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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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Chipping Away at Women's Autonomy
February 1, 2019
By Dr. Tara Shirazian.
Last weekend, I saw a fascinating and timely off-Broadway play called The Wickedest Woman. It details the life and death of Ann Trow Lohman, a self-proclaimed midwife and ph...
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The Government Shutdown: A Needless Accident Waiting to Happen
January 25, 2019
By Dr. Cheryl Healton, DrPH.
As we return to campus for the start of the Spring 2019 term, we also mark the fifth week of the historic government shutdown. There were glimmers of hope for a resolu...
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New STEM designation enables two-year work extension in U.S. for eligible international students
January 18, 2019
NYU School of Global Public Health programs have been classified as STEM-eligible, allowing international students on an F-1 visa to apply for two years of additional employment in the United States
Facebook Live: Improving Health in Five Global Cities with Dr. José Pagán
December 18, 2018
Dr. José Pagán discusses the work that is being conducted in conjunction with the European Commission on improving health in five global cities: NYC, Birmingham, Barcelona, Paris and Singapore.
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Happy Holidays from NYU GPH!
December 17, 2018
From our NYU GPH family to yours… we wish you peace and joy this holiday season!
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Healthy Aging in NYC
December 14, 2018
Dr. Jo Ivey Boufford provides incite on the methodology used to improve healthy aging in NYC and what has been learned in the process.
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The Office of Doctoral Studies Newsletter
December 11, 2018
The third issue of the Office of Doctoral Studies Newsletter brings to you updates on student presentations, appointments, and awards.
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Understanding the Opioid Epidemic
December 7, 2018
In wake of recent CDC reports describing a bleak picture of increasing mortality in the U.S., Dr. Courtney McKnight brings a better understanding to the opioid epidemic and how it is affecting life ex...
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Cross Continental Experience Blog: Dodowa Research Centre and Ga East District Health Centre
November 19, 2018
The Cross Continental Experience Blog by Clayton Richardson, CCMPH Student
In the past few weeks students of NYU’s CCMPH program had the opportunity to visit two government institutions that work in