 | | | Location
United States of America
| | Project
Assessment of Community Awareness of Health Risks, Prevention and Treatment Options and Barriers of Care for Hepatitis B Infection in Chinese Immigrantsin New York City
Mailman School of Public Health
In New York City, the burden of hepatitis B virus infection (HBV) within the Chinese American community is disproportionately high. The Chinese are among the main targets for raising public awareness . . . More »
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| | | Location
Ukraine
| | Project
Study of Thyroid Cancer and Other Thyroid Disease in Ukraine Following the Chernobyl Accident
Mailman School of Public Health
Study of thyroid cancer and other thyroid disease in Ukraine following the Chernobyl accident.
Cohort-based study of thyroid cancer, thyroid nodules, chronic thyroiditis, hypothyroidism, and . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Center for Global Health and Economic Development (CGHED)
| | Locations
Rwanda, Nigeria
| | Project
The Access Project
Mailman School of Public Health
The Access Project for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was founded with the overall goal of aiding deserving countries to acquire the financing they need to implement . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Center for Global Health and Economic Development (CGHED)
| | Locations
Rwanda, India, China, Ethiopia
| | Project
The MacroHealth Initiative
The Earth Institute at Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
The overall objective is to deliver strategic expertise to low-income countries for scaling up health expenditures by government and donors in order to fill serious gaps in the provision of essential . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
| | Location
Poland
| | Project
Air Pollution Effects on Woman and the Developing Fetus
Mailman School of Public Health
The effects of ambient air pollution on the developing fetus. . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
| | Location
United States of America
| | Project
Bioavailability of Soil Pb in Humans
Mailman School of Public Health
We are determining the bioavailability (i.e., the fraction absorbed) of soil Pb in humans, using the technique of stable isotope dilution. The soils under investigation have been obtained from . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
| | Location
Republic of China (Taiwan)
| | Project
Biomarkers of Aflatoxin Exposure
Mailman School of Public Health
This project focuses on the identification of environmental and genetic risk factors for development of hepatocellular cancer in Taiwan. We previously demonstrated that, in conjunction with . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
| | Location
Bangladesh
| | Project
Environmental Arsenic, Pregnancy, and Children
Mailman School of Public Health
We are testing the hypotheses that arsenic exposure from drinking water may be associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. This hypothesis is based on the fact that arsenic is a known teratogen in . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
| | Location
Serbia and Montenegro
| | Project
Environmental Lead, Reproduction, and Infant Development
Mailman School of Public Health
Continues to study the relation of chronic lead (Pb) exposure to several health outcomes during childhood. This large prospective cohort study founded upon a previous study of pregnancy outcome, . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
| | Location
Bangladesh
| | Project
Health Effects of Geochemistry of Arsenic and Lead
Mailman School of Public Health
This project will address the issue of heavy-metal contamination in ground water in Bangladesh and around U.S. Superfund sites and the effect on public health. . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
| | Location
China
| | Project
Manganese Occupational Exposure: Biological Monitoring, Prevention, and Mechanism Investigation
Mailman School of Public Health
Manganese has replaced lead as an additive to gasoline in Europe and North America. Environmental exposure to this toxic metal has recently become a major public-health concern. Occupational exposure . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
| | Location
France
| | Project
Molecular Biomarks of Carcinogen Exposure
Mailman School of Public Health
This project has evaluated the utility of biomarkers based on mutations in oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes in individuals exposed to carcinogen vinyl chloride in France. . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
| | Locations
Bangladesh, United States of America
| | Project
NIEHS/EPA Superfund Basic Research Program: Health Effects and Geochemistry of Arsenic and Lead
Mailman School of Public Health
The primary goal of this program is to obtain new knowledge and to train multidisciplinary pre- and post-doctoral students regarding the bioavailability of soil lead in humans and the . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
| | Location
Poland
| | Project
Polish Mothers and Children Study of the Columbia Center for Environmental Health
Mailman School of Public Health
Polish Mothers and Children Study of the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health is collaborating with a team of researchers at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, to follow a . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
| | Location
China
| | Project
Prevention of Health Effects in Children from Energy-Related Air Pollution: An International Collaborative Project
Mailman School of Public Health
An international collaborative project on the prevention of health effects in children from energy-related air pollution. . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
| | Location
United States of America
| | Project
The New York Climate and Health Project
Mailman School of Public Health
Objectives: Heat waves and elevated concentrations of ozone and fine particles represent two significant current public-health stressors in the New York metropolitan area. Both of these stressors may . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Location
Brazil
| | Project
Application of Genetics and Genomics in Public Health in Developing Countries
Mailman School of Public Health
Research and Teaching About Ethical Applications of Genetics in health in Developing Countries . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Location
