Population & Family Health

The Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health is engaged in a wide range of service-based research and systems development projects both locally and globally. Below is a list of our projects.

Averting Maternal Death and Disability Project, Lynn Freedman

A Capacity Building Model of Sexual Health Promotion for Disconnected Men of Color, Debra Kalmuss

Child Protection in Crisis, Neil Boothby, Alastair Ager, Les Roberts

Center for Community Health and Education

Columbia Population Research Center

Columbia University Head Start and Early Head Start, Carmen Rodgriguez

Community Health Worker Network of NYC, Sally E. Findley

Developing Families Project, Faith Lamb-Parker

Effects of Pre- and Post-natal Exposure to the Organophosphorus Pesticide, Chlorpyrifos (CPF), Virginia Rauh

First Steps to Healthy Living: Evaluation of the New York State Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Program, Sally E. Findley, Katy Donovan

Gender Matters, Debra Kalmuss

Global Doctors for Choice, Wendy Chavkin

Head Start Bureau National Research Conference on Early Childhood Education and Development, Faith Lamb-Parker

Human Resources for Maternal Survival, Lynn Freedman, Helen de Pinho

Law Policy and Rights Program, Joanne Csete and Lynn Freedman

Mobile Technology for Community Health (MoTeCH), James Philips

National Children's Study (PDF), Virginia Rauh

Northern Manhattan Community Voices Asthma Basics for Children, Sally E. Findley

Northern States Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Program, Jim Phillips, Alastair Ager, Salley E. Findley, and Henry Doctor

Program on Forced Migration and Health, Neil Boothby, Alastair Ager, Les Roberts, Mike Wessells

Program for Families Affected by AIDS in the Dominican Republic, Linda F. Cushman

Rakai Youth Project, Adolescent Reproductive Health/HIV/AIDS, John Santelli

Reproductive Health Access, Information and Services in Emergencies (RAISE) Initiative, Therese McGinn

Systems Improvement at District Hospitals and Regional Training of Emergency Care, (sidHARTe) Ghana Project, Rachel T. Moresky

Tanzania Ghana Health Partnership, James Phillips, Jemima Frimpong and Stephane Helleringer

Young Men’s Health Initiative, Bruce Armstrong