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Public Health Changemaker: Michael Bride, MPH '17 Connecting with Communities to Drive Change

January 29, 2026
While completing his MPH in Epidemiology Michael Bride, MPH '17 did community-based outreach, helping the West African community in New York City access services for the hepatitis B virus, which is en...
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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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Behavioral Communication Strategies for COVID-19: East Africa and the Middle East and North Africa

October 29, 2020
Students and professionals team up to strategize how to prioritize and manage COVID-19 in countries that are experiencing economic collapse, conflict, widespread malnutrition and concurrent outbreaks.
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Becoming an Emerging Leader During a Pandemic

Undergraduate Programs
October 28, 2020
A perspective piece by Undergraduate Student Tasfia Bashar on her internship experience at BroadStreet Health.
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Racially-Biased Advertising? Sugary vs. No-Calorie Drinks

Public Health Nutrition
October 23, 2020
Dr. Marie Bragg discusses the question: Is the largest beverage producer promoting sugary drinks to Black consumers, while promoting low- & no-calorie drinks to White consumers?
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Control the Vectors & You Control the Virus

Social And Behavioral Sciences
October 16, 2020
Dr. Thomas Kirchner gives us insight into a research project on COVID-19 transmission and vector control.
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The U.S. Needs a National COVID-19 Strategy Now

Undergraduate Programs
October 15, 2020
An opinion piece by undergraduate student Cassi Niedziela outlining a proposal for a national COVID-19 strategy for the United States.
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The Anatomy of Contagion

Public Health Policy and Management
October 9, 2020

 

We’ve seen the pictures of beach-goers, bar patrons and street parties with revelers packed in, ignoring social distancing and only occasionally wearing masks. We’ve read about the August wedding


 

Sidebar:

Here is how behavior results in contagion and death:

For a primer on how the virus reproduces, Dr. Danielle Ompad, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at GPH kindly provided this brief

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