Projects

Fall 2023

 
 
 
 
 
Project Title: Enhancing Implementation Science Capacity
A student in the lab worked with the NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management’s Family-Based Justice Center to enhance Implementation Science capacity within the organization.
Deliverables included:
    • A comprehensive literature review of evidence-based best practices in the criminal justice system to inform training and technical assistance initiatives 
    • Developing a Program Design Protocol for the center’s training and technical assistance program

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Spring 2023

 
Project Title: Examining the Impacts of Climate Change on Community & Individual Health in 8 countries across Africa and Asia
 
Students developed a systemized approach to understanding climate change vulnerabilities in 8 countries in Asia and Africa.
 
Deliverables included:
 
    • A systematized document for each field country that outlines climate vulnerability, specific climate hazards, impact on health and potential interventions/activities for FXB to implement

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Fall 2022

Project Title: Post-Brexit Britain: Unforeseen Consequences on the Food Industry and Future Public Health

A student worked with C3 Collaborating for Health to conduct extensive research and analysis to propose policies for the UK on the topic of ultra-processed food (UPFs).

Deliverables included:

    • A literature review of food industry practices in Britain
    • A policy brief recommending post-Brexit food industry practices
    • Blog posts for communicating nutrition information to a wide audience

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Project Title: The Four Pillars of Health

Students worked with the Uganda National Academy of Sciences on strategic health plans regarding antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and vaccines, accountability in global health partnerships, and root causes of low immunization rates in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Deliverables included:

    • A one-year AMR-vaccine action plan
    • A literature review of public health partnerships
    • A policy brief on root causes of low immunization rates in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Fall 2021

 

 

Project Title: A Pandemic Playbook

A student conducted literature reviews in support of a project named A Pandemic Playbook, funded by the National Research Foundation of South Africa.

Deliverables included:

    • A literature review of global pandemic responses and community resilience

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Project Title: Climate Advocates Program

Students supported FXB USA’s Climate Advocates Program by designing climate & health advocacy projects.

Deliverables included:

    • Climate and advocacy projects that focus on climate and health

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Spring 2021

 

Project Title: Creating a Curriculum on the Link Between Health and Climate Change

A student worked with FXB to create an educational curriculum on the impact that climate change has on health, as well as conducting research tailored to the student’s cities of interest.

Deliverables included:

    • An educational curriculum on the impacts of climate change on health
    • A literature review on the impact of climate change on health in select cities

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Project Title: Illinois Women’s Project

Students assisted the NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management’s Litmus Program with conducting background and policy research for a project in collaboration with the Women’s Justice Institute and Illinois Department of Corrections.

Deliverables included:

    • A literature review of gender responsiveness in corrections
    • Parole process maps
    • Compilation of gender responsive policies

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Project Title: Health in Metropolitan Cities: Legislation, Policy and Governance Approaches

Students worked with the Policy, Legislation and Governance Section at UN-Habitat to understand how metropolises are addressing broader global health issues in their urban policies and legislation.

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Fall 2020

 
Project Title: Covid Closures Project
 
Students assisted with the COVID Closures (CoClo) Project, aimed at systematically assessing the impact that COVID-19 had on the food retail environment in New York City (NYC).
 
Deliverables included:
 
    • Survey of operational status of food retail stores, restaurants, and produce vendors in NYC 

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Project Title: Liveable Cities “Deep Dive”
 
Students worked on FXB’s Climate Advocates Program to enrich the knowledge of young advocates on climate change and sustainability and empower them to take individual actions in their communities.
 
Deliverables included:
 
    • Climate and advocacy projects that focus on climate and urban health

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