As part of a new study funded by the Wellcome Trust, Darby Jack is measuring the effects of heat exposure during pregnancy on birth outcomes, child development, and overall mortality.
A Columbia sociologist makes a case for a sex-positive epidemiology that considers pleasure, satisfaction, and well-being alongside familiar outcomes such as sexually transmitted infections.
Health departments continue to face challenges in recruiting new employees including insufficient funding, a shortage of people with public health training, and lengthy hiring processes.
A Mailman School of Public Health researcher reviews 10 years of New York City public health campaigns that frighten, disgust, and sometimes stigmatize.
In a perspective published online by the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Spencer describes his experiences both in Guinea as a volunteer and after his return to the United States.
Household net worth is a major and overlooked factor in adherence to hormonal therapy among breast cancer patients and partially explains racial disparities in quality of care.
Melissa Stockwell, MD, MPH, assistant professor of pediatrics and of population & family health, has spoken out to debunk seven myths about the measles vaccine.
Ebola community care centers hold promise in stemming the spread of disease in Sierra Leone, which has had more than 10,000 cases but has fewer than 900 Ebola treatment beds
This year's Dean's Grand Rounds series at Mailman highlights new partnerships with industry, tech, and more that are shaping the future of public health.
The2x2project at Mailman Department of Epidemiology describes recent research showing that public health efforts that focus on improving diet may benefit from adding culture as an ingredient.
Preventing two of the most common health care-associated infections—bloodstream infections caused by central lines and pneumonia caused by ventilators—can increase the odds that these patients survive.