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Evaluation of an Electronic Health Record System at Rural Health Units in the PhilippinesWireless Access for Health (WAH) is a nonprofit e-health organization in the Philippines designed to improve local health governance and increase access to better quality health data, management, and provision. The task of the Capstone team was to …
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Rethinking Poverty, Household Finance, and MicrofinanceHigh-frequency data show that the material condition of poverty is created by the interaction of insufficiency × instability × illiquidity. Reducing instability and/or illiquidity can thus reduce exposure to poverty even when average earning power …
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Financial Management and Public FinanceExplore economic principles and how they influence financial decisions. You'll analyze market trends, evaluate economic policies, and apply economic theories to real-world …
Faculty Profile
Hedieh FakhriyazdiHedieh Fakhriyazdi is the Chief Diversity Officer at White & Case where she is responsible for accelerating the Firm's diversity and inclusion (D&I) efforts to further build a diverse work environment and nurture a culture of inclusion across their global …
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Integrating High Speed Rail into North America's Next Mobility TransitionThe American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has opened a window for implementing high-speed passenger rail operations in the U.S. Because North America had never pursued high-speed rail as a national transportation priority, the planning framework …
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Assessments of residential and global positioning system activity space for food environments, body mass index and blood pressure among low-income housing residents in New York CityKosuke Tamura, Brian D. Elbel, Jessica K. Athens, Pasquale Rummo, Basile Chaix, Seann D. Regan, Yazan A. Al-Ajlouni, Dustin Duncan …
Capstone Projects
Pathway to Insurance Coverage for Healthcare Wearable TechnologyCareBand is a healthcare wearable technology company that strives to reduce death and injuries due to dementia-related wandering and to keep patients with dementia living safe, independent lives. It does so by deploying location and activity monitoring …
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FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS: AFFORDABLE CO-OP SHAREHOLDER MORTGAGESThe New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is the largest municipal housing agency in the nation. HPD promotes quality housing and thriving neighborhoods through the implementation of affordable housing preservation and …
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The Economics of Microfinance, 2nd editionContents: 1 Rethinking Banking 2 Why Intervene in Credit Markets? 3 Roots of Microfinance: ROSCAs and Credit Cooperatives 4 Group Lending 5 Beyond Group Lending 6 Savings and Insurance 7 Gender 8 Commercialization and Regulation 9 Measuring Impacts 10 …
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Engaging interdisciplinary innovation teams in Federally Qualified Health CentersTo foster bottom-up innovations, health care organizations are leveraging interdisciplinary frontline innovation teams. These teams include workers across hierarchical levels and professional backgrounds, pooling diverse knowledge sources to develop …
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Walking, Obesity and Urban Design in Chinese NeighborhoodsObjective: We examined the connections (1) between the design of the built environment and walking, (2) between the design of the built environment and obesity, and (3) between walking and obesity and income in urban settings in China. Methods: Six …
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PNP - Finance - ChecksheetMPA-PNP: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC FINANCE I. DEGREE CORE REQUIREMENTS [15 CREDITS] Students must complete or waive the following courses: …
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Health at WagnerNEWSLETTER ARCHIVE Inaugural Newsletter - Summer 2021 Second Edition - Winter 2021 …
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Professed impressions: What people say about others affects onlookers' perceptions of speakers' power and warmthDuring a conversation, it is common for a speaker to describe a third-party that the listener does not know. These professed impressions not only shape the listener's view of the third-party but also affect judgments of the speaker herself. We propose a …
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Improving Language Access on NYC TransitLanguage access (the provision of equal services for people with Limited English Proficiency ) is an under-researched aspect of public transportation in New York City, even as the city is considered one of the most linguistically diverse urban areas in …
Capstone Projects
Analyzing the Impact of the 2008 Financial Crisis on the Field of National Social Justice PhilanthropyConcerned that the full impact of the 2008 financial crisis has not yet been felt in the field of social justice philanthropy, Cricket Island Foundation (CIF), a New Yorkbased foundation supporting youthled social change, partnered with the Social …
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U.S. Healthcare Policy "Roller Coaster" in Focus as Sherry Glied Delivers the Spring 2017 Jack & Lewis Rudin Lecture“It has truly been a policy roller coaster on so many fronts – and healthcare not least among them,” Sherry Glied, Dean of NYU Wagner , said as she began the recent Spring 2017 Jack and Lewis Rudin Lecture at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. …
Doctoral Student
Sharmistha ChakrabartiSharmistha Chakrabarti (she/her) is a doctoral student at Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service and a fellow in the Institute of Education Sciences Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Research Training program. Prior to starting her PhD, she completed a …
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State of New York City's Housing & Neighborhoods in 2015The State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods report, published annually by the NYU Furman Center, provides a compendium of data and analysis about New York City’s housing, land use, demographics, and quality of life indicators for each borough …
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Budgeting for Climate Change: Obstacles and Opportunities at the US State LevelState governments in the United States are well placed to identify opportunities for mitigation and the needs for adaptation to climate change. However, the cost of these efforts can have important implications for budgets that already face pressures from …
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Preksha JainPreksha is a doctoral student in Public Policy at NYU Wagner. Her research interests lie at the intersection of development economics and labor economics, particularly in the role that technology and digital platforms play in labor force participation and …
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PHD-GP.5913
Urban Research Seminar IIThis course, taught jointly by faculty members across the university, offers doctoral students an opportunity to learn about the latest theoretical and empirical research on critical urban issues. The course is not taught in a lecture format. Rather, the …Course
PHD-GP.5912
Urban Research SeminarThis course, taught jointly by faculty members across the university, offers doctoral students an opportunity to learn about the latest theoretical and empirical research on critical urban issues. The course is not taught in a lecture format. Rather, the …