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News, Research Briefs
August 27, 2024
Research Record: Unlock the Potential of Vaccines in Food-Producing Animals
Princeton SPIA’s Research Record series highlights the vast scholarly achievements of our faculty members, whose expertise extends beyond the classroom and into everyday life.If you’d like your work considered for future editions of Research Record, click here and select “research project.”
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News, Research Briefs
August 21, 2024
Research Record: The Long-Term Effects of Neighborhood Disadvantage on Voting Behavior: The “Moving to Opportunity” Experiment
Princeton SPIA’s Research Record series highlights the vast scholarly achievements of our faculty members, whose expertise extends beyond the classroom and into everyday life.If you’d like your work considered for future editions of Research Record, click here and select “research project.”
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ResearchRecord
News, Research Briefs
July 02, 2024
Research Record: Examining the Origins of Life Predictability
Princeton SPIA’s Research Record series highlights the vast scholarly achievements of our faculty members, whose expertise extends beyond the classroom and into everyday life.If you’d like your work considered for future editions of Research Record, click here and select “research project.”
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May 07, 2024
Redefining Reproductive Rights: Insights from a Critical Roundtable Discussion
Since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, reproductive justice and the long-term ramifications of the result have been hotly contested issues. On Monday, March 25, the Princeton community gathered to hear academic, legal, medical, and policy leaders discuss the…
Group photo of Rebecca Gomperts, Heather Howard, Betsy Armstrong, Clarke Wheeler and students
SPIA in NJ Democracy In Action Workshops
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January 04, 2024
In Its First Semester, SPIA in New Jersey’s “Democracy in Action” Series Brings State-Wide Issues to Princeton
On April 28, the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs launched its SPIA in New Jersey initiative. More than eight months later, Founding Director Anastasia Mann hasn’t taken her foot off the gas pedal.Since the launch, SPIA in New Jersey has hosted six events on campus through its “Democracy in Action” series…
SPIA in NJ Democracy In Action Workshops
Life Expectancy Drops for Native Americans Due to COVID-19 article graphic
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October 26, 2023
SPIA Faculty Study Pandemic’s Impact on Asian American Health, Long Covid
As COVID-19 remains a threat to public health, faculty members from the School of Public and International Affairs have continued research efforts to determine how the virus has left a lasting impact on individuals and populations worldwide.Noreen Goldman, the Hughes-Rogers Professor of Demography and Public Affairs, examined…
Life Expectancy Drops for Native Americans Due to COVID-19 article graphic
Yellow-breasted Bunting bird. Photo by Zhikai Liao.
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October 25, 2023
New Study Identifies Illegal Hunting as a Threat to China’s Wildlife and Global Public Health
Illegal hunting and trading of wildlife in China is becoming a significant threat to biodiversity and public health, according to a new paper by a team of researchers that includes two scholars from the School of Public and International Affairs. It is the first comprehensive assessment of this issue for China. …
Yellow-breasted Bunting bird. Photo by Zhikai Liao.
Nine Princeton students completed summer internships at the Telethon Kids Institute (TKI) in Perth, Australia.
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September 15, 2023
Princeton Students Impact Global Health
This summer, Princeton University students took on some of the world’s most critical public health challenges – from fighting AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, to curbing antimicrobial resistance and understanding the drivers of climate change. Princeton’s Center for Health and Wellbeing (CHW) sponsored 88 opportunities for…
Nine Princeton students completed summer internships at the Telethon Kids Institute (TKI) in Perth, Australia.
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September 08, 2023
Very Cool — Wailoo’s Examination of Menthol Cigarette Advertising Wins Award
From 2008 to 2010, the Truth Initiative, America's largest nonprofit public health organization dedicated to the eradication of tobacco and nicotine use, estimated that almost 94% of young African American adults who smoked did so with menthol cigarettes. The trend is not new — menthol tobacco products have been marketed toward…
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Alyssa Sharkey
News, Q&A
August 01, 2023
Alyssa Sharkey Keeps a Finger on the Pulse of Health Equity Amid Historic Report
For the first time, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the United Nations Population Fund have produced a joint report analyzing global progress on maternal deaths, newborn deaths, and stillbirths. Alyssa Sharkey, lecturer of public and international affairs, an affiliate in the Center for Health and Wellbeing, and an…
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