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The official CUNY School of Public Health Alumni Network, where we share #publichealth events, research, and news for all
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Our Spring 2025 Event will be held in multiple places this year on the first weekend in May. We invite you to join fellow alumni for the 2025 NYC Jane’s Walks, which offers 200+ FREE wonderful community-led walking tours all across the five boroughs, with options for virtual and self-guided tours!
Dr. Bruce Y. Lee, Professor of Health Policy at the City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, gives us a shot of truth about vaccines.

#podcast
A Dose of Reality
Podcast Episode · Now, Let's Talk! The Podcast with Vanessa Corwin and Kathleen Kaan · 04/25/2025 · 31m
podcasts.apple.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
NIH cuts halted CUNY research on Covid-19 vaccination and mental health. Here’s what that means for the unfinished project. #publichealth www.healthbeat.org/newyork/2025...
Here’s what losing federal funding means for a CUNY project on Covid-19 vaccination and mental health.
The NIH abruptly terminated $3 million in funding for a research project exploring Covid-19 vaccination barriers for people with anxiety and depression. In a Q&A, a project investigator explains the “...
www.healthbeat.org
April 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Our Spring 2025 Event will be held in multiple places this year on the first weekend in May. We invite you to join fellow alumni for the 2025 NYC Jane’s Walks, which offers 200+ FREE wonderful community-led walking tours all across the five boroughs, with options for virtual and self-guided tours!
April 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
thehill.com
March 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Reposted by CUNY SPH Alumni Network
The challenges of health misinformation go beyond countering false claims.

Public health solutions to #misinformation need to recognise the complex, structural nature of the online information environment, write Tina D Purnat and @jocalynclark.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
February 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Fetal personhood laws open the door for further surveillance and punishment during pregnancy, write Terry McGovern and colleagues
Opinion: What happens when the rights of the “fertilized egg” supersede the rights of the mother - CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy
In an opinion article in BMJ, Senior Associate Dean Terry McGovern, PhD student and adjunct professor Ira Memaj, and Lourdes Rivera, president of Pregnancy Justice, discuss the perils of fetal personh...
sph.cuny.edu
February 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
🚨 Some really crucial info in here for all #publichealth professionals 🚨
How to Access Important Health Info That's Been Scrubbed From the CDC Site
The Trump administration removed pages relating to LGBTQ issues, HIV information, racial disparities and more, but you can still find them on the Wayback Machine.
www.cnet.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Reposted by CUNY SPH Alumni Network
Complying with the Trump regime's executive order, PBS deletes LGBTQ history videos. New York City's Education Department has since decided to host the videos on their own website. 1/2
🗃️ 🏳️‍🌈 🍎 🗺️ #sschat

www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
NYC Public Schools revive LGBTQ history videos that were deleted from PBS website
LGBTQ history videos find new home after PBS pulls content due to Trump executive orders.
www.chalkbeat.org
February 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Join our colleagues at the Society for Health #Communication for a free webinar on March 13th: Countering Chaos and Manufactured Controversy in Health, Presented by the FrameWorks Institute #publichealth
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Countering Chaos and Manufactured Controversy in Health, Presented by the FrameWorks Institute. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email abo...
Across US history, moral panics have proven to be an effective means of creating policy climates that are favorable to measures that increase surveillance, control, exclusion, and punishment of social...
zoom.us
February 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Here's a great discussion from this month's Epi/Bio department, centering on Predictors of Cervical Cancer Screening-Uptake Among Women Living with HIV In the Bronx #publichealth
Predictors of Cervical Cancer Screening-Uptake Among Women Living with HIV In the Bronx, NY
YouTube video by CUNY SPH
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February 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"Access to good food is the litmus test of a society’s commitment to social justice and sustainable development" #publichealth
Serving the Public: The good food revolution in schools, hospitals, and prisons (book talk)
YouTube video by CUNY SPH
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Join the Future of Care Conference 2025 for a comprehensive introduction to healthcare technology, biotechnology, and medical entrepreneurship. This event brings together industry leaders, innovators, and aspiring healthcare professionals in an inclusive environment where groundbreaking ideas...
Future of Care 2025 RSVP Form — Future of Care
www.futureofcare.nyc
February 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Reposted by CUNY SPH Alumni Network
💻 Expanding Medicare telehealth permanently is a no-brainer—so why isn’t it a done deal? Distinguished Scholar Lyndon Haviland breaks down why bipartisan support should make this an easy win for patients and providers alike. @TheHill.com http://cunysph.me/Medicare-Telehealth #CUNYSPH
A permanent Medicare telehealth expansion is an easy bipartisan victory
There’s no better model of efficiency — the very platform of the Trump administration — than telehealth, which has proven to be a cost-effective solution.
cunysph.me
February 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM
This is incredibly important and a much-needed resource right now 👏
New York State Department of Health Launches Global Health Update Report Webpage to Inform New Yorkers of Ongoing and Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreaks
health.ny.gov
February 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
You're invited to join our colleagues at the Colin Powell School for Civil and Global Leadership on Wednesday March 5th for a conversation on AI with Anna Makanju, OpenAI's Vice President of Global Impact.

This is a hybrid event and you can get tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/11th-annua...
February 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM