Opportunities
for Research and Professional Experience
The Hunter program provides ample opportunities for students to gain
research or professional experience. Each year faculty select students
to work with them on research projects. All students are expected
to complete a field placement in a public health setting. The Program
has affiliations with more than 75 agencies in the metropolitan region
and in other countries, giving students a broad choice of placements.
Flexible scheduling allows many students to complete their field placements
while maintaining their regular employment.
Three
research centers at Hunter are affiliated with the Program in Urban
Public Health and all provide research and field placements for students.
The Center on AIDS, Drugs and Community Health assists community organizations
in low-income New York City neighborhood to plan, implement and evaluate
interventions to reduce asthma, HIV infection, substance abuse, violence,
and related threats to health. The Center for Occupational and Environmental
Health assists labor unions, employers and community organizations
to identify and reduce occupational and environmental threats to health.
The Brookdale Center on Aging provides training for staff of senior
centers and develops innovative programs to promote health among older
New Yorkers.
Prepare
for Doctoral Study
Some graduates choose to go on to earn doctoral degrees in public
health, environmental sciences, health education, medicine, social
sciences, or other disciplines. Opportunities to take advanced research
courses, to write a Master's essay and to work with faculty on research
projects help prepare interested students for admission to doctoral
programs. A new partnership with the Division of Sociomedical Sciences
at the Joseph Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University
is building a pathway into their doctoral programs.
Courses
are also available to qualified students in CUNY's doctoral programs
in the social sciences.
Further Education