Research Programs

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.

Decarceration and Public Health Research Collaborative

Critical science on mass criminalization and incarceration for researchers, policymakers, activists, and advocates

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Food, Physical Activity, and Wellness Lab

The Food, Physical Activity, and Wellness Lab focuses on behavioral interventions for cancer prevention, control, and treatment.

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Functional Data Analysis Working Group

Developing and applying statistical methods for functional data in public health and medicine.

GATE

GATE is an innovative research and practice program dedicated to improving the lives of adolescents and women around the world by addressing issues related to pubertal health transitions.

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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.

Global Health Initiative

GHI is committed to developing new solutions to today’s evolving global health challenges.

GRAPH: Global Research Analytics for Population Health

GRAPH seeks to eliminate the global burden of preventable disease through actionable policy.

Obesity Prevention Initiative

Our goal is discover evidence for effective societal approaches for obesity prevention.

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Policy and Health Initiatives on Opioids and Other Substances (PHIOS)

Our scientists focus on modifiable social policies and structural factors to reduce the US substance use epidemic.

Population Health Methods

An educational platform for innovative population health methods, and the social, behavioral, and biological sciences.

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Precision Prevention

Precision Prevention at Columbia University is putting an emphasis on disease prevention and delivering the right intervention, to the right person, at the right time.

Precision prevention concept

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.

Research On Adaptive Designs for Mobile App Platform

ROADMAP is a group of researchers with diverse quantitative backgrounds and interests utilizing statistical tools including adaptive designs, cluster analysis, reinforcement learning, and more.

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Sexual Health Initiative to Foster Transformation

SHIFT at Columbia examines the factors that shape sexual health and sexual violence for undergraduates.

SHIFT team at Columbia

sidHARTe - Strengthening Emergency Systems

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

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Columbia University Northern Plains Superfund Research Program

The Columbia University Northern Plains Superfund Research Program conducts research to reduce hazardous metals in Native American communities.

Urban Health

Our mission is to leverage the knowledge and skills of our School, and the broader Columbia University community, to help protect and improve health of people living in cities throughout the world.

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