors.
Quick Facts
Career placement for D.P.T. and S.L.P. graduates is 100%.
9 public health faculty are current health commissioners & health directors in surrounding counties.
24% of students self-report as part of a group currently underrepresented in health care.
School of Health Sciences and Practice has 4,185 alumni.
Recent SHSP News
NYMC Celebrates Visionary Public Health Leaders at Annual Founder’s Dinner
College Community Honors Drs. Robert Amler, Sherlita Amler, and Edward Chew, and Supports the Next Generation of Physicians, Public Health Leaders, and Researchers
SHSP Student Selected to Serve as a National Ambassador for Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
Abbie Montgomery Steger, M.P.H. Class of 2025, Named Ambassador for ASPPH ‘This is Public Health’ 2024-2025 Cohort
Upcoming SHSP Events
Nov 14Thursday, November 14, 2024, 1 - 2:30pm ETDrPH STUDENT RESEARCH PRESENTATION
School of Health Sciences and Practice
What Sets SHSP Apart
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[speaking: Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A., Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer]
HALPERIN: Founded in 1860, New York Medical College
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HALPERIN: provides degree granting programs,
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HALPERIN: in the health professions at the graduate level.
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HALPERIN: Here on our 56-acre Valhalla campus
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HALPERIN: we have five schools; the School of Medicine,
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HALPERIN: the Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences,
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HALPERIN: our School of Health Sciences and Practice,
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HALPERIN: Touro College of Dental Medicine,
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HALPERIN: and the new Touro School of Nursing.
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[speaking: Robert W. Amler, M.D., M.B.A., Dean, School of Health Sciences and Practice; and Vice President for Government Affairs]
AMLER: At New York Medical College
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AMLER: School of Health Sciences and Practice,
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AMLER: we train graduate students in the public health disciplines
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AMLER: and in the rehabilitative therapies, like physical therapy
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AMLER: and speech-language pathology,
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AMLER: with another emphasis on pediatric swallowing disorders.
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AMLER: We have the best that the New York City area has to offer,
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AMLER: while also being in a suburban landscape
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AMLER: that allows students to have a little
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AMLER: bit of both.
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[speaking: Vikas Grover, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Associate Professor, Academic Program Director and Director of Speech Perception and Production Lab, and Accent Expansion Clinic]
GROVER: We have two speech programs
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GROVER: here at New York Medical College,
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GROVER: Master's in Speech-Language Pathology,
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GROVER: and an Advanced Certificate course in Pediatric Dysphagia.
[speaking: Taralynn, M.S. in Speech Language Pathology, Class of 2019]
TARALYNN: The professors that we have, they are absolutely extraordinary.
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TARALYNN: They have a very unique, medically oriented focus to their speech-language pathology program.
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[speaking: Vikas Grover, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Associate Professor, Academic Program Director and Director of Speech Perception and Production Lab, and Accent Expansion Clinic]
GROVER: Students get exposed to the medical side of speech-language pathology from the very beginning.
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GROVER: Our medical rotations in different hospitals,
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GROVER: inpatient settings, outpatient clinics, acute care.
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GROVER: Our students get this experience of diagnosing, evaluating, and treating people from our community in our speech pathology clinic.
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[speaking: Taralynn, M.S. in Speech Language Pathology, Class of 2019]
TARALYNN: Working in our on-site clinic, getting that interaction with the patient's so early on in my graduate studies, gave me that inspiration that I needed, and really kind of molded me into the clinician that I have become.
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[speaking: Michael J. Majsak, Ed.D., PT, associate professor and chair of the Department of Physical Therapy]
MAJSAK: Here at New York Medical College, we have a three-year Doctor of Physical Therapy program.
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[speaking: Jerret, Doctor of Physical Therapy Class of 2020]
JERRET: I really love the small class size here at New York Medical College.
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JERRET: We not only get to learn from the physical therapy faculty, we also get to learn from the doctors and professors from the other programs here at New York Medical College.
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[speaking: Robert W. Amler, M.D., M.B.A., Dean, School of Health Sciences and Practice; and Vice President for Government Affairs]
AMLER: The physical therapy curriculum trains them not just in muscles and bones, but also trains in
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AMLER: neuroscience, in respiratory physiology, in cardiac rehabilitation.
[speaking: Michael J. Majsak, Ed.D., PT, associate professor and chair of the Department of Physical Therapy]
MAJSAK: Faculty come from the School of Medicine, Basic Medical Sciences.
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MAJSAK: We have over 26/27 part-time clinical faculty bringing their clinical expertise to the program.
