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NYU GPH Participates in 2025 Community Service Day

October 13, 2025

A group of 60 NYU GPH students, faculty and staff came together at locations across New York City for Community Service Day 2025. It was an action-packed day of teamwork and giving back, and the

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New Research: Supplemental Medicare Benefits Still Leave Dental, Vision, and Hearing Care Out of Reach for Many

Research Public Health Policy and Management
October 8, 2024
A new study finds that lower-income adults with dental, vision, and hearing benefits through Medicare Advantage still face cost-related barriers to care.
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New Research: Studies Examine Growing US Mental Health Safety Net

Research Public Health Policy and Management
October 4, 2024
Reach of certified community behavioral health clinics reflects bipartisan support for investment in improving behavioral health.
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Prof. José A. Pagán Named to City & State 2024 Power of Diversity: Latino 100 List

Public Health Policy and Management
October 1, 2024
City & State recognized Dr. Pagán for his role as board chair of NYC Health + Hospitals, his health equity research, and his work at NYU GPH.
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Prof. Don Des Jarlais Featured in PBS Documentary on Opioids

Research Epidemiology
September 27, 2024
In a PBS Thirteen documentary, drug research and policy experts like Don Des Jarlais outline the brutal and stubborn resilience of the opioid drug history.
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EP151 Danger in Disguise: Uncovering Environmental Toxins with Dr. Jack Caravanos

Global and Environmental Health
September 26, 2024
In this episode we speak with Dr. Jack Caravanos, a renowned expert in environmental health, to uncover the hidden threats that pollution poses to public health.
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GPH Research Aims to Improve HPV Vaccine Uptake to Reduce Cancer Risk in Africa

Research Public Health Policy and Management
September 17, 2024
More than $6 million in NIH funding will support Professor Corrina Moucheraud’s global health research to increase human papillomavirus vaccination in Kenya and Malawi and reduce cervical cancer ris...
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EP150 The Texts to Inspire Program with Matilda Melkonian and Issy Torney

September 12, 2024
We chat with Matilda Melkonian (GPH '24) and Issy Torney (MPH student), Health Promotion Assistants at NYU's Student Health Center.
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EP149 Fitness, Sociology, and Public Health with Leroy Akoto

Public Health Policy and Management
August 29, 2024
We speak with Leroy Akoto, an MPH student studying Public Health Policy and former personal trainer turned public health advocate.
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Summer Research Publications at GPH

Research
August 27, 2024
Public health research doesn't take a vacation during the summer — and neither do the efforts of our research faculty and staff! View the full list of publications featuring the expertise of the GPH...
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