April 21, 2008 (Vol. 7, No. 7)

College Receives $500,000 NYS Health Foundation Grant To Assist Community Health-Care Providers

Lehman College has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the New York State Health Foundation to form the CUNY-Community Partnership for Public Health. The partnership will involve the Masters in Public Health programs at Lehman, Hunter and Brooklyn colleges.

Non-profit and community-based organizations are on the front lines of providing health and social services to needy populations, yet are among the most under-resourced in the health and public health sectors. Under the partnership, the colleges will work with the groups to more effectively address the community health needs.

Professor Marilyn Aguirre-Molina of Lehman's Master of Public Health program said each college works with five, non-profit groups within the school's borough to help them acquire the resources for such needs as program development and evaluations, staff and board development and improved management information systems.

"The partnership strengthens the MPH Program students' internship experience and their ability to translate that into their lives as public health professionals," said Professor Aguirre-Molina.

"Non-profits help us by helping our students learn in a real life setting," she added. "We can help them by upgrading how they deliver services."

Lehman's Master of Public Health program is the only one of its kind in the Bronx, where health care is the number one employer, yet conditions like infant mortality, diabetes and obesity still disproportionately afflict residents. The MPH program is offered through the Department of Health Sciences.

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