Benchmarks

Completion of Coursework:
A degree can be awarded only to a student who has been continuously matriculated for each Fall and Spring term since entering the program. In order to be matriculated, students must either register for at least one credit-bearing course, or register for MAINT-GU 4747 Maintenance of Matriculation (0 credits). After completing the required 42 credits of coursework, DrPH students must request Maintenance of Matriculation and pay the related fee for each remaining fall and spring semester in the program (i.e., while working on the Advanced Applied Practice Experience, qualifying portfolio, and the dissertation). Students on Maintenance of Matriculation retain access to their NYU email account, NYU facilities, etc. Students should complete the Maintenance of Matriculation Form each relevant fall or spring semester and submit it to the GPH Director of Registration and Academic Services.

Advanced Applied Practical Experience:
An Advanced Applied Practice Experience (AAPE) is a required element of all CEPH-accredited DrPH programs. The AAPE helps students develop advanced practice and leadership skills, by completing at least one project that will make a meaningful contribution to a client organization and to advanced public health practice. The AAPE also has a secondary aim of helping DrPH students expand their professional portfolio, and consequently, career opportunities and growth.

Assessment of Qualifying Portfolio:
The assessment of the student’s AAPE Qualifying Portfolio serves as the equivalent of a doctoral qualifying examination. The portfolio should demonstrate the student’s ability to address important public health issues and identify leadership approaches to advance public health practice. Passing the portfolio assessment serves to indicate that the student is a candidate qualified to advance to the dissertation proposal stage.

Dissertation:
At GPH, DrPH candidates generate field-based products consistent with advanced practice designed to influence programs, policies or systems addressing public health. The products demonstrate synthesis of foundational and program-specific competencies. It may take many forms consistent with advanced, doctoral-level studies and university policies but must require, at a minimum, production of a high-quality written product.

AAPE Presentations

John Pateña, MPH, MA

03/01/24 | Utilizing Community Engagement Strategies to Advance Implementation Science Outcomes in LMICs

(pictured left to right):
Dr. Emmanuel Peprah
Dr. John Pateña
Dr. Alden Lai
Dr. Jo Boufford
Marsha Williams, MPH

09/18/24 | Climate Change and Health: Anticipatory Action for Climate-related Disorders

(pictured left to right):
Dr. Jo Boufford
Dr. Marsha Williams
Dr. Robyn Gershon
Dr. Alexis Merdjanoff
Sara AlMunif, MD, MPH

09/30/24 | Advancing Equity within the Health in All Policies Framework in Saudi Arabia

(pictured left to right):
Dr. Ji Chang
Dr. Sara AlMunif
Dr. Jo Boufford
Dr. José Pagàn
Julius Kellinghusen, MPH

11/07/24 | Caring for Carers: Addressing Mental Health Gaps for Humanitarian and Development Workers

(pictured left to right):
Dr. Jo Boufford
Dr. Peter Navario
Dr. Julius Kellinghusen
Dr. Yesim Tozan
Daliya AlMohammad Ali, MPH

12/17/24 | Addressing Physician Burnout: An Initiative to Strengthen a Health System's Response

(pictured left to right):
Dr. Jo Boufford
Dr. Daliya AlMohammad Ali
Dr. David Abramson
Dr. José Pagán
Hamad AlRashed, MPH

05/06/2025 | Life with Wildfire Smoke

(pictured left to right):
Hamad AlRashed
Dr. Ji Chang
Dr. Jo Boufford
Dr. Alexis Merdjanoff
Joshua Prasad, MPH

09/10/2025 | Upstream Approaches to Adolescent Suicidality Prevention in Palestine Refugees

(pictured left to right):
Dr. Peter Navario
Dr. Jo Ivey Boufford
Joshua Prasad
Dr. Diana Silver
Jackie Saltarelli, MPH

09/18/2025 | The Impact of Child Advocacy Centers on Charging Rates in Child Sexual Abuse Cases: A Comparative Analysis

(pictured left to right):
Dr. Kate Guastaferro
Jackie Saltarelli
Karen Martirosyan, MPA

10/29/2025 | Strengthening Urban Primary Care: Designing an EPIS-based Implementation Action Plan within the CARDIO4Cities Programme

