As the year 2020 comes to a close, we look back on a sampling of our remarkable accomplishments, even as we’ve been required to quickly recalibrate how we work. We end this year full of gratitude for faculty, staff, students and alumni, and celebrate these milestones.
January
- Announcement of new name: NYU School of Global Public Health
- First mention of new coronavirus (not yet named COVID-19)
- Treating Medicine’s Exhaustion Epidemic
- Ketamine Use is Underreported—Likely Due to Unknown Exposure—Among EDM Partygoers
- Most Young People Do Not Vape, and Even Fewer Vape Regularly
February
- Understanding COVID-19: A Panel Discussion on the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak, Featuring Howard A. Zucker, MD, JD
- NYU Among Top 20 in Selected Fulbright Students
- Just as Tobacco Advertising Causes Teen Smoking, Exposure to Alcohol Ads Causes Teens to Drink
- Vaping Changes Oral Microbiome, Increasing Risk for Infection
March
- GPH participated in CNN's Global Town Hall on Coronavirus hosted by Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
- Coronavirus as a Global Health Issue and Current Impact/Responses in the U.S.
- NYU answers desperate need for medical face shields with low-cost, quick-production design
- NYU Public Health Experts Available to Speak About Coronavirus
April
- GPH Earth Day Symposium: A Panel Discussion on Climate Action and Resilience in the Age of COVID-19
- Can the Government Stick Warning Labels on Soda Bottles?
- NYU researchers rush to capture human interactions with 3D data surfaces likely to carry COVID-19
- Children’s Fruit Drinks Need Clearer Labels, Finds NYU Study
May
- GPH holds Virtual Graduation Celebration for the Class of 2020
- Positive Health Beliefs May Reduce Blood Pressure Post-Stroke, Especially Among Women
June
- GPH Five-year anniversary
- Faculty release statement on anti-racism
- Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Older Adults at Higher Risk for Substance Use
- GPH Studies How COVID-19 is Hurting NYC's Primary Care Practices
- Study Identifies Strategies States Use to Limit Local Government Control
- NYU GPH Partners with NYU Langone Dental Medicine on New Federal Grant
July
- Launched 2 new undergraduate co-majors: GPH/Communicative Sciences Disorder (CSD) and GPH/Global Liberal Studies (GLS)
- Through the COVID-19 Magnifying Glass: An Examination of Racial and SES Disparities in the U.S. - free online course in which over 1,500 guests attended from around the world.
- Collaboration in Crisis: The U.S. without the W.H.O.
- NYU School of Global Public Health Creates COVID-19 Safety Training for Rideshare Drivers
- NYU School of Global Public Health to Study Impact of COVID-19 on Transit Workers
- Report Co-authored by Dr. David Abramson Calls for Better Research on Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
August
- NYU Students Create COVID-19 PSAs Aimed at Gen Z
- Clubs Closed? Study Finds Partygoers Turn to Virtual Raves and Happy Hours During Pandemic
September
- GPH sees results of the "Fauci Effect" with a +49% increase in Masters applications
- NYU Researchers Awarded NIH Grant to Improve COVID-19 Testing in Public Housing
- NYU Researchers Secure Federal Grant to Try Out a Promising COVID-19 Prevention Model in a Hard-Hit NYC Community
- Police Brutality and Reform Through a Public Health Lens
- What's At Stake? A Hispanic Heritage Month Conversation with Dr. Oxiris Barbot
- Research in a Post-COVID-19 World
October
- APHA conference with 41 unique presentations from GPH-affiliated researchers
- Public Policy Symposium on Public Health
- What’s at Stake? COVID-19 and the 2020 Elections: New York and Beyond
- Nearly a Quarter of New York City Transit Workers Report Having Had COVID-19
- People Use, Trust Different COVID-19 Information Sources Depending on Gender, Age, and Other Factors
- Kid Influencers Are Promoting Junk Food Brands on YouTube—Garnering More Than a Billion Views
November
- NYU-wide “Why I Vote” campaign
- GPH introduces new Alumni Board
- Announcement of new DrPH
- William C. Stubing Memorial Lecture: Whose Pain Matters? Reflections on Race, Social Justice, and COVID-19’s Revealed Inequalities
- The Social Dilemma: Ethics of Technology and Its Impact on Public Health
- New York City Housing Authority Secondhand Smoke Policy Needs More Time & Effort to Show How Well It Works
- Twenty-Three NYU Professors Among World’s Most-Cited Researchers
December