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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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Dispatch from the Road: Ghana and Kenya

March 2, 2018

Drs. Emily Goldmann and James Stark Report from Ghana and Kenya

Picture 1: Kenya team from left to right: Morghann Sims, Elyse Morris, Caroline Hiott, Kiely Flynn, Shela Fobellah
Picture 2: Ghana

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Message from Dean Cheryl Healton: Speaking Against Gun Violence

Public Health Policy and Management
February 23, 2018

Dean Healton Speaks Out Against Gun Violence

Picture above: Hero’s Welcome, Pia Guerra, Twitter

February 23, 2018

Dear Colleagues:

Last Wednesday, I had the opportunity to visit our colleagues at

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Dispatch from the Road: Ukraine

Epidemiology
February 16, 2018

Dr. Danielle Ompad reports from Ukraine where she mentored the Ukraine 2018 Capstone Team.

Pictured above from left to right:  Julia Dukach and Tetiana Saliuk from Alliance with Danielle Ompad

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Cross Continental Experience Blog: Mercato di Sant' Ambrogio

February 10, 2018

Mercato di Sant' Ambrogio

The Cross continental Experience Blog by Rory Curtin, CCMPH Student

February 10, 2018

Chocolate drips like hot syrup from a sterling silver spoon as I hold it above its’

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New Faculty: Dr. Jennifer Cantrell

Social And Behavioral Sciences
February 9, 2018

NYU GPH is thrilled to welcome Dr. Jennifer Cantrell, who joined our faculty this month. 

Dr. Cantrell's background is in social and behavioral science, policy evaluation, survey research

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Dispatch from the Road: Senegal

Public Health Nutrition
February 9, 2018

Dr. Jack Caravanos reports from Matam where he mentored the 
Senegal 2018 Capstone Team.

When Prof. Chris Dickey first asked me to accompany four Capstone students studying malnutrition to eastern

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Dispatch from the Road: Ethiopia

Public Health Policy and Management
February 2, 2018

Dr. Yesim Tozan reports from Ethiopia, where she mentored the Ethiopia School-Feeding Capstone Project.

(Pictured Above: Capstone Team with school directors, teachers, and supporting community

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Dispatch from the Road: Nepal

Global and Environmental Health
January 26, 2018

Dr. Chris Dickey reports from Nepal, where he taught a J-Term course, Behavioral Communication Strategies for Global Epidemics

Dear Colleagues and Students:

The sudden forced migration of the

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Dispatches from the Road: London

Epidemiology
January 19, 2018

Dr. Farzana Kapadia reports in from London, where she is teaching a J-term course, HIV/AIDS Public Health Promotion

(Pictured above: At a site visit to Positively UK to learn about peer support

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