Mount Sinai International Exchange Program for Minority Students
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About the ProgramCountriesMexicoThe National Institute of Public Health (INSP) in Cuernavaca is one of ten national health institutes within the federal government of Mexico. It was created in 1987 as the pre-eminent national center of research and teaching in public health for the country of Mexico. It houses the School of Public Health of Mexico, the oldest and largest public health school in Mexico, which pre-dates INSP, having been founded 1922. The School of Public Health is widely recognized as one of the finest in Latin America and offers a variety of doctoral and masters' degrees. INSP has a full-time faculty of over 100 scientists and a total staff of 450. INSP sponsors an average of 60 research projects every year, generating more than 100 original papers, books and book chapters annually, on a wide variety of topics including malaria, tuberculosis, women and child mortality, viruses and cancer, sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS, vaccine development, health and nutrition, health policy and environmental and occupational health. INSP is divided into five centers: Center for Populations Health Research, Center for Infectious Diseases Research, Center for Health Systems Research, Center for Nutrition and Health Research, and Center of Information for Health Decisions. The INSP is also home to Mexico's Environmental Pediatrics Unit (UPA). The UPA's mission is to protect children from pollution, strengthen environmental public health activities, and increase knowledge on environmental health issues in Mexico. The UPA achieves this mission by training environmental health scientists and researchers and by collaborating with institutions in Mexico and abroad to conduct research into pressing environmental health topics. Community outreach both to professionals and lay persons is also a central part of UPA activities. |