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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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GPH in the Field: Buenos Aires, Argentina
April 5, 2019
By Beverly-Xaviera Watkins, PhD, MS and several MPH candidates. During Spring Break, 12 students and Dr. Watkins traveled to NYU Buenos Aires for a course called Environmental Injustice: From Local to...
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GPH in the Field: Beirut, Lebanon
March 29, 2019
By Chris Dickey, DrPH, MBA and second year MPH candidate Ashley Newcomb. Over Spring Break, GPH students traveled to Beirut, Lebanon for the fifth annual class in Behavioral Communication Strate...
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Gun Violence in the Crosshairs
Public Health Policy and Management
March 22, 2019
A message from Dean Cheryl Healton discussing critical lessons from the tobacco wars that can be applied to gun violence.
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Deploying Drones to Prevent Mosquito-Borne Diseases
Global and Environmental Health
March 15, 2019
Dr. Yesim Tozan reports from Mexico about her work on sterile insect techniques (SIT) hosted by the W.H.O.
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Cross Continental Experience Blog: Prato and Paris
March 7, 2019
By Kaylah Grant. These past two weeks in Florence have really flown by. The week started with a school-sponsored trip to celebrate Lunar New Year...
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The Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis
Social And Behavioral Sciences
March 1, 2019
By Holly Hagan, PhD MPH.
You need only read the daily news to understand the grip that the opioid crisis has on our country. According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, 130 people die every ...
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Breaking Barriers to Anti-Retroviral Treatment
Social And Behavioral Sciences
February 28, 2019
Discussing the project details of Dr. Lawrence Yang's work to counter HIV stigma and improve ART adherence in Botswana through a two-grant, $275,000 grant (R21TW011084-01) from the National Institute ...
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The Office of Doctoral Studies Newsletter
PhD Program
February 28, 2019
The fourth issue of the Office of Doctoral Studies Newsletter brings to you updates on student presentations, publications, and awards.
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Cross Continental Experience Blog: Arrival in Florence
February 20, 2019
At the end of January, NYU Florence welcomed the College of Global Public Health CCPMH cohort to the city of Firenze, and their beautiful campus.
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