News Archive - CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy

Cecile Richards standing at podium at CUNY SPH commencement

January 21, 2025

Remembering Cecile Richards, sexual and reproductive rights titan

Today we mourn the passing of Cecile Richards, a longtime advocate for sexual and reproductive rights and friend of the school. Richards, who led the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund as president for mor...

January 15, 2025

Health care providers face new challenges in COVID-19 vaccine communication

Health care providers across the U.S. are grappling with significant challenges in communicating about COVID-19 vaccines, according to a study by CUNY SPH doctoral students Amanda Pierz and Dima Masoud, CUNY SPH Foundation Director of Programs Lauren...

January 8, 2025

Assistant Professor Sehyun Oh leads development of new software to advance genomic research

CUNY SPH Assistant Professor Sehyun Oh has led the development of two innovative software packages that promise to make advanced genomic analysis more accessible to researchers worldwide. The tools, published in F1000Research and Bioinformatics, prov...