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Women’s History Month: Women in Statistics Conversation Panel

Biostatistics
April 15, 2025
The Department of Biostatistics at NYU GPH proudly hosted a dynamic and inspiring event that brought together accomplished female leaders from academia, healthcare and industry to share their journeys...
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Reaching New Audiences with Social Media

December 15, 2020
A perspective piece by Undergraduate Student Jailee Mendo on how she uses social media platforms to promote public health and address some of the biggest challenges of today.
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Recovering Better: Putting Human Rights First

Public Health Policy and Management
December 11, 2020
We mark the celebration of Human Rights Day by endorsing the fruitful relationship between Health Right International and GPH as we strive to recover better to put human rights first.
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Life-Saving Vaccines at Warp Speed

Research
December 4, 2020
Dr. William Rom discusses the science behind vaccines and why as public health leaders, we need to convince those with vaccine hesitancy that they are critical.
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Priorities in Global Planning

Global and Environmental Health
December 3, 2020
WHO Health Systems Advisor Thomas O’Connell offered Global and Environmental Public Health students professional development and career building advice while sharing some of his field experiences.
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A Nation in Pain, Held Hostage

Public Health Policy and Management
November 20, 2020
As our nation continues to cope with the pain of the death toll caused by COVID-19, Dr. Cheryl Healton stresses the importance of a bold education campaign to counter vaccine hesitancy.
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The Cavalry is Coming

Public Health Policy and Management
November 13, 2020

 

As the English theologian Thomas Fuller was long ago credited with saying, “The darkest hour is just before the dawn.”

In testimony after his dismissal in May, Dr. Rick Bright, the embattled

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The Elephant in the Room

Public Health Policy and Management
November 6, 2020

 

We lost a public health hero this week, Dr. Philip Lee, who fought tirelessly throughout his career for policies that made sense — among them the creation of Medicare and rational pharmaceutical

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Major Drug Policy Reforms Happened This Week

Epidemiology
November 6, 2020

 

Drug policy reform has long been needed in the US. Our War on Drugs, declared by President Richard Nixon in 1971, has been ineffective and one major consequence has been mass incarceration of Black

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The Black Women’s Health Collective: Making Space in Public Health Through Intersectionality

November 5, 2020
A perspective piece by Mary Holiman, MPH student and president of the Black Women's Health Collective, on the importance of keeping intersectionality and Black women at the forefront of public health.
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