We provide training, tools, and data to support community emergency preparedness and readiness. Our work includes building climate resilience, supporting pandemic prevention, and focusing on evidence-based actions to reduce opioid deaths.  

The world of public health is rapidly changing. That change requires maintaining and building skills and knowledge across the core Public Health Strategic Skills. We have successfully leveraged our expertise and resources to help community partners design and deliver major capacity-building initiatives, supporting public health decision-making and developing inter-sectoral public health teams. 

Public health encompasses everything. At the core of public health work is ensuring equitable access to key drivers of health and well-being. Our team develops right-fit solutions to improve food security, sustainable agriculture, housing security, environmental justice, and mental health and wellbeing resulting in better overall health outcomes for all.

The environment and health are intertwined. The health of the planet, animals, and people is connected. To ensure health for all, our work assesses and develops policies for protecting the environment and ultimately, health. Key projects in this space include examining fluoride and oral health impacts, PFAS/forever chemicals and health, harmful algae blooms and health, lead exposure reduction, improved air quality, and reduced risks from vector-borne diseases.

To help public health systems prepare for and respond to disease outbreaks (viral, vector-borne, or enteric), we leverage our faculty in two CDC Regional Centers of Excellence housed at Cornell, in food safety and vector-borne disease, or Cornell’s new Center for Pandemic Prevention & Response. We also develop and deliver assessment, monitoring and evaluation, communication, or other training programs individually designed to meet the specific needs of state, city, and county health departments, and their community collaborators.

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Cornell Public Health’s founding mission is to use systems-based approaches to promote health equity through environmentally sustainable advancements, supporting community well-being locally and globally. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and after it, amidst increasing disparities in community health outcomes, the commitment to translate research into real-world impact has only grown, especially “right here at home” in New York State. Partnering with organizations across the state, Cornell Public Health’s faculty, staff, and students are working to advance health and well-being to promote equity for all and sustainability for the future.

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