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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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Penchaszadeh, Victor B.
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Brazil
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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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United States of America
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Assessment of Embargo Impact; Establishment of Determinants of Low Birth-Weight Reduction Resilience; and Adaption to Embargo-Related Resource Shortages
School of Nursing
Epidemiologic assessment of embargo effects and public-health strategies to minimize effects. Development of internet-based specialty continuing education in nursing. Program evaluation on activities . . . More »
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Garfield, Richard
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Haiti
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Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Study of thyroid cancer and other thyroid disease in Belarus following the Chernobyl accident.
Cohort-based study of thyroid cancer, thyroid nodules, chronic thyroiditis, hypothyroidism, and . . . More »
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Greenebaum, Ellen
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Belarus
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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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Harlap, Susan
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Israel
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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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Penchaszadeh, Victor B.
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Argentina, Brazil, Chile
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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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Stellman, Jeanne
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Vietnam
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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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Susser, Mervyn
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South Africa
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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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Stein, Zena
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South Africa, South Africa, South Africa
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Exposure to Air Pollution from Biomass Fuel Combustion Among Women in a Rural Bangladesh Population
The Earth Institute at Columbia University
This is a pilot study to examine the carcinogenic potential of biomass fuel combustion products among rural Bangladesh women using biomarkers and field-based epidemiology methods . . . More »
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Ahsan, Habibul
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Bangladesh, United States of America
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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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Lee, Joseph H.
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Kazakhstan
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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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Ahsan, Habibul
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Bangladesh, United States of America
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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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Muennig, Peter
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United States of America
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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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El-Sadr, Wafaa
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South Africa
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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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Gross, Raz
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Israel
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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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Ahsan, Habibul
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Bangladesh, United States of America
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HIV Mental Health Training Project
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The project provides free training on the latest developments in mental health aspects of the AIDS epidemic. Since 1992 we have trained both health care and mental health care providers throughout . . . More »
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McKinnon, Karen
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Brazil, Chile, China, South Africa, Venezuela
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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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Raveis, Victoria H.
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United States of America
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Linkage Courses: Belgium
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Teaching of statistical-genetics methods and genetic-epidemiology methods for a week-long course. . . . More »
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Terwilliger, Joseph
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Belgium
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Linkage Courses: Italy
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Teaching of statistical genetics methods and genetic epidemiology methods as part of the master program in genetic epidemiology at the University of Pavia. . . . More »
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Terwilliger, Joseph
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Italy
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Linkage Courses: South Korea
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Teaching of statistical-genetics methods and genetic-epidemiology methods for a week-long course. . . . More »
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Terwilliger, Joseph
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Korea (south)
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Linkage Courses: Sweden
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Teaching of statistical-genetics methods and genetic-epidemiology methods for a week-long course. . . . More »
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Terwilliger, Joseph
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Sweden
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M.D. Program in International Health and Medicine
College of Physicians and Surgeons
A four-year, American-style M.D. program that focuses on international health and medicine with courses in cross-cultural communications, epidemiology, medical anthropology, community and preventive . . . More »
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Deckelbaum, Richard
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Israel
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Maintenance and Stimulation of Projects in Support of the Seven Medical Schools, and the Biomedical Research Agencies, in Taiwan.
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Maintenance and Stimulation of Projects in Support of the Seven Medical Schools, and the Biomedical Research Agencies, in Taiwan. . . . More »
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Pierson Jr, Richard
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Republic of China (Taiwan)
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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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Graziano, Joseph
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Bangladesh, United States of America
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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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Miller, Maureen
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Norway
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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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Wu, Ping
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China
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Spatial Dynamics of Chagas Disease
The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Chagas disease (American Trypanosomiasis), caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and transmitted by triatomine bugs, is the most important vector-borne disease in Latin America. Despite an ongoing eradication . . . More »
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Cohen, Joel
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Argentina
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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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Greenebaum, Ellen
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Ukraine
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The Center for the Study of Trauma and Resilience
College of Physicians and Surgeons
To develop state-of-the-art research and education in the area of psychological trauma and its aftermath. . . . More »
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Neria, Yuval
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United States of America
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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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Muennig, Peter
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United States of America
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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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Stein, Zena, El-Sadr, Wafaa
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South Africa
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The Extended Child and Adolescent Mental Health Public Delivery System in Brazil: Dimensions of Exclusion
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The goal of this project is to design a
methodology to describe how child mental
health service delivery has been occuring in
Brazil. A comparative pilot study will be
conducted in 5 sites from a . . . More »
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Duarte, Christiane
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Brazil
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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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Lipkin, W Ian
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United States of America
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The Macroeconomic Significance of Cardiovascular Disease
The Earth Institute at Columbia University
This project seeks to establish the macroeconomic significance of cardiovascular disease now and for the next forty years in low- and middle-income countries. Cardiovascular disease is the leading . . . More »
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Leeder, Stephen
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United States of America
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The Ukrainian / American Chernobyl Ocular Study (UACOS)
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The ocular-radiation protection standards formulated by National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP) and the International Council on Radiation Protection (ICRP) are all predicated on the . . . More »
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Worgul, Basil
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Ukraine
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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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Hoven, Christina
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United States of America
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Wellcome Trust Summer Schools
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Teaching of statistical-genetics methods and genetic-epidemiology methods as part of the Wellcome Trust summer schools course on genetic analysis of complex traits. . . . More »
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Terwilliger, Joseph
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United Kingdom
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