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Ask the Intern: Ami Fall at Baobab Institute for Health and Development

September 5, 2025

Photo by Jonathan King

“The greatest perk is the opportunity to give back to a community I have a deep personal connection with,” says Ami Fall (GPH '26) of her experience working to revitalize a

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New Research: Hurricane Sandy Linked to Lasting Heart Disease Risk in Older Adults

September 5, 2025

Photo Credit: NOAA

Although the material damage from 2012's Hurricane Sandy may have been repaired, the storm left a lasting impact on cardiovascular health, according to new findings from NYU School

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Hurricane Katrina Still Offers Lessons for Disaster Recovery Researchers, Twenty Years Later

September 3, 2025

A damaged home and overturned car in Gulfport, Mississippi in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Photo credit: MichaelWarrenPix/Getty Images

Source: NYU News

GPH’s Alexis Merdjanoff reflects on two decades

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Public Health Changemaker: Mélanie Samson, MPH '15 Leveraging the Law for Access

August 29, 2025

When Mélanie Samson came to NYU’s Washington Square campus she was already a lawyer by training, having earned her bachelor's degree in France, and her master's and doctorate in Switzerland. She was

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Lab Spotlight: Environmental Impact Analysis (EVIA) Lab

August 27, 2025
The EVIA Lab investigates urban environmental health risks through field sampling, data analysis, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
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EP169 Navigating the Data Revolution with Nate Maxey

August 14, 2025
We speak with Nate Maxey (MS '25), whose career path reflects the versatility of public health skills. Nate shares his journey, from being pre-med to falling in love with biostatistics.
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NYU GPH Research Publications

August 13, 2025
Explore the latest list of groundbreaking research from the GPH community.
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New Research: Willingness to Call Police in Emergencies Varies Significantly Across Populations

August 12, 2025

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More than 130 jurisdictions across the US have introduced alternative crisis response programs that use trained professionals other than police to respond to certain 911 calls

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New Study Links 2023 Maui Wildfire to Spike in Suicide, Overdose

August 11, 2025

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This article was originally published by the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.

Deaths by suicide and drug overdose significantly increased in the aftermath of the August

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Melody Goodman Named Dean of NYU's School of Global Public Health

August 8, 2025
Melody Goodman, a leading biostatistician and research methodologist, has been named dean of NYU GPH, President Linda G. Mills and Provost Georgina Dopico announced today.
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