public health. The award is given to an individual who has "accomplished work of extraordinary distinction in the field of public health or made a specific discovery or contribution that has had long-term national or global implications in such areas as communicable disease, environmental health, epidemiology, social and/or behavioral medicine, health policy, or any aspect of health promotion or disease prevention." In 1998, the Mailman Family Foundation endowed the school with $33 million, at the time the largest gift ever given to a school of public health. The school was renamed the Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health in recognition of Joseph Mailman, businessman and philanthropist. In 2011, the School establishes the Climate and Health Program to foster cross-disciplinary, translational scholarship on the human health dimensions of climate change. In 2012, the school redesigned and implemented a new Master of Public Health (MPH) degree to meet global health challenges, which has since become a model at other schools worldwide. Educational programs The Mailman School offers MPH, MHA, MS, PhD, and DrPH (Doctor of Public Health) degrees. The school's educational offerings include 10 dual degree programs with other schools at Columbia University. Faculty Linda P. Fried serves as dean and DeLamar Professor of Public Health at the Mailman School. More than 172 faculty members work in over 100 countries, as well as in the Northern Manhattan community. Their research areas include climate and health, HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention, healthy aging, maternal health, mental health, environmental toxins and children's environmental health, climate and health, epigenetics, the human microbiome, the history and ethics of public health, healthcare reform and how to strengthen healthcare systems, among many other critical issues. Department chairs Biostatistics - Kiros Berhane. PhD Epidemiology - Charles Branas, PhD Environmental Health Sciences - Andrea Baccarelli, MD, PhD, MPH Health Policy and Management - Michael S. Sparer, PhD, JD Population and Family Health - Terry McGovern, JD Sociomedical Sciences - Kathleen J. Sikkema, PhD Student Demographics 1,687 students 90% master's students 10% doctoral students 45 states/territories represented 56 countries represented 29% non-U.S. citizens 53% ethnic/racial minorities Employment One year after graduation, 95% of graduates were employed or continuing their studies in graduate school (8% of respondents). The overall median salary 6 months after graduation was $70,000 annually. Research Centers The Center for Infection and Immunity The Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) is one of the world's largest and most advanced