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From faculty research announcements to campus updates and global public health news, stay up-to-date on the latest from the School of Global Public Health.
GPH Testing for lead in cable polls

New Fix for an Old Problem

April 17, 2024
In observing Earth Month, Jack Caravanos raises awareness to the continued presence of lead, the threat it poses to our health and environment, and what GPH is doing about it.
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Menthol Ban Redux: Will This Time Be Different?

March 28, 2023
Donna Shelley explains why it’s time for legislators to safeguard the health of their constituents and stop perpetuating the tobacco industry’s racist marketing infrastructure by banning menthol.
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Halting the Harm: Racialized Drug Policy

March 28, 2023

Our country remains in the throes of an escalating overdose crisis, with over 100,000 recorded fatalities in 2021. Especially troubling are the stark racial disparities emerging as these numbers rise

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What If We Had Listened?

February 21, 2023
Two GPH students show how the documentation of structural racism as a determinant of health is nothing new. Improvements over time have narrowed disparities — but failed to eliminate them.
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Leading the Way to Afro-Latinx Health

February 10, 2023

Black History Month is a time to celebrate and acknowledge the diversity of Black communities, including the often-overlooked experiences of Afro-Latinx people: individuals of African descent who also

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Global Health Student Highlights

February 8, 2023

As the GPH community continues to grow, so does the quality of students who enroll with a passion for breaking boundaries in public health. The Global and Environmental Public Health Program has an

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Pathways, not Pipelines

February 3, 2023

The diversification of academic public health has crawled or stalled in various categories over the last 30 years. In the same racial and ethnic groups where health disparities are the most stark

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Is Your Life in Balance?

January 27, 2023
What determines balance and calmness within our lives? Dr. Alden Lai updated us on findings from the Global Wellbeing Initiative which he has been working on for the past three years.
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Dispatch from the Road: Washington, D.C.

January 25, 2023
Emerging Leader Program Leads report in from their J-Term trip where Undergraduates worked to understand the public health impact of innovation and storytelling.
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Global Public Health Goes to Global Climate Summit

January 23, 2023
William N. Rom Climate Fellows recount their travels to Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt to join the conversation and strategize ways to take action at the 27th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference.
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