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Extreme Heat

… (evapotranspiration). Similarly, roofs and other surfaces in cities can be painted white, as New York City is doing, to increase reflectivity and decrease heat absorption. Massive investments …

Message from Dean Cheryl Healton: First Advisory Board Meeting

… first time with an esteemed group of globally- renowned public health leaders who convened in New York City to serve on our new college Advisory Board. Impressed by our dynamic public health …

Behavioral Communication Strategies for COVID-19: East Africa and the Middle East and North Africa

… to tackling the ongoing pandemic. The communication strategy and response to COVID-19 in New York City may not translate to other global settings, such as in Nairobi or Beirut. In the …

Student Highlight: Semran Thamer

… lived in a shelter in Texas where a social worker helped his father find an apartment, get a new job, and work to support his family. Semran was impressed by how the social worker opened … his family’s success, and he wanted to do the same for others. Enrolling at NYU, he pursued a degree in social work as a pre-medicine student. He worked at Bellevue Hospital as a volunteer … people every day who battle drug addiction, Semran was called to pursue a dual bachelor’s degree in Public Health and Chemistry. Semran aspires to become a family physician who looks …

Creating Strategies to Reduce Exposure Risk and Mitigating Anxiety

… prevention. Additionally, the course addressed public health communication, covering risk management and perception, health literacy, and community engagement. Participants ended the … (Health Promotion Officer, Muranga County, Kenya) & Theophilus Towett (Director of Bethesda Healthcare, Nandi County, Kenya) …

Environmental & Occupational Health Training Program

… various worker education programs and trained many public and private sector employees in New York and New Jersey. Since 2017, the NYU GPH has been part of the New Jersey/New York

The Keys to Social Listening

… to share how his work experience with behavior change has been guiding him through the new challenges of the pandemic. As the Chief of C4D at UNICEF, Dr. Petit focuses on social and … inclusion and trust are the top crises that need to be addressed in the coming year. As the new year approaches, Dr. Petit stresses the transition from an old fashioned, expert-driven … mechanisms through frontline teams. For example, training frontline workers, not only in healthcare, but a variety of frontliners, to actively listen and engage with their communities. …

Change the Imbalance Initiative

… understands and reacts to mental illnesses. That is why ThriveNYC aims to train 250,000 New Yorkers by 2020 in mental health first aid. They offer free courses on adult and child mental … overdose (HHS, 2018). Of that 115, four people die from a drug overdose each day in New York City alone (NYC DOHMH, 2018). While we may not all be able to affect policy quite yet, …

Events & Seminars

… In 2023 the Western Pacific Regional Office of the World Health Organization advanced a new framework to promote mental health in the region. Dr. Brian Hall’s presentation will … programs for immediate implementation. Since its 2015 launch, the course has run 25 times in New York, Accra, Kathmandu, Beirut, Abu Dhabi, Istanbul, Nairobi, Asunción, and online, with a total …

Conflict and HIV in Ukraine: The Effect of Displacement on HIV-related Sex and Substance Use Risk Behaviors Among Ukrainian Young Adults

… Use Risk Behaviors Among Ukrainian Young Adults | Peter S Navario | Public Health Policy And Management | Clinical Associate Professor of Public Health Policy and Management Chief Executive … and French (Honors), Leigh University, Bethlehem, PA MPH, Global Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT PhD, Health Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa | ID … . | BS, Biology and History, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY MPH, Community Public Health, New York University, New York, NY PhD, Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY | ( 2012 ) …