AJPH 12/2024: "EXCESS DEATH RATES BY STATE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC" (ENGLISH)

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2025 Third Chinese Podcast (April to June 2025)

2025P3 Regional Editor of AJPH, Prof. Jihong Liu and Dr. Tianchu Lyu, review highlights of the Apr to Jun 2025 Issues and Supplements. The Editor’s Corner includes an interview of Dr. Alfredo Morabia, Outgoing Editor-in-Chief of AJPH, Professor of Epidemiology, Queens College, Ci ...  Show more

AJPH 6/2025: "WHAT IS PUBLIC HEALTH: BEING A NUTRITIONIST" (ENGLISH)

In this series, What is Public Health?, Vickie Mays and Alfredo Morabia interview Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, at New York University. Her most recent book is a memoir, Slow Cooked: An Unexpected Life in Food Po ...  Show more

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