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Our Most-Read Blog Posts for 2019
Community engagement, gentrification, anti-immigrant policies, employment, implicit bias, structural racism, and 400 years of slavery: Here are our most-read blog posts for 2019.

Population Health and the Global Urban Future
The global future is urban. How can we look at cities as complex systems to best improve population health?

The Afterlife of Slavery: How Racial Logics Maintain Racial Health Disparities
Slavery’s afterlife can be found in today’s racial disparities. Read part three of our series responding to the “400 Years of Inequality” Campaign.

400 Years of Chains: The Over-policing of Black Bodies and the Devaluing of Black Pain
The second in our series of posts responding to the “400 Years of Inequality” Campaign and call to action. Rashawn Ray discusses 400 years of chains and over-policing of Black bodies.

Institutional Member Spotlight: Department of Population Health at the NYU School of Medicine
Bridging the divide between medicine and public health at one of the largest population health programs in the country: get to know the Department of Population Health at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

American Landscapes of Racial Dispossession and Control
As the year of 2019 winds to a close, the IAPHS Blog will feature a series of posts responding to the “400 Years of Inequality Campaign and call to action. Maggie Hicken, Regan Patterson, Lewis Miles, Dominique Sylvers kick off the series.

Four Key Considerations When Creating a Whole-of-University Population Health Initiative
Here’s what you need to consider when you’re forming a campus-wide population health initiative.

Borders of Belonging: Mixed-Status Families and the Impacts of Family Separation on Population Health
Millions of children live with at least one parent who is undocumented. What are the health effects for these families?

Spotlight on Successful Mentoring
Read about how a mentee landed an R13 NIH grant this summer—one of many success stories emerging from our mentoring program.

Conference Report: Interventions, Programs and Policies that Improve Health and Well-being
How do you know if an intervention or policy is having its intended effect? Sasha Walek reports from our 2019 Seattle conference.
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