[speaking: Jerret, Doctor of Physical Therapy Class of 2020]
JERRET: We're given 24-hour access to the anatomy lab,
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JERRET: where we have our own cadavers that we dissect throughout the course.
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JERRET: Not a lot of other physical therapy programs have this, so it was a huge draw for me.
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[speaking: Michael J. Majsak, Ed.D., PT, associate professor and chair of the Department of Physical Therapy]
MAJSAK: You have a problem-based learning model
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MAJSAK: where students are learning to apply information in a mock clinical scenario.
[speaking: Jerret, Doctor of Physical Therapy Class of 2020]
JERRET: We're presented with cases, and provide interventions and examination strategies.
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JERRET: I can't imagine another way to learn how to do physical therapy.
[speaking: Michael J. Majsak, Ed.D., PT, associate professor and chair of the Department of Physical Therapy]
MAJSAK: We have a strong emphasis on interprofessional education, but we have
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MAJSAK: speech pathologists and physical therapists
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MAJSAK: and physicians and scientists learning together.
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MAJSAK: It's about giving you an environment where you cannot help but to learn.
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[speaking: Robert W. Amler, M.D., M.B.A., Dean, School of Health Sciences and Practice; and Vice President for Government Affairs]
AMLER: When [graduates] they leave, they virtually
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AMLER: all get licensed immediately, and get jobs right away.
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[speaking: Keosha T. Bond, Ed.D., M.P.H., CHES, assistant professor of public health, division of health behavioral community health]
BOND: At New York Medical College School of Health Sciences and Practice, we offer a Master of Public Health degree with four different concentrations,
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BOND: which includes behavioral science, epidemiology, environmental sciences, and
health policy and management.
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BOND: We also have a doctorate program in health policy and management, as well as an M.S. in biostatistics.
[speaking: Cora-Ann, Master of Public Health, Class of 2019]
CORA-ANN: I just graduated with a Master's in Public Health, concentration in Health Policy and Management,
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CORA-ANN: and a Certificate in Global Health.
[speaking: Keosha T. Bond, Ed.D., M.P.H., CHES, assistant professor of public health, division of health behavioral community health]
BOND: Some of our students will use their Masters in Public Health, to shape policy changes
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BOND: on the local state and national level.
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BOND: We have individuals who work in research, students working with
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BOND: individuals who may be impacted by
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BOND: different health disparities.
[speaking: Cora-Ann, Master of Public Health, Class of 2019]
CORA-ANN: We have Commissioners of public health as part of our faculty.
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[speaking: Robert W. Amler, M.D., M.B.A., Dean, School of Health Sciences and Practice; and Vice President for Government Affairs]
AMLER: They are Commissioners of Health of large public health departments.
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AMLER: They are also public health Directors in some cities around us.
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AMLER: We have almost immediate access to what I would call public health laboratories
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AMLER: in some 11 jurisdictions, encompassing a population of over 3 million.
[speaking: Cora-Ann, Master of Public Health, Class of 2019]
CORA-ANN: Learning wasn't just Academic, it helped me step up to the plate to become a leader.
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[speaking: Keosha T. Bond, Ed.D., M.P.H., CHES, assistant professor of public health, division of health behavioral community health]
BOND: The student population is very diverse.
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BOND: We have individuals who come from different nationalities and ethnicities.
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[speaking: Cora-Ann, Master of Public Health, Class of 2019]
CORA-ANN: While I was doing my online classes, I was able to interact with students all over the world.
[speaking: Keosha T. Bond, Ed.D., M.P.H., CHES, assistant professor of public health, division of health behavioral community health]
BOND: We also have students who are just completing their undergraduate degree,
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BOND: as well as individuals who have been working in the field for 20 years.
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[speaking: Robert W. Amler, M.D., M.B.A., Dean, School of Health Sciences and Practice; and Vice President for Government Affairs]
AMLER: We trained many people who are already working in hospitals,
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AMLER: even insurance companies and pharma,
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AMLER: where they want to learn more about how to build value into the healthcare dollar,
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AMLER: and develop better
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AMLER: and more efficient systems to treat a whole range of disorders.
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[speaking: Keosha T. Bond, Ed.D., M.P.H., CHES, assistant professor of public health, division of health behavioral community health]
BOND: We also have our practicum program,
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BOND: which allows our students to do internships with organizations within our region.
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BOND: This is how we give back to the community with our time and with the experience that we have gained.
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[speaking: Robert W. Amler, M.D., M.B.A., Dean, School of Health Sciences and Practice; and Vice President for Government Affairs]
AMLER: What really makes New York Medical College amazing, we really do provide a great connection between what you learn in the classroom,
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AMLER: what you learn in a patient's room,
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AMLER: and what you learn in the community at large.
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