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EP175 Lead, Literacy, and Livelihoods: Environmental Health Education with Kate Porterfield
December 4, 2025
We speak with Kate Porterfield, an NYU double-graduate in Global Liberal Studies and Environmental Public Health Sciences, who has navigated a unique career from teaching fifth grade to leading intern...
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Lab Spotlight: Global Action for Urban Health (GAUH) Lab
December 1, 2025
The GAUH Lab provides students with opportunities to contribute to developing activities that advance the evidence base in urban health, including research, implementation, and evaluation efforts.
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Three NYU GPH Researchers Among the World’s Most Cited
December 1, 2025
Twenty-eight New York University scholars, including Drs. David Abrams, Mark Jit and Raymond Niaura, have been named to a list of the world’s most cited researchers.
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Lab Spotlight: Applied Global Public Health Initiative (AGPHI)
November 3, 2025
AGPHI provides consultation to health and development projects around the world in partnership with local leaders, Ministries of Health, WHO, PAHO, UNICEF, and others.
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NYU GPH Welcomes Four New Faculty Members
September 26, 2025
The NYU School of Global Public Health added four new faculty members for the 2025-2026 academic year. The faculty continue NYU GPH’s commitment to innovative research and teaching excellence and
NYU and Nigerian Artist Adekunle Gold Explore the Power of Music to Improve Science on Sickle Cell Disease and Mental Health
September 22, 2025
Singer-songwriter Adekunle Gold (second from right) visited NYU School of Global Public Health to launch a research collaboration, BEAT-SCD. He spoke with NYU professors Emmanuel Peprah (left) and
Singer-songwriter Adekunle Gold visited NYU School of Global Public Health to launch a research collaboration, BEAT-SCD.
Ask the Intern: Ami Fall at Baobab Institute for Health and Development
September 5, 2025
Ami Fall discusses her career plans and what she finds rewarding about this work, which took her from New York to Senegal this summer.
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Public Health Changemaker: Mélanie Samson, MPH '15 Leveraging the Law for Access
August 29, 2025
Lawyer Mélanie Samson enrolled at GPH to gain practical skills in epidemiology and data analysis, which she now uses to inform her work on public health projects and advocacy.
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Lab Spotlight: Environmental Impact Analysis (EVIA) Lab
August 27, 2025
The EVIA Lab investigates urban environmental health risks through field sampling, data analysis, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
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EP168 The AGPHI Experience: Developing Public Health Leaders with Nene Uwaomah and Haya Srour
July 17, 2025
We meet Nene Uwaomah (MPH '25) and Haya Srour (MPH '25), who played key leadership roles in the Applied Global Public Health Initiative (AGPHI).
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