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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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The world's most toxic town: the terrible legacy of Zambia's lead mines

May 28, 2017

This piece in The Guardian this week, quoting our own Dr. Jack Caravanos.  The photos are exquisite and frightening.

Each time Jack travels to Kabwe, he is shocked by the extent of the lead

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Planned Parenthood Is Health Care, and Health Care Must Defend It: A Call to Action

Public Health Policy and Management
May 25, 2017

Drs. Diana Silver and Farzana Kapadia have published an editorial in the American Journal of Public Health, entitled "Planned Parenthood is Health Care, and Health Care Must Defend It: A Call to

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NYU Launches Online MPH Geared Toward Graduate Students in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

May 23, 2017

The College of Global Public Health Degree to Focus on Meeting 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals in Public Health

First Class to Include Twenty Students from Low-Income Nations Who Will Receive

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GPH Announces 2016-2017 Recipients of the Ellen C. Gstalder Memorial Scholarship

November 11, 2016

 

Recently, we honored the memory of Ellen C. Gstalder, who was accepted into NYU to study Public Health Nutrition in our MPH program, but sadly lost her life to leukemia in 2004. Her parents, Bobbi

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Angela Amico (2014-2015 Recipient) Alexandra Harvey (2016-2017 Recipient) Anagha Rai (2016-2017 Recipient) Senji Lama (2016-2017 Finalist) Ingrid Wells (2016-2017 Finalist) With Lauren Schwabish (Center), Ellen’s Best Friend

 

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Dean Cheryl Healton Testifies Before US Senate on April 13th

Public Health Policy and Management
October 27, 2016

Dean Cheryl Healton has been invited to testify before the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Wednesday, April 13, at a hearing on America’s Insatiable Demand for

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NYU Researchers Investigate Why U.S. Public Still Lacks Specific Knowledge of Zika Virus Risk

Social And Behavioral Sciences
October 27, 2016

Study finds people are more receptive to reproductive health strategies, e.g. delaying pregnancy or terminating pregnancies, than indoor spraying campaigns 

New York, NY – Even though a large

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Vice-Dean of GPH, Dr. Gbenga Ogedegbe Receives the Making a Difference Award at the 16th Presidential Inauguration Celebration

October 4, 2016

NYU News highlights Dr. Gbenga Ogedegbe‘s acceptance of the “Make a Difference” award at Dr. Andy Hamilton’s Presidential Inauguration last Sunday.

The award recognizes members of the NYU community

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Dr. Leo Trasande is Awarded $8.9 Million Grant in Children’s Environmental Health Study

Global and Environmental Health
September 22, 2016

Dr. Leo Trasande, CGPH Associate Professor and Associated Faculty Member, receives an $8.9 million, two-year grant to significantly expand his research into the short- and long-term dangers of

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NYU Biologist Ghedin to Study Zika Virus During Infection Under $1 Million Grant

Research
September 6, 2016

New York University biologist Elodie Ghedin will study the host response to Zika virus infections under a $1 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

“The immune

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