Israel
| | Project
Cancer in the Jerusalem Perinatal Study
Mailman School of Public Health
The Jerusalem Perinatal Study is a population-based cohort of mothers, fathers and their 92,408 offspring born in 1964–76. Subsets of the cohort may be at risk for cancer through founder mutations . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Locations
Argentina, Brazil, Chile
| | Project
Capacity Building and Training in Uses of Genetic and Genomics
Mailman School of Public Health
Capacity building and training in uses of genetics and genomics in the prevention of disease in developing countries, including the ethics of genetics research and genetic applications in the defense . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Locations
Argentina, Brazil
| | Project
Capacity Building in the Application of Genetics in the Prevention of Disease in Developing Countries
Mailman School of Public Health
Capacity building in the application of genetics in the prevention of disease in developing countries. . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Location
South Africa
| | Project
Cellular Immunity to HIV in Infants
Mailman School of Public Health
This is a study to investigate correlates of protective immunity to HIV among infants of HIV-infected mothers in South Africa. The study measures cell-mediated immune responses to HIV antigens in . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Location
Dominican Republic
| | Project
Columbia-Clinton Foundation Dominican HIV/AIDS Treatment Initiative
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia faculty, funded by the Clinton Foundation, have worked closely with the Dominican government to develop a national plan for treatment of people living with HIV. Ongoing work includes . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Location
Ukraine
| | Project
Effects of the Chernobyl Accident on Thyroid Cancer and Related Diseases
Mailman School of Public Health
This is a cohort study of risk of thyroid cancer and other thyroid disorders following exposure to radioactive isotopes of iodine among those exposed at ages 18 years or younger due to the accident . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Location
South Africa
| | Project
Epidemiology Research Consultations
Mailman School of Public Health
Dr. Susser is designated chief consultant to the South Africa Medical Research Council / Community Epidemiology Research. Consultation on a variety of research projects especially HIV epidemic. . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Locations
South Africa, South Africa, South Africa
| | Project
Epidemiology Training for AIDS in South Africa; Botswana; Namibia
Mailman School of Public Health
Research and training in epidemiology of HIV. Training is in United States and in region. Research training and research supervision is in South Africa. . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Location
Kazakhstan
| | Project
Genetic Epidemiology of Aging Traits in Korean Populations
Mailman School of Public Health
The goal of this study is to examine how gene and environment interact to influence aging traits by studying Koreans who live in different parts of the world. For this pilot study, we are collecting . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Locations
Bangladesh, United States of America
| | Project
Genetic Susceptibility to Arsenic-Induced Cancer
Mailman School of Public Health
A series of epidemiologic case-control and case-cohort studies nested within the Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study [HEALS] in Bangladesh examine the roles of inherent susceptibility to . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Location
South Africa
| | Project
Global Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative
Mailman School of Public Health
The purpose of this study is to define the individual and community characteristics in South Africa, relevant to the design and conduct of a TB vaccine trial when a candidate vaccine becomes . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Location
Israel
| | Project
Head Irradiation in Early Childhood and Risk of Schizophrenia
Mailman School of Public Health
This project tests the hypothesis that exposure of the skull to ionizing radiation in early childhood increases risk of schizophrenia later in life. Effect of radiation on IQ in adolescence, and the . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Locations
Bangladesh, United States of America
| | Project
Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study [HEALS]
Mailman School of Public Health
This large epidemiologic cohort study in Bangladesh prospectively examines the health effects of arsenic among 12,000 men and women who have been chronically exposed to a wide range of arsenic . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Location
Dominican Republic
| | Project
HIV Care and Treatment Program in the Dominican Republic
Mailman School of Public Health
In collaboration with the Clinton Foundation, the HIV Care and Treatment Program in the Dominican Republic provides technical support for the establishment of HIV care and treatment programs in the . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Locations
South Africa, United States of America
| | Project
International Training Program in Epidemiology of AIDS
Mailman School of Public Health
The International Training Program in Epidemiology related to AIDS provides pre- and postdoctoral training in epidemiology for health scientists, clinicians and allied health workers from South . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Locations
Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda, Zambia
| | Project
MTCT-Plus Inititative
Mailman School of Public Health
Maternal-to-Child Transmission Plus builds on the efforts in Africa, rapidly expanding over the last several years, to prevent MTCT of HIV using a well-established package of low-cost and effective . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Location
United States of America
| | Project
Nutrition and Capacity Building: Critical Partners in Public Health and Clinical Interventions
Mailman School of Public Health
A two-week intensive Institute being offered
at Columbia University Medical Center in New
York City, focusing on the science and
application of nutrition, and the relationship
between nutrition and . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Location
