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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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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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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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