(pictured left to right):
Dr. Kate Guastaferro
Karen Martirosyan
Dr. Jonathan Purtle
Dr. Corrina Moucheraud
Emeka Iloegbu, MSc, MPH, MLS(ASCP)

11/04/2025 | Assessing Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Capacity in Zambia: A Contextual and Field-Based Analysis of Cholera

(pictured left to right):
Emeka Iloegbu
Dr. Emmanuel Peprah
Rachel Lacy, MPH

11/05/2025 | Implementing Prototypes for Quality Improvement in Critical Care

(pictured left to right):
Dr. Kate Guastaferro
Rachel Lacy
Dr. Mari Armstrong-Hough
Johanna Miele, MPH

11/05/2025 | Testing the System: Insights from Discussion Based Disaster Exercises on Interagency Coordination Between Public Health and Emergency Management in Union County

(pictured left to right):
Jean Bae, JD
Johanna Miele
Dr. David Abramson
Melissa Adomako, MPH

11/05/2025 | An Evaluation of Tema General Hospital's Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP)

(pictured left to right):
Melissa Adomako
Dr. Robyn Gershon
Dr. Prince Michael Amegbor
11/20/2025 | From Snapshot to Strategy: Developing a Strategic Analytics Framework to Advance Community Health Center Excellence at Sun River Health

(pictured left to right):
Aly Lippel

Dissertation Presentations

John Pateña, DrPH, MPH, MA

03/06/25 | Integrating Mental Health into Sickle Cell Disease Care: A Task-sharing Approach in LMICs

(pictured left to right):
Dr. Emmanuel Peprah
Dr. Annika Sweetland
Dr. John Pateña
Dr. Jo Boufford
Dr. Alden Lai
Marsha Williams, DrPH, MPH

03/12/25 | Adoption of Anticipatory Action for Weather Emergencies: Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

(pictured left to right):
Dr. Alexis Merdjanoff
Dr. Robyn Gershon
Dr. Marsha Williams
Dr. Jo Boufford
Dr. Prince Amegbor
Julius Torres Kellinghusen, DrPH, MPH

04/14/25 | The Workplace Wellbeing Assessment: Developing a diagnostic instrument to evaluate and improve organizational structures impacting the wellbeing of aid workers

(pictured left to right):
Dr. Yesim Tozan
Dr. Julius Torres Kellinghusen
Dr. Jonathan Purtle
Dr. Jo Boufford
Sara AlMunif, DrPH, MD, MPH

04/24/25 | The Patient Reported Indicators Survey (PaRIS) in Saudi Arabia: Measuring Patient Reported Outcomes and Experiences in Adults Aged 18-44

Pictured: Dr. Sara AlMunif
Daliya AlMohammad Ali, DrPH, MPH

04/28/25 | Adoption And Use Of Health Information Technology Features By Physicians

Pictured: Dr. Daliya AlMohammad Ali
Jackie Saltarelli, DrPH, MPH

03/31/26| Examining the Implementation of Erin’s Law in New York State: A Mixed-Methods Analysis

(pictured left to right):
Dr. Kate Guastaferro
Dr. Jackie Saltarelli
Dr. Jean Bae
Dr. Jonathan Purtle
Hamad AlRashed, DrPH, MPH

03/31/26| Evaluating the Association Between International Health Regulations (IHR) Capacity Performance Scores and National Health System Performance During the COVID-19 Pandemic

(pictured left to right):
Dr. Kate Guastaferro
Dr. Hamad AlRashed
Dr. Corrina Moucheraud
Dr. Alex Dahlen
Dr. Jose Pagan
Emeka Iloegbu, DrPH, MSc, MPH, MLS(ASCP)

04/13/26| Integrated Conceptual Framework to Understand Sickle Cell Disease Burden in New York State: Analysis of Regional Patterns, Trends, & Determinants of Disparities and Outcomes

(pictured left to right):
Dr. Emeka Iloegbu (Top Left)
Dr. Jonathan Odumegwu (Bottom Left)
Dr. Emmanuel Peprah (Top Right)
Dr. Prince Amegbor (Bottom Right)