Health Leaders

The Health Leadership Program at NYU is a premier leadership opportunity sponsored by the Student Health Center's Health Promotion office. A select group of students, Health Leaders are full-time NYU undergraduate or graduate students in good academic standing who serve as SHC resource and referral agents and knowledgeable health opinion leaders. Health Leaders can be requested by other students and organizations to provide programming and outreach on a variety of health topics.

Program Approach and Focus

The Health Leadership program embraces a risk-reduction philosophy. Health Leaders provide accurate information and promote accessible resources while encouraging their peers to make thoughtful, informed decisions for themselves. An integral part of the program is training in pro-social behavior - caring about the welfare and rights of others, feeling concern and empathy for them and acting in ways that benefit or help others.

Through a variety of strategies including bystander intervention training called Action Zone!, the Health Leadership program seeks to create norms for mutual helping and responsibility, as well as a foundation for a caring community ready to assist others in a variety of situations.