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Looking Back and Ahead on Earth Day 2021

… of the Environmental Protection Agency. Pollutants were scrubbed from our water and soil, and New York’s air quality began to improve. Since GPH’s founding as an institute, courses have been taught on Climate Change and Global Public Health (which is also the title of a new book edited by my colleague, Kent Pinkerton of UC Davis, and myself). Public health bears a …

Cross Continental Experience Blog: Ode to the Okada

… I refuse to use Uber in Ghana (or anywhere for that matter- I’m a staunch believer in the New York City subway system, or walking).  This past weekend the trip was too far to hop on the … comfort and home here that I don’t want to leave so soon as we need to. Despite my love of the New York subway, I will miss the okada rides I take to and from my internship several days a …

Faculty Feature: Dr. David Abramson

… student and ended up as Co-Investigator of a longitudinal HIV cohort study in the greater New York City area.  When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in 2005 he took his HIV study … as a youth empowerment project in a number of Gulf Coast high schools expanded to several New York City public high schools as well.  Given its focus on promoting pro-social behaviors …

HealthRight International: Providing Psychological Support to Children through Barnahus Centers

… Support to Children through Barnahus Centers | Peter S Navario | Public Health Policy And Management | Clinical Associate Professor of Public Health Policy and Management Chief Executive Officer of HealthRight International | Dr. Peter Navario has extensive … 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 …

Biostatistics Seminar with Robert L. Santos, Director of the U.S. Census Bureau

… path led to the pinnacle of his career as a statistician; described the versatility of a degree in statistics; and offered tips for how junior public health professionals can establish …

Demographic and Health Disparities in Recovery From Hurricane Katrina: Katrina@10

… and an MPH, both from Columbia University. | BA, English (High Honors), Queens College, New York, NY MPH, Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY PhD, Sociomedical Sciences/Political Science, Columbia University, New York, NY | ( …

Healthright Podcast

… Odessa, Ukraine   EPISODE 2 Healthright Frontline Health Workers: Jeremy Silverman, PhD, New York, NY, USA Project Profile: Assisting children and adolescent survivors of violence … his story. Healthright & I AM GPH Healthright Frontline Health Workers: Jeremy Silverman, PhD, New York, NY, USA   EPISODE 3 Healthright Frontline Health Workers: Safina Yusuf, Uganda Project …

Patient Engagement and Data Sharing as the Catalyst

… occurred. And there’s still much about it that we don’t know. In an effort to study the new virus, countless COVID-19 research projects have been collecting data. However, if you’ve … system that created the survey. As we were learning more about COVID-19 in 2020, it felt like new symptoms, guidance, and treatments for COVID-19 were coming out every day. Now we have … by the virus were the ones driving the data collection.   Authors Kristyn A. Pierce, MPH Data Manager/Junior Research Scientist, GPH Sharese T. Willis, PhD Instructor, University of Memphis …

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Opportunities and Challenges

… of the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2020 a national policy was signed into law making “988” the new three-digit dialing code for the Lifeline, which callers previously reached by dialing a … 911 — is intended to encourage help-seeking among a larger segment of the U.S. population. The new law also changed the hotline’s name from the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline … benefits from it.   Jonathan Purtle, DrPH, MSc Associate Professor of Public Health Policy & Management; Director of Policy Research, Global Center for Implementation Science …

Exploring Commercial Determinants of Cancer

… of Cancer |   February is National Cancer Awareness month -- an opportune time to showcase new developments in the fight against the second leading cause of death after cardiovascular … through NYU Libraries) , in fact, shifts the emphasis in research and policy from clinical management and behavioral change, which are limited in effect. This comprehensive approach may …