Population & Family Health

Our Research

The Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health addresses a wide range of challenges to safeguard health and well-being, focusing on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), forced migration, child and adolescent health, maternal and newborn health, mental health, environmental justice, and complex health systems.

Partnership is central to our mission. We partner with communities, policymakers, practitioners, and funders to ensure our solutions are responsive to the populations we serve, driving lasting impact.

Trauma-Free NYC

Trauma-Free NYC promotes the integration of scientific advances regarding the causes and effects of trauma into the work of any organization, individual, or public servant actively involved in the well-being of New Yorkers.

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Advancing Research on Community Health Systems (ARCHeS)

ARCHeS partners employ implementation science approaches in health systems and delivery organizations to enhance the impact and equity of interventions in low- and middle-income country settings.

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Averting Maternal Death and Disability (AMDD)

AMDD brings a human rights lens and health systems approach to the challenge of ensuring that every woman and newborn gets the right care in the right place and time, in order to survive and thrive.

Global Health Justice and Governance (GHJG)

GHJG addresses complex global health challenges by advancing justice through an intersectional feminist lens, integrating public health, legal, and scientific scholarship, and practice.

Program on Forced Migration and Health

We are a multi-disciplinary team who leverage our collective efforts in teaching and research to improve health outcomes for refugees, displaced persons and other populations in humanitarian settings.

Reproductive Health Access Information and Services in Emergencies

RAISE catalyzes change in sexual and reproductive health needs of refugees and others affected by humanitarian crisis in field services, humanitarian organizations and global decision-making.

sidHARTe - Strengthening Emergency Systems

sidHARTe advances evidence-based, locally developed solutions for health systems in countries with limited health resources.

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Structural Determinants & Social Transitions among Adolescents and Young Adults in Rakai (SSTAR)

SSTAR investigated the influence of social structural determinants on transitions from adolescence to adulthood using the Rakai Community Cohort Study data and longitudinal modeling techniques.

CPC Learning Network

The CPC Learning Network convenes academics, policymakers, and practitioners to promote innovative research, nurture communities of learning, and build the next generation of researchers and advocates for children and families worldwide.

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