Netherlands
| | Project
Nutrition in Childhood and Cancer Risk
Mailman School of Public Health
Investigates the association between nutrition in childhood and various cancer outcomes in men and women followed from age 55 in the Netherlands Cohort Study on Nutrition and Cancer (NLCS). . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Location
Norway
| | Project
Oslo Syringe Exchange Program Research Working Group
Mailman School of Public Health
Evaluation of the Oslo City syringe-exchange program, based on multiple data sources, including four waves of cross-sectional surveys conducted between 1992 and 2000. . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Location
China
| | Project
Psychiatric Impact of Exposure to 2003 Outbreak of SARS on Youth in China
Mailman School of Public Health
The study will examine exposure to the 2003
SARS outbreak among children of medical
professionals in Beijing and assess Post-
Traumatic Stress Disorder (or PTSD
symptoms)and other psychiatric . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Location
South Africa
| | Project
The Epidemiology of Tuberculosis and HIV
Mailman School of Public Health
The Epidemiology of Tuberculosis and HIV, a project of the Center for Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Research (CIDER) is conducting a community-based study of the epidemiology of tuberculosis and . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Locations
Africa, Asia, Central America/Caribbean
| | Project
The International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs (ICAP)
Mailman School of Public Health
The International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs (ICAP) brings together diverse initiatives aimed at addressing the HIV epidemic. Within ICAP, the MTCT-Plus Initiative, the Multicountry . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Location
United States of America
| | Project
The Jerome L. and Dawn Greene Infectious Disease Laboratory
Mailman School of Public Health
The Jerome L. and Dawn Greene Infectious Disease Laboratory, created in 2001, focuses on the establishment and implementation of methods for rapid identification and characterization of emerging . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Location
Africa
| | Project
The Multicountry Columbia Antiretroviral Program (MCAP)
Mailman School of Public Health
A consortium led by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health received a $125 million five-year cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Locations
Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Africa, Mozambique
| | Project
The University Technical Assistance Program (UTAP)
Mailman School of Public Health
With funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the University Technical Assistance Program (UTAP) provides technical assistance for the implementation of HIV/AIDS prevention, . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Location
United States of America
| | Project
The World Initiative
Mailman School of Public Health
Since the beginning of 2004, a small group of
researchers in Child Epidemiology under the
direction of Christina Hoven, have been
reviewing vast amounts of social, political
and economic information . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Locations
Egypt, Brazil, China, Uganda, Russian Federation (Asia), Israel, Armenia
| | Project
WHO/WPA Awareness Campaign
Mailman School of Public Health
On behalf of the World Psychiatric Association
(WPA) in collaboration with the World Health
Organization (WHO) the International
Association for Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry and Allied Professions . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Epidemiology
| | Location
Zambia
| | Project
Zambia Exclusive Breastfeeding Study (ZEBS)
Mailman School of Public Health
ZEBS is designed to evaluate whether short duration exclusive breastfeeding among HIV-positive women will be safe and effective to reduce the risk of postnatal HIV transmission. The study will test . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Health Policy and Management
| | Location
Vietnam
| | Project
Characterizing Exposure to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides in Vietnam
Mailman School of Public Health
Reconstruction of military herbicides used during the Vietnam War and development of exposure-opportunity models, which can be used for epidemiological studies. . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Health Policy and Management
| | Location
United States of America
| | Project
Global Investment Versus Local? Tuberculosis Elimination is Cheaper Overseas
Mailman School of Public Health
This project examines the costs associated with screening and treating immigrants to the United States for tuberculosis relative to investments required to eliminate the disease overseas. . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Health Policy and Management
| | Location
United States of America
| | Project
Health Care Ethics: the Development and Implementation of Public Policy
Mailman School of Public Health
This course will examine key ethics issues as developed in public policy and implemented in health care organizations. We will integrate the reading of original public policy documents, legal . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Health Policy and Management
| | Location
United States of America
| | Project
The Diagnostic Utility of Tuberculin Skin Testing in of Immigrants by Geographic Region of Origin
Mailman School of Public Health
A Bayesian model examining the positive predictive value of skin testing for tuberculosis. Project is headed by Kamran Khan at the University of Toronto. . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
| | Location
South Africa
| | Project
AIDS Doctors: Voices from the Epidemic
Mailman School of Public Health
A history of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa based primarily, although not exclusively, on more than 80 extensive oral histories of doctors and nurses. . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
| | Locations
Thailand, Zimbabwe
| | Project
A Study of the Formulation Preferences of Existing Over-the-Counter Vaginal Preparations
Mailman School of Public Health
The study explored characteristics of vaginal spermicide products containing nonoxynol 9 that influence user preferences. One hundred and forty-five women from Cote d'Ivoire, Zimbabwe, Thailand, and . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
