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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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Hurricanes, COVID-19 and the Power of Collective Action

April 16, 2021
Dr. David Abramson shows us the power of a community in safeguarding the health and well-being of its residents as another hurricane season approaches and the COVID-19 pandemic stretches on.
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Green Roads to Environmental Justice

April 9, 2021
After deeming climate change and environmental equity a top priority, MPH students co-founded the Climate Change Task Force to create mitigation strategies to the negative health impacts.
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Gun Violence: We Must Act

April 2, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has distracted us from public health crises ranging from racial violence to homelessness. Mass shootings, meanwhile, have continued their own terrible, steady drumbeat.
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Changes to Social Distancing Guidelines in Schools

March 26, 2021
Are we ready to get a little closer? Drs. Danielle Ompad and Holly Hagan discuss the revised guidelines for 3ft social distancing in classrooms and the potentially weak evidence that supports it.
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Minding the Gap in Health Care and Communicative Tech

March 25, 2021
As our lives are moving online, communicative technology has gained popularity, but the newest technology still has benefits and drawbacks when it comes to access for Black and Latino neighborhoods.
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New Screening Guidelines for the Leading Cause of Cancer Death

March 12, 2021
Dean Cheryl Healton discusses the new screening guidelines that have proven effective in detecting early lung cancers.
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A Conversation Exploring the Persistent and Lethal Threat of White Supremacy

March 10, 2021
A panel of experts discussed white supremacy in the U.S. from multiple viewpoints. Presented by NYU’s Brennan Center for Justice, the John Brademas Center, and GPH.
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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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Fostering Anti-Racist Principles

Social And Behavioral Sciences
February 26, 2021

 

Public health researchers are called not only to think, observe and analyze, but to act. This is perhaps the most important characteristic that distinguishes a social and behavioral scientist in

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