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AboutUniversity at Buffalowww.buffalo.eduA flagship institution in theState University of New Yorksystem, the University atBuffalo (UB) is the largest, mostcomprehensive campus in the64-campus SUNY system and aninternationally renowned centerfor academic excellence. Impactfulresearch, scholarly distinction,transformative student experiences,and far-reaching service to local,state, national, and internationalcommunities define UB’s missionas a premier research-intensivepublic university. UB was foundedin 1846 as a private medical collegelocated in downtown Buffalo andjoined SUNY in 1962. In 1990,UB was the first public universityin the Northeast to be admittedinto the Association of AmericanUniversities (AAU), joining NorthAmerica’s other leading researchuniversities.UB enrolls close to 30,000students (approximately 2/3undergraduate and 1/3 graduateand professional students) andoffers nearly 400 degree programsat the baccalaureate, master’s,professional and doctoral levelsacross its 12 decanal units. UB isa global community of scholarsconsistently ranking among thenation’s top 20 universities forthe enrollment of internationalstudents. The university enjoysa strong international presence,maintaining affiliation agreementswith over 80 universities in Asia,Europe, Latin America, and Africa.UB’s approximately 240,000 alumnilive in over 145 nations worldwide.UB has a distinguished facultyof approximately 1,600 full-timemembers and almost 750 part timemembers. With more than 150research centers and institutes,UB’s current annual researchexpenditures, including affiliatedinstitutions, exceed 386 million.The Libraries hold four millionvolumes in eight libraries andprovide access to 100,000 full-text ejournals and 800,000 e-books.Recognizing the key role thata vibrant 21st century physicalcampus environment plays inenhancing education, research, andlearning as part of the UB 2020vision, UB is implementing a longrange plan for enhancing its North,South, and Downtown campusspaces and connecting them moreeffectively to their surrounding-2-communities. UB’s North Campus,located in the Buffalo suburb ofAmherst, is the university’s mainundergraduate campus, and hometo the university’s primary athleticsand cultural facilities. Three milesto the south, on the northernedge of the City of Buffalo, is theuniversity’s historic South Campus,which serves as the primary healthsciences campus. UB also has arapidly developing third campuscenter in downtown Buffalo. Thefocal point of UB’s downtownpresence is the Buffalo NiagaraMedical Campus, on which UB’snew medical school facility wasopened in the fall of 2017.With annual revenues that exceed 1.2 billion from all sources, UBand its affiliated entities generatean estimated economic impactof 2.18 billion annually in NewYork State. The university’s totalworkforce of almost 6,800 full-timeequivalent employees makes it oneof the region’s largest employers.UB is also a leader and an activepartner with the more than 20public and private colleges anduniversities in the Buffalo-Niagararegion.

AboutThe Buffalo Niagara RegionAs a world-renowned researchuniversity, UB’s intellectual capitaland innovation are playing a vitalrole in Buffalo’s resurgence as athriving city that is a magnet forthe talented professionals, artists,entrepreneurs, and innovatorswho recognize the tremendousenergy and momentum gatheringhere. Home to one of the nation’sfastest growing populations ofcollege graduates, the BuffaloNiagara region, located on theshores of Lake Erie, with 1.5million residents, is the state’ssecond largest major metropolitanarea, exceeded only by New YorkCity. The region includes a diverseblend of communities, each withits own distinct personality, yetcommonly characterized by adistinctly neighborly way of life,an unpretentious nature andspirited loyalty among residents.Buffalo’s own strong sense ofcommunity, easy lifestyle, andaffordability regularly place it in topten lists from a variety of nationalpublications; its overall qualityof life has led to the city beingaffectionately nicknamed “the Cityof Good Neighbors.”Buffalo offers an impressivearray of cultural and recreationalopportunities uncommon fora region of its size. Buffalo’srich cultural resources reflectits distinguished history and acommitment to sustaining the arts,including the Grammy-Awardwinning Buffalo PhilharmonicOrchestra; the world-classcollection of modern paintingsand sculpture at the Albright-KnoxArt Gallery; an extensive arrayof historic architectural treasuresdesigned by Frank Lloyd Wright,H.H. Richardson, Louis Sullivan,and Eero and Eliel Saarinen; and anexpansive park system (includingDelaware Park), considered tobe the very best work of designerFrederick Law Olmsted. Thecity is home to the state’s largestconcentration of theaters outside ofNew York City. Buffalo is a familyfriendly, livable and affordablecity, with Niagara Falls, one of themajor tourist attractions of theworld, and Toronto Canada a shortdrive away. Buffalo is close to twosignificant wine growing regions-3-– Niagara Escarpment and theFinger Lakes region. In addition,the Adirondack Mountains are ahalf-day’s drive from Buffalo. Richin natural resources and beauty,the Buffalo-Niagara area is a fourseason region that offers the bestfor seasonal sports enthusiasts.University at Buffalo fans enjoy afull complement of NCAA divisionI sports with the UB Bulls, as wellas the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, the NHL’sBuffalo Sabres, Triple-A baseball’sBuffalo Bisons, and the NationalLacrosse League’s Buffalo Bandits.Buffalo’s resurgence is makingnational headlines, and UB isplaying a central role in thecreation of a strong, sustainableknowledge economy and thrivingentrepreneurial culture thatare driving this revitalization.Buffalo is experiencing aperiod of tremendous progressand momentum as well asunprecedented regionalinvestments in the industries of thefuture and in the assets that ensurea satisfying quality of life for all itscitizens.