| | Location
United States of America
| | Project
Cross-National Comparison of Palliative Care Needs and Services: U.S. and U.K. perspectives
Mailman School of Public Health
An examination of service provided and patient care needs in demonstration programs servining medically underserved and vulnerable persons with HIV/AIDS in the U.S. with comparable data collected . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
| | Locations
United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom, France
| | Project
Disease Prevention as Social Change: Society, Politics and Public Health in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain and France
Mailman School of Public Health
Comparative analysis of the sociology and politics of public health in the
United States, Canada, Britain, and France through detailed examination of
four policy arenas, tuberculosis and infant . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
| | Location
Germany
| | Project
End-of-Life Care in ALS: Germany
Mailman School of Public Health
Extension of existing study in the United States to site in Germany. . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
| | Location
Israel
| | Project
End-of-Life Care in ALS: Israel
Mailman School of Public Health
Extension of existing study in the United States to sites in Israel. . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
| | Location
United States of America
| | Project
International Program on Population Aging in Developing Countries
Mailman School of Public Health
The International Program for Policy Development and Capacity Building On Population Aging In Developing Countries is a joint program of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Columbia's . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
| | Location
United States of America
| | Project
Lecture 1: 'Social dimensions of care givin in chronic illness for the elderly' Lecture 2: 'Principles and applications of social gerontology in developing societies'
Mailman School of Public Health
International Workshop on Preparing for Aging Societies: Meeting New Challenges of Health, Well-being and Poverty in Developing Countries. . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
| | Locations
India, Hong Kong, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Australia, France, Canada, Mexico
| | Project
Program for the Study of Sexuality, Gender, and Human Rights
Mailman School of Public Health
The Program for the Study of Sexuality, Gender, and Human Rights seeks to integrate the new scholarship about sexuality into existing work and activism about gender, health, and human rights, as well . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
| | | | Project
Program in Human Rights and Medicine
Mailman School of Public Health
Fellowship for fourth-year medical students to work with medical humanitarian organizations serving refugees and displaced persons worldwide. . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
| | Location
Korea (south)
| | Project
Quality of Life at the Later Stages of the Life Course: Perspectives on Social Relationships, Illness and Aging-in-Place
Mailman School of Public Health
Presentation at "International Symposium on Aging in Korean Society" . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
| | Location
Brazil
| | Project
Social Movements and HIV/AIDS in Brazil
Mailman School of Public Health
This ethnographic research project is the first that examines HIV/AIDS organizing outside of the United States as a form of social movement. In-depth interviewing of AIDS activists, researchers and . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
| | Location
Brazil
| | Project
The Brazilian Model for HIV / AIDS Prevention and Control: Analyzing its Components and Assessing its Transferability
Mailman School of Public Health
The on-going
project: The
"Brazilian
Model" for
HIV/AIDS
Prevention and
Control:
Analyzing its
. . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
| | Locations
Brazil, United States of America, Dominican Republic, Peru
| | Project
The Center for Gender, Sexuality and Health
Mailman School of Public Health
The Center for Gender, Sexuality and Health, established by the Department of Sociomedical Sciences in 2001, promotes research and training activities on the social and cultural dimensions of . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
| | Locations
Brazil, Namibia, South Africa, United States of America
| | Project
The International Core of the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavorial Studies
Mailman School of Public Health
The International Core of the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies is a resource for the development of international research initiatives by HIV Center investigators working in . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Department of Sociomedical Sciences
| | Locations
Brazil, Egypt, India, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Spain, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America
| | Project
The International Working Group on Sexuality and Social Policy
Mailman School of Public Health
The International Working Group on Sexuality and Social Policy (IWGSSP) was constituted as a global forum composed of researchers and activists from a wide range of countries and regions of the . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
| | Locations
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Ethiopia, India, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Peru, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan
| | Project
Averting Maternal Death and Disability
Mailman School of Public Health
The Averting Maternal Death and Disability (AMDD) Program was established at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in 1999 with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
| | Location
South Africa
| | Project
Birth Control
Mailman School of Public Health
Abortion research and training. . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
| | Location
North America
| | Project
Circular Migration Among Dominican Adolescents and Their Families
Mailman School of Public Health
This collaborative research project investigates the antecedents, processes, and health consequences among adolescents and their families who move between the Dominican Republic and the United . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
