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EP172 From Anthropology to Advocacy with Katie Lynch

October 16, 2025
We speak with Katie Lynch, a doctoral candidate in Social and Behavioral Sciences, whose work uniquely blends anthropology, public health, and community-based research.
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9/11 and the Lost Promise of Public Health Preparedness

September 10, 2021
As the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the twin towers at the World Trade Center approaches, Dr. David Abramson reflects on that day, and our emergency preparedness efforts in the years following.
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Technology for the Heart

August 20, 2021
Drs. Rumi Chunara and Stephanie Cook discuss how machine learning can improve risk assessment of cardiovascular disease for diverse groups if social determinants of health are included.
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We Must Redouble Our Efforts

July 16, 2021
HIV infection rates are declining at a slow pace and the COVID-19 pandemic isn't helping. Drs. Holly Hagan and Don Des Jarlais explain why we must double our efforts to stop HIV outbreaks.
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Domino Effect Leads to a Degree

June 22, 2021
An alumni highlight of Nick Mirin, MPH '21 describing his public health journey and how one fortuitous conversation transformed his GPH experience.
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An Update on the BroadStreet COVID-19 Data Project

June 21, 2021
Check out how have hundreds of NYU students spent their time over the past year at a 10-week internship with the BroadStreet Covid-19 Data Project.
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NYU GPH Announces Li Ka Shing Foundation Initiative for Global Mental Health and Wellness

June 17, 2021

To overcome the stigma commonly associated with mental illness and disseminate evidence-based mental health interventions worldwide, the NYU School of Global Public Health (GPH) will soon launch the

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Laws as Social Determinants of Health

May 28, 2021
Jennifer Pomeranz explains how if human rights laws don't change soon, they most certainly will become another social determinant of health.
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Civilians in the Crossfire

May 27, 2021
Ella Watson-Stryker describes what it’s like to work in places where conflict is a part of everyday life.
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Dr. Alexis Merdjanoff Named Fellow for National Academies’ Gulf Research Program

May 27, 2021
Dr. Alexis Merdjanoff was selected for the program’s new Human Health & Community Resilience track to advance health equity and examine the social determinants of health in the Gulf States and Alask...
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