The only accredited school of public health in New York City, and among the first in the nation, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health's research, education, and service agenda addresses the critical and complex public health issues that affect millions of people locally and globally.

The ambition of our Department, stated in its name and exemplified by the variety of research interests of its faculty, is to identify genes and delineate genetic pathways involved in the three areas of DNA stability, embryonic development, cell and organ functions in all organisms.