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Dr. Claudia Passos-Ferreira Delivers TED Talk: Inside the Mind of a Newborn Baby

October 24, 2025

Photo Credit: TED

Bioethics Professor Claudia Passos-Ferreira delivered a recent TED Talk entitled “Inside the mind of a newborn baby.”

Dr. Passos-Ferreira shared groundbreaking research that measured

Bioethics Professor Claudia Passos-Ferreira delivered a recent TED Talk entitled “Inside the mind of a newborn baby.”

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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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Dispatches from the Road: NYU-AD and Tanzania

Public Health Policy and Management
January 12, 2018

NYU-AD and Tanzania

Dear Colleagues and Students,

Belated happy New Year!  We write today from Tanzania where Visiting Professor Dr. Karen Yeates and I are teaching two courses: Protecting the World

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Do Less Harm: E-Cigarettes a Safer Option Than Smoking

Research
January 11, 2018

Analysis Led by NYU College of Global Public Health Stresses Harm Minimization Can Save Lives

Quitting smoking is among the top New Year’s resolutions, but is notoriously difficult to do and often

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Junk Food Tax is Legally and Administratively Viable, Finds New Analysis

Public Health Policy and Management
January 10, 2018

NYU College of Global Public Health and Tufts' Friedman School Examine Options for Categorizing, Taxing Junk Food

An original analysis by researchers at New York University College of Global Public

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Faculty Feature: Dr. Lawrence Yang

Social And Behavioral Sciences
December 15, 2017

Dr. Lawrence Yang has a passion and drive that have made him a prominent figure in the exploration of mental health and stigma.


Dr. Lawrence Yang entered the global public health field to study the

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“Obesity Paradox” Not Found When Measuring New Cases of Cardiovascular Disease

Social And Behavioral Sciences
December 7, 2017

“Obesity Paradox” Not Found When Measuring New Cases of Cardiovascular Disease

Obesity Not Associated with Improved Survival, Contrary to Prior Studies

Although obesity is a well-known risk factor

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Message from Dean Cheryl Healton: Recognizing World AIDS Day

Public Health Policy and Management
December 1, 2017

The Fight Against Global AIDS

Dear Colleagues and Students,

Today is World AIDS Day and according to UNAIDS, since the start of the epidemic over 76 million people have become infected with HIV, and

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