Department of Sociomedical Sciences
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The Department of Sociomedical Sciences is an academic unit at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health that focuses on the social, behavioral, and cultural determinants of health and their implications for public health policy and practice.
All labels observed (1)
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| Department of Sociomedical Sciences canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4704928 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Sociomedical Sciences Context triple: [Mailman School of Public Health, hasDepartment, Department of Sociomedical Sciences]
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Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
The Department of Global Health and Social Medicine is an academic unit at Harvard Medical School focused on research, education, and policy related to global health, social determinants of health, and health equity.
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Department of Health and Behavior Studies
The Department of Health and Behavior Studies is an academic unit at Teachers College, Columbia University that focuses on research and graduate education in health, behavioral sciences, and related professional practice fields.
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Department of Global Health and Population
The Department of Global Health and Population is an academic department at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health focused on research, education, and policy to improve health and reduce inequalities worldwide.
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Department of Health Policy and Management
The Department of Health Policy and Management is an academic unit at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health focused on research and education in health policy, health systems, and healthcare management.
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School of Public Health
The School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley is a leading institution dedicated to research, education, and practice in public health disciplines such as epidemiology, environmental health, health policy, and global health.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Sociomedical Sciences Target entity description: The Department of Sociomedical Sciences is an academic unit at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health that focuses on the social, behavioral, and cultural determinants of health and their implications for public health policy and practice.
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A.
Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
The Department of Global Health and Social Medicine is an academic unit at Harvard Medical School focused on research, education, and policy related to global health, social determinants of health, and health equity.
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B.
Department of Health and Behavior Studies
The Department of Health and Behavior Studies is an academic unit at Teachers College, Columbia University that focuses on research and graduate education in health, behavioral sciences, and related professional practice fields.
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C.
Department of Global Health and Population
The Department of Global Health and Population is an academic department at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health focused on research, education, and policy to improve health and reduce inequalities worldwide.
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D.
Department of Health Policy and Management
The Department of Health Policy and Management is an academic unit at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health focused on research and education in health policy, health systems, and healthcare management.
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E.
School of Public Health
The School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley is a leading institution dedicated to research, education, and practice in public health disciplines such as epidemiology, environmental health, health policy, and global health.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
academic department
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public health department ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
anthropology
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behavioral sciences ⓘ epidemiology ⓘ health policy ⓘ history of public health ⓘ medical sociology ⓘ public health ⓘ social sciences ⓘ sociomedical sciences ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | Columbia University Irving Medical Center ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
New York City public health agencies
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community-based organizations ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| educates | graduate students ⓘ |
| employs | faculty ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
behavioral determinants of health
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cultural determinants of health ⓘ public health policy ⓘ public health practice ⓘ social determinants of health ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mailman School of Public Health campus ⓘ |
| mission |
to inform public health policy and practice through research and education
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to understand and address social, behavioral, and cultural factors that shape health ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
Doctor of Philosophy
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Doctor of Public Health ⓘ Master of Public Health ⓘ certificate programs ⓘ |
| partOf |
Columbia University
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Mailman School of Public Health ⓘ |
| researchArea |
HIV/AIDS
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chronic disease prevention ⓘ community-based participatory research ⓘ global health ⓘ health communication ⓘ health disparities ⓘ implementation science ⓘ mental health ⓘ sexual and reproductive health ⓘ substance use ⓘ tobacco control ⓘ |
| school | Mailman School of Public Health ⓘ |
| university | Columbia University ⓘ |
| website | https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/academics/departments/sociomedical-sciences ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Department of Sociomedical Sciences Description of subject: The Department of Sociomedical Sciences is an academic unit at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health that focuses on the social, behavioral, and cultural determinants of health and their implications for public health policy and practice.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
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hasAcademicUnit
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Department of Sociomedical Sciences
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