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Seiya Sachdeva: Building a Future the 4+1 Way
June 30, 2026
Having completed her bachelor’s from NYU Gallatin with a major in cognitive science and public health this spring, Seiya aims to earn her MPH in epidemiology from GPH in the next year and eventually...
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Ask the Intern: Diksha Deshmukh at the NYC Health Department
Epidemiology
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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Bridging the Implementation Gap
Epidemiology
December 2, 2022
Drs. Ramesh Raghavan and Danielle Ompad traveled to Eastern Europe to introduce implementation science to a new cohort of scholars. In this article they, highlight the potential of this field through ...
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EP112 The Risks of Copycat Cannabis Edibles with Dr. Danielle Ompad
Epidemiology
April 20, 2022
We speak with Dr. Danielle Ompad, Associate Dean for Education and Associate Professor of Epidemiology at NYU School of Global Public Health, about her research on copycat cannabis edibles and their p...
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EP108 Protecting Our Essential Workers with Dr. Robyn Gershon
Epidemiology
January 20, 2022
We speak with Dr. Robyn Gershon, an interdisciplinary occupational and environmental health and safety researcher, about her extensive experience in disaster preparedness, healthcare safety, and risk ...
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Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19
Epidemiology
March 5, 2021
Dr. Emily Goldmann discusses the "hidden mental health pandemic" and stresses the critical need for research and interventions to address it.
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Major Drug Policy Reforms Happened This Week
Epidemiology
November 6, 2020
Drug policy reform has long been needed in the US. Our War on Drugs, declared by President Richard Nixon in 1971, has been ineffective and one major consequence has been mass incarceration of Black
School Closures Could Mean Billions Lost
Epidemiology
March 13, 2020
Dr. Joshua Epstein explains the consequences of school closures which sound beneficial but can cause deep rooted effects on the economy and population health.
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It’s a Small World After All – Reporting from Paris on COVID-19
Epidemiology
March 12, 2020
Dr. Joshua Epstein recaps his keynote address at the Conference on Integrative Economics as the country and the world enter response mode to the spread of COVID-19.
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Dispatch from the Road: Ukraine
Epidemiology
February 16, 2018
Dr. Danielle Ompad reports from Ukraine where she mentored the Ukraine 2018 Capstone Team.
Pictured above from left to right: Julia Dukach and Tetiana Saliuk from Alliance with Danielle Ompad