Faculty Facilitators: Dr. Jo Ivey Boufford and Dr. Alexis Merdjanoff
Urban health is an evolving area of research, education, practice, and policy making. Students are in a solid position to be part of these developing activities to advance the evidence base on research, implementation, and evaluation in urban health. The Global Action for Urban Health Lab, co-developed by Dr. Jo Boufford and Dr. Alexis Merdjanoff, provides a space for students both within and outside of GPH to collaborate on various projects around urban health worldwide. The primary goals of this lab are for students:
to learn about the role of cities in global health and the role of urban governance in health, including policy approaches both across agencies and in public-private partnerships in the context of the SDGs and UNHabitat’s New Urban Agenda;
- to develop a network of academic programs, faculty, and students across NYU focusing on urban health;
- to engage with UN agencies and national/ municipal governments, international and domestic NGOs,urban health researchers, practitioners and policy makers
worldwide; - to develop skills for data collection, analysis and project implementation of priority urban health programs from collaborating organizations; and
- to build on the platform of the International Society for Urban Health as a global network of researchers, educators, practitioners and policy makers committed to improving health and health equity in cities.
For more information or if you’re interested in joining the lab, please email urbanhealthlabnyu@gmail.com