Cornell Public Health announced a new fellowship providing seven students with full tuition support toward the two-year Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) degree. To be considered for the fellowships, applications for M.P.H. training must be submitted by March 23.

The fellowship is designed to prepare students to tackle challenges such as rising health inequities, climate change, distrust in science and emerging infectious diseases. "We, as a nation, desperately need to build our public health systems and capacity to combat these threats to our health, yet students are facing increasing barriers to pursuing public health education," said Cornell Public Health Director, Dr. Alexander Travis. 

"Thankfully, we received a very generous gift to remove the barrier of tuition for seven students, which will help some of the best and brightest pursue their professional public health training here at Cornell," says Travis. "The impacts of this gift extend beyond the seven recipients, because it lets us offer tuition assistance to an even greater number of deserving students."

Cornell's M.P.H. training is uniquely based on pillars of sustainability, equity and engagement, and was expressly designed to help graduates address the world’s most pressing health challenges. Fellows will learn from the highly interdisciplinary faculty, building skills using applied and community-engaged learning opportunities in which students translate theory into practice. 

Core and foundational training will prepare fellows to work in diverse settings across government, the private sector, public health and healthcare systems and non-governmental organizations. Fellows will also pursue specialized training in one of four concentration areas: Food Systems & Health, Environment, Climate & Health, Infectious Disease Epidemiology or Emergency Preparedness & Management. 

For more information about the Cornell Public Health Fellowships, please contact assistant director of student services, Ben Parker.