FIU Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work

What FIU Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work does

FIU Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work is an academic constituent college within Florida International University, a public state university headquartered in Miami, Florida. The college delivers undergraduate, master's, doctoral, and certificate programs across four schools/departments: Public Health (Biostatistics, Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology, Global Health, Health Promotion & Disease Prevention), Social Work, Dietetics & Nutrition, and the Academy for International Disaster Preparedness. It serves prospective and current students, healthcare professionals seeking continuing education, and doctoral researchers, with distribution channels including on-campus instruction in Miami, an online MPH Generalist program ranked 10th nationally, and combined-degree pathways (MD/MPH with American University of Antigua, MSW/MPH, MSW/JD).

The college's primary revenue model is a hybrid of tuition and fees (treated as recurring subscription revenue on an academic-year cadence), research grants (predominantly NIH — ranked No. 15 among public schools of public health per Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research), state appropriations (including a $2 million cancer-research instrumentation appropriation in 2022 and Florida Department of Health Live Like Bella Pediatric Cancer Research Initiative funding), and private donations processed through the FIU Foundation. The college is sales-led for student acquisition through FIU's centralized admissions, with marketing leveraging US News rankings (Top 50 School of Public Health, No. 1 in South Florida), the CEPH-accredited public health program, and high-visibility faculty research. No revenue figures are disclosed for the unit itself.

On the research side, Stempel operates a distinctive Functional Precision Medicine (FPM) platform built around ex vivo drug sensitivity testing that exposes patient tumor tissue to 120+ FDA-approved drugs to recommend individualized treatments. The Azzam Lab and the Center for Advancing Personalized Cancer Treatments (CAPCT), led by Associate Professor Dr. Diana Azzam (PhD, University of Miami), have produced clinical results — including 83% improvement among guided-treatment patients in a pediatric trial published in Nature Medicine in 2024 — and are extending FPM from pediatric (Nicklaus Children's Hospital collaboration) to adult cancers (Cleveland Clinic Florida collaboration). The college is establishing the first CLIA-certified lab in Florida dedicated to functional cancer drug testing and applies machine learning to identify minority-population biomarkers, layering AI onto the FPM pipeline.

Name

FIU Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work

Legal name

Florida International University

Website

https://stempel.fiu.edu

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

FIU Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work is a public state university college in Miami delivering undergraduate through doctoral programs in public health, social work, dietetics and nutrition, and disaster preparedness, while operating a Functional Precision Medicine research platform for personalized cancer treatment.

Ownership category

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Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Schools of Public Health (EDAHAGAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Nutrition & Dietetics Schools (EDAHAGAK), Health Administration & Health Policy Schools (MHA/MPH Policy) (EDAHAGAL), STEM-Focused Public Research Universities (EDAHAAAE)

Keywords

• Public health education
• Social work programs
• Dietetics nutrition
• Disaster preparedness
• Academic research

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Fees: As a public university college, primary revenue is generated through tuition and fees from undergraduate and graduate degree programs including MPH, MSW, PhD in various concentrations, and Dietetics & Nutrition programs.
2. Research Grants and Funding: Significant research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), with the college ranked No. 15 among public schools of public health for NIH funding. Also includes Florida Department of Health Live Like Bella Pediatric Cancer Research Initiative funding and other federal/state grants.
3. Private Donations and Philanthropy: The college maintains a giving portal and receives donations to support cancer research and general college operations. Donations support specific initiatives like cancer research programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

FIU Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work is an academic college within Florida International University that delivers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs across public health, social work, dietetics and nutrition, and disaster preparedness disciplines. The college also conducts externally funded research through specialized laboratories, including functional precision medicine for cancer treatment in collaboration with partner hospitals.

Product overview

FIU Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work is an academic institution offering a portfolio of educational programs across public health, social work, dietetics and nutrition, and disaster preparedness disciplines. The college operates on a platform-plus-modules architecture with core academic degree programs (undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels) complemented by specialized graduate certificates, research laboratories, and clinical research services. Key products include the School of Public Health (with disciplines in Biostatistics, Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology, Global Health, and Health Promotion & Disease Prevention), School of Social Work, Department of Dietetics & Nutrition, and Academy for International Disaster Preparedness. The college also conducts advanced research services through specialized labs including the Azzam Lab for functional precision medicine cancer treatment and various nutrition, environmental health, and disease research laboratories.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Azzam Lab: Research laboratory focused on functional precision medicine for cancer treatment, led by Dr. Diana Azzam.
• Center for Advancing Personalized Cancer Treatments (CAPCT)

