News and Events
April 25, 2025: The CPHS Annual Conference
Local Public Health: Shaping Policies, Partnerships, and Progress
The 2025 HPM/CPHS Healthcare Conference will explore the evolving role of local health departments in addressing the nation’s most pressing public health challenges. Sessions will cover a range of topics, including national trends in the structure, activities, priorities, and funding of local health departments. Our goal is to consider together how to strengthen and stabilize the critical work done by the nation’s public health system.
December 12, 2024: Center for Public Health Systems Launch Event
A December 12 event officially launched a new Center for Public Health Systems within the Columbia Mailman School’s Department of Health Policy & Management (HPM). The event underlined the importance of research, education, communications, and community engagement to forge connections across a fragmented public health system in the U.S.
Michael Sparer, HPM chair and director of the new center, emceed the event at the Columbia University Forum on 125th Street, speaking in conversation with author and philanthropist Chelsea Clinton, ‘10 MPH, an adjunct porfessor in HPM and member of the School’s board of advisors, and Umair A. Shah, secretary of health for Washington State. Read more about the launch event here.
Read More About the December 12 Event
The article, "Event Marks Launch of New Center for Public Health Systems," provides insights into the Center's mission and highlights from the interviews with Drs. Clinton and Shah.