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… Health Nutrition news More Click to view additional Public Health Nutrition news > EXPLORE OUR DEGREE PROGRAMS MPH in Public Health Nutrition // BS/MPH in Public Health Nutrition // Advanced …

An Epidemic of Problematic Alcohol Use

… An Epidemic of Problematic Alcohol Use |   When the novel coronavirus pandemic hit New York in March 2020, we formed a research team to gain a better understanding of people’s … with stress and traumatic events. For example, in the aftermath of 9/11, about one quarter of New Yorkers reported increases in alcohol consumption. Many people have been exposed to multiple …

Snacks Your Kids Should Never Eat

… of a pilot study funded by the Center for Drug Use and HIV|HCV Research to describe the use of new cannabis products, we asked respondents to an internet survey of cannabis users to upload … candies, cookies, brownies, or other snack foods. Since 2019, articles by Reuters , the New York Times and the Washington Post have reported on these products in the context of …

Creating Pipelines to Research

… program alumni and the wider GPH community. Students also take some time to explore what New York City has to offer: this summer they attended a Broadway show, along with other … is just one of many initiatives created to achieve that goal. PQAR will begin to recruit a new round of applicants in the fall, and the faculty and staff look forward to another year of …

Understanding the Transformative Nature of Artificial Intelligence

… about this transformative tool led by Dr. Madhu Mazumdar, Director of the Institute for Healthcare Delivery Science at the Mount Sinai Health System and Professor of Biostatistics at …

Creative Ways of Combating Climate Change at COP25

… social change and provide solutions for public health issues. Her next steps are with one New York City’s largest insurance companies – Healthfirst, as a Digital Media Specialist. She …

School Closures Could Mean Billions Lost

… school closures in several countries and they are quickly mounting here, including in New York State. Given the immediacy of this issue, I updated a 2009 study that my colleagues and …

Core Competencies

… to achieving health equity at organizational, community, and systemic levels. Planning & Management to Promote Health 7. Assess population needs, assets and capacities that affect … project or intervention. 10. Explain basic principles and tools of budget and resource management. 11. Select methods to evaluate public health programs. Policy in Public Health 12. …

No Room for Racism in COVID-19 Response

… highly exposed and don’t protect themselves.” Not only is this language outrageous coming from healthcare providers, but its racism indicates an old “colonial mentality” that Black and African …

Climate Change: What can we do?

… and I attended an annual event hosted by the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) where former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Governor Jay Inslee from the State of Washington … We need more good news like this because it is increasingly in short supply.  According to a new report issued on Tuesday by the Yale Program on Climate Change, “Americans are more worried …