Participating Agencies and Institutions

The following institutions and agencies participate in the training of preventive medicine residents in our program.

• University at Albany School of Public Health
• New York State Department of Health
• Albany County Health Department
• Schenectady County Public Health Services
• The American Cancer Society - Eastern Division

The School of Public Health at the University at Albany offers MPH, MS, DrPH, and PhD degrees. There are seven tracks for the MPH program:

• Preventive Medicine
• Epidemiology
• Biostatistics
• Health Administration
• Social Behavior and Community Health
• Environmental Health and Toxicology
• Biomedical Science

Residents spend their first year completing coursework toward an MPH in any of the tracks. Most choose the Preventive Medicine track, an interdepartmental track with upper level courses in Epidemiology, Health Policy, Management, & Health Behavior.

They can also do practicum projects at the School, working with faculty in the Prevention Research Center, the Center for Public Health Preparedness, the Center for Health Workforce Studies, or the Continuing Education Program.

The New York State Department of Health is among the largest, most comprehensive state health departments in the nation, with programs addressing every major public health issue -- tobacco, HIV/AIDS, unintended pregnancy, heart disease, dementia, health care coverage, and many more. Practicum projects can be arranged in any part of the Department, and can involve designing and carrying out epidemiological investigations, developing or evaluating public health programs, creating educational materials, and many other activities. Below is a partial list of units where previous residents have done practicum rotations:

Center for Community Health

AIDS Institute

Center for Environmental Health

Office of Health Systems Management

Office of Managed Care

Office of Continuing Care

Albany County Health Department & Schenectady County Public Health Services
All preventive medicine residents in this program complete at least one rotation in a county health department to learn about public health practice at the community level. The Albany and Schenectady County departments are responsible for the assessment, monitoring, and surveillance of local health problems in the Capital District and for ensuring that quality preventive and medical treatment services are available. They provide public health education and conduct a variety of programs in maternal and child health, environmental health, communicable disease control, chronic disease prevention, and injury control. They also serve as a regulatory agency for public health protection, inspecting restaurants, summer camps, and other public facilities, and they respond to a wide variety of local health issues as they arise.

American Cancer Society - Eastern Division
Residents enrolled in our Cancer Prevention Track (and any other interested residents) are encouraged to learn about how private sector partners contribute to public health by doing a rotation at the American Cancer Society's Eastern Division headquarters in Albany. At ACS they can get involved in legislative advocacy, community program development, and professional education.