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Dr. Mari Armstrong-Hough Receives NIH Grant to Improve Respiratory Failure Outcomes in the ICU
September 18, 2026
Mari Armstrong-Hough, MPH, PhD, has been awarded a $3.8 million, five-year grant (R01HL181102) from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to improve outcomes among people experiencing respirat...
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EP186 Centering Community Voices in Public Health with Gurvir Singh Sidhu
September 17, 2026
We speak with Gurvir Singh Sidhu, an MPH/MPA dual-degree student, about his journey from grassroots organizing to high-impact health policy advocacy.
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Learning from the Locals
September 15, 2026
A two-week course for 39 NYU students led recently to Zanzibar, Tanzania, where they co-designed community-led climate solutions alongside 41 colleagues from UNICEF Tanzania, the State University of Z...
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Dr. Jonathan Purtle Awarded NIH Grant to Study Experiences Using 988
September 9, 2026
The National Institute of Mental Health has awarded Dr. Jonathan Purtle a four-year, $2.36 million grant (RF1MH145180) to study people’s experiences using the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
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Supporting Healthy Aging with Virtual Reality
August 26, 2026
This summer, a team of NYU students and Dr. Nina Parikh conducted a study to explore whether immersive virtual reality (VR) versus non-immersive (laptop) viewing of travel videos can support psycholog...
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Governance is a Grind
August 25, 2026
A panel discussion "Who Should Decide AI’s Future?", moderated by NYU Center for Bioethics director and GPH faculty member S. Matthew Liao, highlighted ethical issues raised by the use of artificial...
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From Hype to Harm Reduction
August 25, 2026
As part of National Public Health Week, NYU GPH hosted an insightful lecture titled "AI in Health Care: From Hype to Harm Reduction," presented by distinguished alumnus Dr. Humayun "Hank" Chaudhry.
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Practice Spotlight: Karolína Gogoláková
August 20, 2026
Karolína Gogoláková is unafraid to introduce herself and ask questions—well-suited to MPH studies in Health Policy and Management.
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EP185 Investigating Chemical Exposures in Nail Salons with Brooke Rezvani and Annabelle Swigert
August 20, 2026
We speak with Brooke Rezvani (BS '26) and Annabelle Swigert (BS '26) about their research project, "Chemical Exposures in Nail Salon Workers in the US".
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How NYU Undergrads Are Leading Public Health Research
July 31, 2026
GPH's REACH (Research and Education in Advancing Community Health) program matches students who have a GPH co-major or Public Health minor with faculty mentors doing research in the field.
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