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Faculty Profile

Ken Zimmerman… Ken Zimmerman is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Urban Planning of NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He is also a Distinguished Fellow at the …

Capstone Projects

Buprenorphine Treatment Services in the 50 States and the District of Columbia: Lessons for New York City… (FDA) approved the drug, buprenorphine, for the treatment of opiate dependence. This drugs approval created a path to … to provide key information to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDHMH) as it develops … treatment service area in Pennsylvania. The purpose of the interviews and site visit were to identify the …

Capstone Projects

Design of a Pilot Educational Program… that strives to ensure that all women, regardless of age, race, class, status, geography, or ability to pay, … believes that a woman’s ability to control all aspects of her reproductive health—including access to safe, legal … Design of a Pilot Educational Program …

Capstone Projects

EXPLORING THE CURRENT STATE OF DIVERSITY IN HEALTHCARE… a literature review that outlined the current state of diversity in healthcare in the following categories: care, … EXPLORING THE CURRENT STATE OF DIVERSITY IN HEALTHCARE …

Capstone Projects

Revisiting Components of Renewable Portfolio Standards and Their Impact on State Renewable Energy Generation… Renewable energy is an increasingly important source of US electricity due to concerns about global climate … The Capstone team's research estimates the impact of Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) on a state's overall … generation. Unlike previous research on the effects of RPS, this study attempts to operationalize a number of …

Capstone Projects

The Feasibility of Developing Affordable Housing on New York City Public Library Sites… affordable housing in New York City, coupled with the lack of development sites throughout the five boroughs, have … the potential for developing affordable housing on top of existing public library sites. Many of these libraries were constructed in the 1960's as …

Capstone Projects

Developmental Evaluation Guide for the ECEI Pilot Program… and participate in healthy relationships once they are of dating age. Day One engaged a Capstone team to assist in the development of an evaluation guide for the program. The team researched … with industry professionals to inform their knowledge of the held and how ECEI is performing. Their research …

Capstone Projects

ANALYZING AND MITIGATING TELEHEALTH DISPARITIES AND BARRIERS… The Department of Medicine is the largest academic department in the Mount … New York City-based hospital network. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, the Department of Medicine logged over 4,000 telehealth encounters. By June … MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE …

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Summer 2021 LEAD Fellows… for summer 2021. Fellows will be working at a variety of organizations involved in pro-democracy and voter access … in Politics and minoring in History at the College of Arts & Science. Amanda currently serves as an Executive … Common Cause NY. She has previously interned at the Office of Congressman Hakeem Jeffries. Upon graduation, Amanda plans …

Capstone Projects

ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF PAID FAMILY LEAVE ON PARENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES IN CALIFORNIA… and several other states are currently in the process of implementing PFL policies, making it likely that other … analyzed California data to measure the causal impact of the PFL program on several parental health … findings provide additional evidence to support the impact of PFL policies and their implementation at the state and …

Alumni In Action

Elwood Hill… you do in your current role? I am an analyst at the Office of the State Deputy Comptroller for the City of New York (OSDC), where I work with a team that reviews New … What was your career path to OSDC? With the assistance of the Office of Career Services, I obtained internships with …

Capstone Projects

Assessment of the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning Community Workshop Program… in the arts and to contribute to the cultural enrichment of the children and adults of Queens and the Greater Metropolitan area. JCAL charged the Capstone team with conducting an assessment of their largest education program, the Community Workshop … Assessment of the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning Community Workshop …

News

Data Analysis Offers First Picture of the Impact of China’s Universal Two-Child Policy… researchers have developed the first nationwide estimate of the impact of China’s universal two-child policy. The resulting … drew on two national databases assembled by thousands of health workers and officials across the nation's diverse … Data Analysis Offers First Picture of the Impact of China’s Universal Two-Child Policy …

Capstone Projects

Bereavement Needs Assessment of the NYC Metropolitan Area… While Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) Hospice Care provides an extensive array of bereavement resources to loved ones of hospice patients, the organization currently offers only … Visiting Nurse Service of New York … Bereavement Needs Assessment of the NYC Metropolitan Area …

Capstone Projects

Diabetes Management Project… team looked at several financial and managerial aspects of the project. The Capstone team examined billing methods to … services. Finally, the team researched outside sources of funding and recommended potential project grants. …

Capstone Projects

Publication

Growing Older in World Cities: Implications for Healthy Aging… the four largest cities among the wealthiest nations of the world - New York, London, Paris and Tokyo - offer a model of what other cities will someday resemble as their … as special cases; however, they share in common a host of important characteristics. Within them live the largest …

Alumni In Action

Robert Espinoza… top-tier school that equipped students with the right mix of skills in policy analysis, nonprofit management, and … in New York City, a global city with a rich history of social justice and policy experimentation. How did being …

Alumni In Action

Samuel Schaffzin… that I needed to launch a career in the broad field of public health and healthcare, and across the government, … curriculum, coupled with a strong adjunct faculty of people who were successful in the field was also a draw. … Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps, which is made up of more than 6,700 public health professionals of many …

Capstone Projects

Preventing Cervical Cancer: Easy as 1, 2, 3?… Young people ages 15-24 comprise almost half of the six million Americans who will become infected with … papilloma virus (HPV) this year. In addition, because of racial and economic disparities in health care, women of color and women in poverty are more likely to contract …

Capstone Projects

Arts in Education Administration and Operations Evaluation"The Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) is an arts and services organization that facilitates programs for artists, teachers, students, families, and seniors throughout Brooklyn. BAC's largest department, Arts in Education (AIE), organizes programs in visual, …

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Increasing Gender Diversity at the FDNY… The Fire Department of New York (FDNY) currently employs almost 12,000 firefighters, but fewer than 1% of them are women. The FDNY is seeking to increase these … firefighter workforce will better reflect the diversity of the population it serves. The FDNY employed the Capstone …