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.
On April 23, Linda Birnbaum will discuss how chemicals in our environment can affect our bodies in much the same way as medicines, but with unwanted results.
As rich and middle-income nations improve health and lifespan, how can we help other countries do the same? Public health leaders convened by the Mailman School of Public Health discussed a new strategy to close the health gap within a generation.
A significant number of mental health professionals would be unwilling to live near or work with someone who has an untreated psychiatric disorder, especially schizophrenia.