School of Urban Public Health

About the School of Urban Public Health

Hunter College’s School of Urban Public Health educates students to contribute to improving urban health by addressing problems such as HIV, substance abuse, asthma, obesity, under-nutrition, violence, heart disease and cancer. The school of offers undergraduate programs in Community health and in Nutrition.

Hunter’s School of Urban Public Health shares an eight-story, 147,000-square-foot green building on Third Avenue between East 118th and 119th Streets with the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College. Faculty, staff and students from both schools work closely with community organizations and health and social service agencies in East Harlem to strengthen existing and create new approaches to improving the well-being of East Harlem and other low-income communities.

Undergraduate Programs

1. Community Health

   • Community Health Program Description
       
   • Community Health - BS  

2. Nutrition and Food Science

   • Nutrition and Food Science Program Description
       
   • Nutrition and Food Science - BS  

3. Accelerated BS/MS in Nutrition (DPD)

   • Accelerated BS/MS in Nutrition (DPD) Program Description
       
   • Accelerated BS/MS in Nutrition (DPD)  

Full Program and Course List

Administration

Silberman Campus
2180 Third Avenue (119th Street & Third Avenue, 5th floor)
New York NY 10035
www.hunter.cuny.edu/uph

Campus Director
Khursheed Navder, PhD, RDN, FAND
Room 612, (212) 396-7775
knavder@hunter.cuny.edu

For Information Contact:
Nzinga Ajani
212-396-7729
Silberman Campus, 119th Street, 5th fl, Dean’s Suite -or-
nutrition@hunter.cuny.edu

Faculty

Faculty of the School of Urban Public Health