Products and services

• Public Health Academic Programs
• Social Work Academic Programs
• Dietetics & Nutrition Academic Programs
• Academy for International Disaster Preparedness
• Online MPH Generalist
• Graduate Certificates
• Functional Precision Medicine for Cancer Treatment
• Azzam Lab Cancer Research

Quantifiable outcome

• 83% of patients who received guided treatments showed improvement in the functional precision medicine clinical trial
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Nicklaus Children's HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClinical trial collaboration for functional precision medicine approach to pediatric cancer treatment. Dr. Diana Azzam and the Azzam Lab collaborated with Nicklaus Children's Hospital to conduct a first-of-its-kind clinical trial to guide personalized treatments for children's cancers. The trial exposed patients' tumor tissue to 120+ FDA-approved drugs to determine most effective treatment options.
• Cleveland Clinic FloridacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on personalized cancer treatment research for adult cancers. FIU and Cleveland Clinic Florida collaborating on a study to find new treatment options for cancer patients using functional precision medicine approaches. Dr. Diana Azzam serves as Principal Investigator for this adult cancer clinical trial.
• Universidad de los AndesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFIU Stempel College announced a new partnership with the School of Medicine at Universidad de los Andes for potential research and academic collaborations.
• Universidad de CartagenaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStempel College signed a partnership agreement with Universidad de Cartagena and presented at a health conference, facilitating academic exchange and research collaboration.
• Universidad de CórdobaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRepresentatives from Universidad de Córdoba visited Stempel College and signed a partnership agreement for potential research and academic collaborations.
• Uber HealthminorOthersCost-effective rides for research participants provided through Uber Health partnership, helping ensure research participants can access clinical trial locations.
• American University of AntiguacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMD/MPH combined degree pathway allowing students to pursue both medical degree and Master of Public Health, expanding access to integrated healthcare education.
• Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides scholarship funding to Ph.D. candidates in Dietetics and Nutrition, including the General Scholarship awarded to Ariana Bolivar for doctoral research.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions: UF's public health college offers similarly structured MPH and PhD programs across epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental health, and social work-adjacent disciplines within the same state system. Competes head-to-head with Stempel for NIH funding, faculty, and graduate students in Florida.
• University of Georgia College of Public Health: Public, CEPH-accredited College of Public Health with similar scope across epidemiology, environmental health, health policy, and biostatistics. Comparable in size and stage, making it a useful peer for ranking trajectory, NIH funding growth, and online program development.
• Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine: The only other U.S. school with both a School of Public Health and a major disaster preparedness/global health focus, making it the closest direct peer for the Academy for International Disaster Preparedness and for global health programming. Competes for similar NIH and foundation grants in disaster response and tropical medicine.
• Florida State University College of Social Work: Florida's flagship public College of Social Work and the closest in-state competitor to Stempel's School of Social Work for BSW, MSW, and PhD students, as well as for licensed social-work faculty hiring. Material peer for the social work half of Stempel's portfolio.
• University of South Florida College of Public Health: Another top-tier public School of Public Health within the State University System of Florida, offering comparable MPH, DrPH, and PhD programs with overlapping concentrations in epidemiology, environmental health, and global health. Most direct in-state peer for student recruitment, faculty hiring, and grant competition.

Broad incumbents

• University of Michigan School of Public Health: Another top-5 ranked public School of Public Health with deep NIH funding, similar multi-department structure (epidemiology, environmental health, health management/policy), and a comparable online MPH program. Provides a model for scale, online reach, and research breadth.
• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: The largest and top-ranked School of Public Health globally, with the deepest NIH funding base and the broadest research portfolio. Sets the benchmark for what a fully scaled School of Public Health looks like across all of Stempel's disciplines.
• University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health: Top-ranked, large public School of Public Health with broad concentrations across all of Stempel's disciplines (epidemiology, environmental health, nutrition, health policy, social work-adjacent areas). Represents the upper bound of what an ambitious public School of Public Health can achieve in NIH funding and ranking trajectory.
• Emory University Rollins School of Public Health: A leading private School of Public Health with a strong hospital partnership ecosystem (Emory Healthcare, CDC proximity) and global health depth. Highly relevant comparable for the FPM hospital partnership model and for global health research positioning.

Regional players

• University of Miami Department of Public Health Sciences: Located in the same Miami metro, the University of Miami's public health sciences program competes for the same local student population, hospital partnerships (including shared research collaborations with Miami-area hospital systems), and faculty candidates. Geographic overlap makes it a direct regional competitor despite different institutional structure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/fiu-robert-stempel-college-of-public-health-&-social-work
• Instagraminstagram.com/fiu

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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