Aboutthe School of Public Health and Health Professionshttps://sphhp.buffalo.edu/HistoryThe history of the SPHHP dates back to October 14,1965, when the School of Health Related Professions(HRP) was created by order of the Trustees of theState University of New York. Albert C. Rekate, MD,a UB professor of rehabilitation medicine and anadministrator and later director of the present dayErie County Medical Center, was named acting deanof the school in 1965. The next year, UB recruitedJ. Warren Perry from the Vocational RehabilitationAdministration in Washington, D.C., where he helpedshape the 1966 Allied Health Professions Training Act.Perry moved quickly to unify programs in physicaltherapy, occupational therapy and medical technology,all previously housed in the medical school. WhenHRP was formally dedicated in 1967, it was the first ofits kind in New York and one of the first in the nation.In 1975, HRP added a program in nuclear medicinetechnology and a year later picked up the Departmentof Physical Education from UB’s School of Education.In the mid-1980s, physical education merged withphysical therapy to form the Department of PhysicalTherapy and Exercise Science. During that decade, theschool also started a graduate program in nutrition.By the mid-1990s, HRP had started doctoral programsin rehabilitation science and exercise science.In September 2001, Maurizio Trevisan, MD, MS, chairof the Department of Social and Preventive Medicinein the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences,agreed to serve as interim dean of HRP. He broughtwith him the vision for the new School of PublicHealth and Health Professions (SPHHP). SPHHP wascreated and formally established in January 2003 bycombining the Department of Social and PreventiveMedicine (currently known as Epidemiology andEnvironmental Health) and the School of HealthRelated Professions. Dr. Trevisan was named deanof the SPHHP in December 2004 and served in thatcapacity until September of 2007. In December 2008,Lynn T. Kozlowski, PhD, was named the new school’ssecond permanent dean.The school was awarded full accreditation in 2009by the Council on Education for Public Health,qualifying it for membership in the Association ofSchools of Public Health, which is now known asthe Association of Schools and Programs of PublicHealth. The school’s health professions programs—occupational therapy, physical therapy, preventivemedicine residency and dietetic internship—are alsofully accredited by their respective professional bodies.In 2011, the Office of Global Health Initiatives wascreated to coordinate and promote the school’s globalhealth opportunities. The office brings together UBstudents, faculty and staff and community partnersfrom across the globe to further health education,research and service.Present DayToday, the SPHHP offers degrees at undergraduate,graduate, professional and doctoral levels through ourfive departments: biostatistics; community health andhealth behavior; epidemiology and environmentalhealth; exercise and nutrition sciences; andrehabilitation science. In addition, a new departmentin health services policy and practice was recentlylaunched.-4-

Aboutthe Department of Epidemiologyand Environmental Health - HighlightsDegrees Offered:MS Epidemiology Clinical Epidemiology MSTrackPhD Epidemiology Cancer Epidemiology PhDTrackMPH EpidemiologyMPH Environmental HealthMPH Health ServicesAdministrationA new and growing undergraduateprogram in public health wasestablished in 2016 and is taughtby faculty in EEH and the Dept.of Community Health and HealthBehavior (CHHB).Department Divisions: Environmental Health Sciences Health Services Policy andPracticeDepartment Student Body (officialFall 2018) 0 UG –Undergraduate PublicHealth program enrollmentreports centrally to SPHHP75 Graduateo 4 MS Epidemiologyo 14 PhD Epidemiologyo 19 MPH Epidemiologyo 9 MPH EnvironmentalHealtho 25 MPH Health ServicesAdministrationo 2 MPH/JDo 2 MPH/MSWSchool Student Body (official Fall2018) 878 UG 529 Graduate and professional 365 Non-Majors Still growing in undergraduatepublic healthNumber of Faculty: 13 core faculty and over 40affiliated facultycontinued on page 6-5-