Population & Family Health

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A Love of Language and Data Set the Stage for a Global Health Scholar

Mahesh Karra discusses his research on access to family planning and maternal and child health.

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The Young Men’s Clinic - Filling in the Gaps Between Population and Clinical Health

PopFam 50th Anniversary Impact Series – Q&A with Dr. Silvia Cunto-Amesty

Reflections about the Clinic, a pioneering PopFam-founded program operated by NY-Presbyterian Hospital (NYC's only clinic tailored to young men), and a look ahead to the future of global health.

RAISE-ing the Bar: Transforming Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Humanitarian Settings

PopFam 50th Anniversary Impact Series – Q&A with Drs. Sara Casey and Jessica Kakesa

A conversation about the RAISE Initiative, sexual & reproductive healthcare in humanitarian settings, and expanding access to emergency obstetric care, contraception, and safe abortion services.

Space to Dream | Lynn P. Freedman Discusses the Evolution of Women’s Health and Rights

50th Anniversary Celebration Series – Lynn P. Freedman. We sat down with Lynn to reflect on how women’s health and rights have progressed and where they’re headed next.

New PopFam Chair Believes Demographic Resilience Is the Future

Thoai D. Ngo puts a premium on policy-ready research on environmental, economic, health, and social factors.

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A Child Psychologist Helps Parents and Teachers Work Together for Kids with Autism

In a Q&A with Gazi Azad in the Department of Population and Family Health, she discusses the benefits of coordinated strategies to bridge the home and school environments.

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Virginia Rauh Installed as the Jane and Alan Batkin Professor in Child Health and Well-Being

The endowed professorship spotlights Columbia Mailman’s history of working to protect the health and well-being of children.

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Grand Challenges Project Addresses the Complex Needs of Venezuelan Migrants

Columbia Mailman professor Claire Greene discusses her Centennial Grand Challenges project working with Venezuelan refugees in Ecuador.

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Recklessly Idealistic and Doing Astonishing Things

PopFam 50th Anniversary Impact Series – Q&A with Leslie F. Roberts

Leslie F. Roberts Reflects on a Career Responding to Humanitarian Crises with PopFam Students.

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From Dhaka to the World: Two Decades of Advancing Global Health Equity

PopFam 50th Anniversary Impact Series - Q&A with Ahmed Mushtaque Raza Chowdhury

Ahmed Mushtaque Raza Chowdhury reflects on how his time in PopFam shaped his global health career—and shares his hopes for the next 50 years.

Ahmed Mushtaque Raza Chowdhury

Building on What Works: Implementation Science and Inspiring the Next Generation

PopFam 50th Anniversary Impact Series - Q&A with Patrick S. Kachur

We spoke with Dr. Kachur on CHPS’s impact, implementation science, and hopes for the future.

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