| | Location
Brazil
| | Project
Contemporary Challenges in National and International Public Policy: Implementation of the Millennium Development Goals
Mailman School of Public Health
Course entitled "Contemporary Challenges in National and International Public Policy: Implementation of the Millennium Development Goals" . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
| | Locations
Dominican Republic, North America
| | Project
Dominican Academic Exchange Program
Mailman School of Public Health
The Dominican Academic Exchange Program provides public-health students from Columbia University and the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo with the opportunity to gain an understanding of the . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
| | Location
Ethiopia
| | Project
Ethiopian Public Health Training Initiative
Mailman School of Public Health
This is a broad program developing training materials and holding training conferences for Ethiopian health workers of all types. It has been in place for a number of years and includes the 5 . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
| | Location
Tanzania
| | Project
Evaluation of a new PMTCT Monitoring System in Tanzania
Mailman School of Public Health
In order for PMTCT services to be the standard of care, it is important to monitor the service provision to ensure that all pregnant women are offered counselling, testing, and PMTCT services. We . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
| | | | Project
Improving Reproductive Health Services Among Forced Migrants
Mailman School of Public Health
The overall premise of this collaborative project is that the provision of good quality reproductive health services with a strong focus on data collection and use and professional peer support will . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
| | | | Project
Law and Policy Project (Reproductive Rights Project)
Mailman School of Public Health
Formerly known as the Reproductive Rights Project, the Law and Policy Project has evolved to incorporate a broader range of concerns relevant to health in the post-Cold War world. These include, for . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
| | Location
Mozambique
| | Project
Life Outcome Study of Former Child Soldiers in Mozambique
Mailman School of Public Health
There are an estimated 300,000 children under 18 years of age who are engaged as armed combatants around the world (Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, 2002). In light of this, the . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
| | Location
Dominican Republic
| | Project
Pilot Program to Address the HIV/AIDS Treatment Needs of HIV-Positive Individuals in the Dominican Republic
Mailman School of Public Health
Pilot Program to Address the HIV/AIDS Treatment Needs of HIV-Positive Individuals in the Dominican Republic will begin with Profamilia, and later expand to other organizations, to link care and . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
| | | | Project
Program on Forced Migration and Health
Mailman School of Public Health
The Program on Forced Migration and Health was developed in response to the need for technically-sound approaches to issues faced by health professionals who provide humanitarian assistance in . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
| | Location
North America
| | Project
Program with Profamilia to Establish Adolescent Health Centers
Mailman School of Public Health
Program with Profamilia to Establish Adolescent Health Centers. This collaborative initiative has established a new adolescent reproductive health clinic at Profamilia, Santo Domingo, which includes . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
| | Location
Mali
| | Project
Putting Climate Predictions in the Service of Public Health in Mali
Mailman School of Public Health
The study is a collaboration of the Mailman School of Public Health and Earth Institute of Columbia University, involving team members from CIESIN and IRI. Columbia University is partnered with the . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
| | Location
Uganda
| | Project
Rakai Project: Uganda
Mailman School of Public Health
Population-based HIV/STD / infectious disease cohort, currently covering all consenting adults in 44 villages in rural Rakai District, southwestern Uganda. Cohort established in 1998. Annual . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
| | Location
United States of America
| | Project
Soros Reproductive Health and Rights Fellowship
Mailman School of Public Health
Administered by the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, the Soros Reproductive Health and Rights Fellowship invites scholars and activists to engage . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
| | Location
Bangladesh
| | Project
The Micro-Credit and Health Project
Mailman School of Public Health
The Micro-Credit and Health Project explores the influence of group-based micro-credit in Matlab, Bangladesh, on socioeconomic and gender inequities in health. This cohort study involves researchers . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
| | Locations
Africa, Asia
| | Project
The Right to Play (RTP) Research Collaboration
Mailman School of Public Health
The Right to Play (RTP) Research Collaboration partners faculty at the Mailman School with RTP (formerly known as Olympic Aid), an athlete-driven, humanitarian nongovernmental organization that works . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
| | Location
Mali
| | Project
Women's Social Networks and Health in Mali
Mailman School of Public Health
This project explores the influence of women's social networks on child health and survival through a comparative investigation of two ethnic groups in Mali, West Africa. Funded by NSF, fieldwork . . . More »
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| Department/Center
Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health
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Bangladesh
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Women's Socioeconomic Development and Health
Mailman School of Public Health
Throughout the developing world, there is evidence of declining rates of mortality and fertility, yet no clear understanding of the factors driving this change, nor the extent to which these health . . . More »
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