Health Sciences
Health Science Department Overview
The department consists of 3 programs: Clinical Lab Science, Exercise Science, and Health Sciences.
The Clinical Laboratory Science program prepares students to become licensed clinical laboratory technologists. Technologists discover the presence or absence of disease in collected samples and provide data that help physicians determine the best treatment for a patient.
The Exercise Science program prepares students for a broad range of occupations that promote health and physical fitness, including strength and conditioning specialists, athletic trainers, and physical therapists. Graduates are skilled in evaluating health behaviors and risk factors, conducting fitness assessments, writing exercise prescriptions, and motivating individuals to modify negative health habits and maintain positive life behaviors for health promotion in apparently healthy adults and those with controlled diseases.
The Health Sciences program prepares students for application to graduate programs in several health professions including Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Physician’s Assistant. The diverse curriculum includes general education requirements, as well as the foundational sciences and psychology courses that are typically prerequisites for application to these graduate programs. This program also offers concentrations in clinical care and health promotion that prepare students for evidence-based practice in these areas.
Programs
- Clinical Laboratory Science, Bachelor's Degree
- Health Science: Clinical Care, Bachelor's Degree
- Health Science: Health Promotion, Bachelor's Degree
- Health Science: Pre-Occupational Therapy, Bachelor's Degree
- Health Science: Pre-Physician Assistant, Bachelor's Degree
- Health Science: Pre-Physical Therapy, Bachelor's Degree
- Exercise Science (Clinical Track and Performance Track), Bachelor's Degree
Health Professions Open House
Join us in-person at Mercy University’s Westchester campus for an evening of information and networking. Our staff and professors will be on-hand to answer your questions, and the facilities in our Health Professions Wing will be open to tour! RSVP Here
Featured Program
Clinical Laboratory Science
There is a shortage of clinically trained medical laboratory scientists in the marketplace, and demand for their services is only increasing. Mercy University's Clinical Laboratory Science program will prepare you to excel in this growing field. Our graduates go on to enjoy comfortable starting salaries and fulfilling careers
Annual Community Health Fair at the Bronx Campus
Message from Interim Dean Nan Hyland
A health care education specialist empowers people and their communities to take control of their health, and adopt healthy lifestyles and behaviors.
This not only improves health and wellness for families and communities but decreases health care costs and risks for chronic diseases. It is not surprising that the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the demand for health education specialists will continue to grow and is projected to be much faster than the average for all occupations
Full-Time Faculty
Amanda Marie Bireline
- MH Penthouse
- abireline@mercy.edu
- (914) 674-7135
Charis Davidson
- MH Penthouse
- cdavidson7@mercy.edu
Mary Allison Murphy
- VIC 115
- mmurphy37@mercy.edu
- (914) 674-3052
Michelle E Naylor
- MH 208A
- mnaylor@mercy.edu
- (914) 674-7820
Linda Sherman Atkins
Jean Marie Walsh
- BX 3237
- jwalsh5@mercy.edu
- (718) 678-8325
Ferdinand A Esser
- Main Hall, Room 215
- fesser@mercy.edu
- (914) 674-7857
Part-Time Faculty
William Elliott
- VIC 123C
- welliott@mercy.edu
- (914) 674-3083
Travis William Fay
Joi Sampson
- Main Hall - 247A
- jsampson4@mercy.edu
- (914) 888-5243