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2024 Undergraduate Co-Major Reception

May 9, 2024
The GPH Office of Undergraduate Programs celebrate the extraordinary achievements and bright futures of the Class of 2024, featuring remarks, awards and presentation of the graduates.
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Theory Tested by Fire

October 18, 2023

When it comes to recovery from climate disasters such as floods, hurricanes or wildfires, typically the greater the loss, the greater is the challenge to recover. Losses can include personal

 


Understanding the Ancestral Context of What Was Lost

Land and water rights are a particularly fraught issue in Hawai’i due to its history of American colonialism. Prior to Western occupation, Lahaina

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Don’t Overlook the Supply Chain!

October 6, 2023

Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) is a composite of severe acute malnutrition and moderate acute malnutrition that has continued to present a challenge for communities around the world. To treat (and

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Bridging Theory and Practice: My Summer at NYU's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

October 3, 2023

A blog by CAS/GPH undergraduate student Medha Nagasubramanian

 

Students considering NYU as the next step in their academic journey have likely heard the phrase “The city is your campus.” This can be

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Prioritizing Mental Health In Crises

September 20, 2023

Research has shown that the Covid-19 pandemic increased the prevalence and severity of common mental disorders among people suffering from infection, health care workers, and in the general population

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More Than Skin Deep

August 23, 2023

Despite advances in prevention and treatment, alarming disparities in heart disease-related death continue to exist — particularly among Black Americans. Accordingly, the American Heart Association

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Achieving Racial Equity in Research

August 22, 2023
Increasing minority representation in academia and research is the goal for GPH's RARE (Research and Racial Equity) program, a six weeks programming for students from underrepresented backgrounds.
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Creating New Professional Pathways

August 22, 2023
The Department of Biostatistics hosted its third cohort of the Pathways into Quantitative Aging Research program where students embarked on an intense summer of coding, data clean-up & analysis and mo...
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Stimulating Young Minds

August 22, 2023
The Office of Undergraduate Programs welcomed the 2023 College and Career Lab to provide students with an overview of how social and environmental forces can impact the health of large populations.
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Ask the Intern: Diksha Deshmukh at the NYC Health Department

August 1, 2023
A Global Public Health grad student selected for two competitive summer programs dreams of becoming a 'superhero' of epidemiology.
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