Columbia Mailman School of Public Health began to educate public health leaders in 1922 and today we find ourselves starting our second century during another pandemic.
From the earliest days of the pandemic, Mailman Schoo faculty produced projections on the infection’s spread, sounded the alarm on health disparities, and advised governments on pandemic protocols.
In 2020, when then-Mayor Bill DeBlasio announced that the NYC Police Department would be responsible for enforcing mandates related to the raging COVID-19 pandemic, Seth J. Prins had a bad feeling.