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Environmental Public Health

… Applied Global Health, and Sustainability. Quick Links: Key Skills Professional Development Degree Requirements and Full-Time Sequence Environmental Public Health Planning Checklist (for … (3) [F, S] GPH-GU 2110 Health Care Policy (2) [F, S, Su] GPH-GU 2112 Public Health Policy and Management (2) [F, S, Su] GPH-GU 2153 Global Environmental Health (3) [F, S, Su] GPH-GU 2995 … Detection and Control of Waterborne Pathogens (3) [S] GPH-GU 5150 Emergency Preparedness for Healthcare Organizations (3) [Su] GPH-GU 2440 Emerging Disease and Bioterrorism (3) [S] GLOB1-GC …

Two NYU GPH Power Players in Health Care

… Metro 2024 Power Players in Health Care list is dedicated to honoring the individuals behind New York’s health care landscape. From leaders of top medical institutions to deans of leading … NYC Health + Hospitals; Chair and Professor of the Department of Public Health Policy and Management, NYU School of Global Public Health José A. Pagán, Ph.D., is a health economist who is …

Advocates for a Smoke-Free Future

… the physical, mental and financial consequences of tobacco consumption. Our grant program, New York City Treats Tobacco (NYCTT), housed at GPH and funded by the NY State Bureau of Tobacco Control, partners with healthcare systems across NYC to support patients with evidence-based treatment and resources. … improve the health of everyone impacted.       Avani Bhatnagar, MPH, CHES Project Coordinator, New York City Treats Tobacco   Jacqueline Saltarelli, MPH Assistant Director, New York City …

GPH in the Field: Tel Aviv, Israel

… as the “start-up nation” for its proliferation of high-tech ventures and its rapid adoption of new technologies, as well as being the archaeological, historical, and religious lodestone to the … spent in a “blended class” with international MPH students at Tel Aviv University’s Emergency Management program, running a tabletop exercise focused on managing the political and public health consequences of a novel coronavirus that emerged from …

Data Equity for AAPI Ethnic Populations

… Pew Research Center   Despite this tremendous population growth, significant health and healthcare disparities remain understudied, and they continue to fuel misconceptions of Asians as … and under-represent Asian ethnicities. While calls for data disaggregation are not new, the failure to obtain disaggregated data on COVID-19 outcomes masks the disparity in … burden of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and mortality. But in states such as New York and California, which have a higher proportion of Asians, COVID-19 hospitalizations and …

Alumni Spotlight: Claudia Aguirre Arocena, MPH ’09

… Department of Health in its vaccine roll-out, ensuring integration into routine primary healthcare while also ensuring demand, especially in vulnerable communities such as dwellers of … We support academia, the private sector, and the regulatory agency to develop and manufacture new or existing vaccines and market them, specifically in the African market. I started this job … era? I am a psychologist by training. I was born and raised in Spain and obtained a 5-year degree as a clinical psychologist. Through volunteering and internships, I started working with …

Adjusting the Focus on Latinx Health

… health approaches are so critical to promoting economic recovery. As commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene until August 2020, Dr. Barbot successfully … action grounded in science that flattened the curve, saved thousands of lives, and made New York City a model for the country. Numbering 60.5 million people in 2019, Latinos comprise … sick days); political factors (e.g., anti-immigrant rhetoric that deter Latinos from seeking healthcare), and the lack of generational wealth transfer that provides a cushion for non-Latino …

Cross Continental Experience Blog: Adiós C-C MPH, Hello Future!

… off in Washington, D.C. last summer, hopeful and excited for what a year getting our master's degrees held in store for us. We continued the program in Buenos Aires, where we began our thesis and got into the bulk of our classes, all while managing living in a Spanish speaking country, for some of us for the first time, but still traveling South America and creating new memories. We then spent the last semester of the program in the beautiful city of Madrid. In …

Employer Spotlight: Care Design NY

… their work supporting individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities across New York State. Representatives will share an overview of the organization and discuss how care managers coordinate the many aspects of managed care to ensure members receive the services and support they need. This session is a …

The Office of Doctoral Studies Newsletter

… at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. The overall goal of the study is to identify new approaches to incorporating data collected with self-monitoring into improved medical care and self-management for individuals with type 2 diabetes. At SNEB, Filippa presented a qualitative … dietary self-monitoring smartphone application designed for patients with type 2 diabetes in a New York City neighborhood with high levels of health disparity. Pictured is Filippa at the SNEB …