Current Students
- Changing Concentrations
- Graduation Deadlines
- ATC and Abstract of Proposed Integrative Project
- M-Form
- Graduation Checklists
- University at Buffalo Career Services
- Public Health Job Sites
- Outside or Paid Internship Opportunities
Changing Concentrations
An MPH student who wishes to change concentrations must first apply to and be accepted by the prospective department. The student should request to have their original application file forwarded from their current department to the department to which they are applying. There is also a form that needs to be completed, the Request to Change MPH Concentration.
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Graduation Deadlines
There are department deadlines and graduate school deadlines. Department deadlines precede graduate school deadlines. Check with your department!
- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine deadlines can be found in the Department's Graduate Student Handbook.
- Graduate school deadlines are provided in the Graduate School Policies and Procedures manual.
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ATC - Application to Candidacy and Abstract of Proposed Integrative Project
The Graduate School web site provides the ATC form (word doc).
The "committee" - with the advice of
their advisor the student selects a committee which consists of
a major professor who is a member of the Graduate Faculty (a list
of eligible Graduate Faculty is available at the Graduate School
website at
http://www.grad.buffalo.edu/academics/facultyroster/roster.cgi)
and at least one other faculty member who holds the rank of assistant,
associate or professor in the University but need not be a member
of the Graduate Faculty. Often, the committee consists of the student's
faculty advisor for their integrative project as the major professor
and another faculty member (often the Director of Graduate Studies).
MPH students may be required by their department to submit an abstract of their proposed MPH integrative project with the ATC form or shortly after the start of the semester during which the student is registered for the integrative project (SPM 630 or STA 630).
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M-Form
The M-form is submitted to the Graduate School to certify that the integrative project was satisfactorily completed and that ALL academic requirements for the MPH degree have been satisfied. It is available from your Department at or about the time you are completing your integrative project. MPH students will need to submit along with the M-form a 150 words or less summary (abstract) of what they did for their integrative project. Student name and project title should be at the top of the summary (abstract).
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Graduation Checklists
The Graduate School provides a helpful Master's Candidate Graduation Checklist (pdf) as well as Master's Candidates Requirements information. In addition, check with your Department.
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Public Health Job Sites
- Public Health Employment Connection (Rollins School of Public Health)
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
- National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
- New York State Association of County Health Officials (NYSACHO)
- New York State Department of Health Employment Opportunities (NYS DOH)
- New York State Department of Civil Service
- New York State Governor's Office of Employee Relations
- Health Research, Inc. Employment Opportunities (affiliated with the New York State Department of Health)
- New York State Municipal Civil Service Agencies local government employment in New York State
- Public Health Jobs (Association of Schools of Public Health)
- Public Health Career Mart (American Public Health Association)
- Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS)
- New York State Area Health Education Center System
- Community Health Care Association of New York State (CHCANYS)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
- Jobs in academia (Chronicle of Higher Education)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Environmental Protection Agency Research and Development
- Idealist.org - job and volunteer opportunities in the nonprofit sector
- Statistics Jobs
- The Scientist Careers emphasizes biomedical jobs, but public health is also included
- National Institutes of Health
- Public Health Prevention Service - a 3-year program; to be eligible requires a minimum of 1 year paid work experience in the area of public health (which can include an internship or a thesis project in a community setting, as part of a master’s degree)
- Drug Policy Alliance
- Postdoctoral opportunities and IGERT for more on post-docs
- NORC at the University of Chicago - check "Careers"
- New York State Health Foundation - philanthropy dedicated to improving the health of all New Yorkers; on home page, check "what's new" on right side for job openings
- New York Public Interest Research Group
- Nursing (and perhaps other) jobs in local public health departments - selected counties:
Be sure to check out state health department websites for employment opportunities. Also, you may find more entry level job opportunities at the local level, such as city or county health departments, local health care providers such as health maintenance organizations, hospitals, health insurers and industry.
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Outside Internship Opportunities
- Drug Policy Alliance
- New York and New Jersey Public Health Training Center (NY-NJ PHTC)
- Public
Health Employment Connection (Rollins School of Public Health)
note: use either the "By Title" view and look for "internships" or use the search function - New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Health Research Training Program
- Community Intern Program, Environmental Protection Agency
- National Institutes of
Health - click on “student" link. Typically, the
summer program officially begins May 1 and ends September 30th.
Students should plan to spend a minimum of 8 weeks during this
interval. Start and ending dates are flexible and unpaid vacations
can be arranged. Online applications are due by March 1st, but
it is always good to complete applications sooner rather than
later.
- Students with an expressed interest in reproductive, perinatal or pediatric endpoints or methodologies pertinent to etiologic or clinical prediction research in this area are most welcome to apply to National Institute of Child Health & Human Development. Information about the types of research conducted by the Division of Epidemiology, Statistics & Prevention Research should be available at the NICHD’s website. Given the number of applications that NIH receives, students should email Dr. Germaine M. Buck Louis (Senior Investigator & Chief, Epidemiology Branch; Division of Epidemiology, Statistics & Prevention Research - louisg@mail.nih.gov) or other investigators in the Division upon submission of an application.
- CDC - Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention: Check out the web sites of the respective
divisions of the CDC. Postings change regularly, so check periodically.
Note the dates, duration and eligibility requirements of the programs
listed; they are not all short-term and suitable for MPH students.
Here are web sites you can search for possible opportunities:
- Office of the Director
- Epidemiology Program Office
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP)
- National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)
- National Center On Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)
- National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
- National Immunization Program (NIP)
- National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP)
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
- National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID)
- Public Health Practice Program Office (PHPPO)
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)
- CDC/ATSDR SPONSORED/COORDINATED STUDENT/TRAINING PROGRAMS - internship opportunities
- Dutchess County (NY) Department of Health - For internship opportunities at the Dutchess County DOH, please contact Dr. Rana Ali, Rali@co.dutches.ny.us, (845) 486-3735
- Gobal Service Corps - a nonprofit international volunteer organization providing service-learning opportunities for people worldwide to live and work abroad in Thailand and Tanzania. Programs include HIV/AIDS prevention.
- Pfizer: Briefly, this program is
to develop good public relations for Pfizer, introduce students
to the drug research and development, create relationships with
universities and create a long-term talent pipeline for Pfizer.
Graduate students will be assigned specific project with associated
staff supervisors and mentors and given a weekly stipend of about
$700 for 10-12 weeks. There are over 80 positions available within
the Groton/New London, CT campus and three specifically opened
in the Dept. of Outcomes Research (epidemiology, health policy,
health economics). Interested students should contact Dr. Torigoe
through email or the assistant, Arlene Carlson at 860 732 1850.
Yasuhiro Torigoe, PhD
Director Outcomes Research
Worldwide Outcomes Research
50 Pequot Ave.
New London, CT 06320New London ph: 860 732 1914
email: yasuhiro.torigoe@pfizer.com
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State and local health departments also may list internship opportunities (check their websites).
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