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New Research: Record High: Study Finds Growing Cannabis Use Among Older Adults

June 3, 2025
Older people who use marijuana today have higher income, education levels according to a recent analysis led by the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research.
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Culminating the Climate Fellowship Experience

April 26, 2023
GPH William N. Rom Climate Fellows summarize the work they completed in partnership with the HIV and Health team at the United Nations Development Program.
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Intervention Optimization: GPH’s Answer to the Public Health Challenge of Behavior Change

Social And Behavioral Sciences
April 19, 2023
SBS Faculty present their research as they are on the vanguard of a movement to reinvent the scientific paradigm for development of behavioral interventions.
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Ripple Effects of an “Accident”

April 12, 2023
Train derailments are consistently making the media headlines and Jack Caravanos tells us that we as public health professionals all have our part to play in recovering and protecting community health...
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Accelerating Progress Toward Healthcare Equity

April 12, 2023
20 years after the National Academy of Medicine report on unequal treatment, Dr. Brian Smedley tells us much work remains in order to undo the structures and systems that create inequality.
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Behavioral Communication Strategies for Global Epidemics Course Goes to Nairobi, Kenya

April 12, 2023
The BCSE course takes GPH students and public health professional to Nairobi to develop immediately implementable strategies to address public health challenges around the world.
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Menthol Ban Redux: Will This Time Be Different?

March 28, 2023
Donna Shelley explains why it’s time for legislators to safeguard the health of their constituents and stop perpetuating the tobacco industry’s racist marketing infrastructure by banning menthol.
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Halting the Harm: Racialized Drug Policy

March 28, 2023

Our country remains in the throes of an escalating overdose crisis, with over 100,000 recorded fatalities in 2021. Especially troubling are the stark racial disparities emerging as these numbers rise

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EP122 CASJPH - NYU’s Center for Anti-racism, Social Justice & Public Health

Biostatistics
March 16, 2023
NYU’s Center for Anti-racism, Social Justice & Public Health
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EP121 Rebuilding a Resilient Ukraine with HealthRight's Dr. Theresa Castillo

February 24, 2023
Rebuilding a Resilient Ukraine with HealthRight's Dr. Theresa Castillo
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