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Program Director HealthRight International | College of Global Public Health Dr. Castillo has been working globally in the fields of gender, social justice, and health equity for nearly 20 years. Her expertise includes cultural rights, adolescent health, sexual & reproductive health, violence prevention, and community development among vulnerable populations. Dr. Castillo has served on several health equity committees, peer-review journals, and presented globally, with publications on gender integration and health disparities. |
Professor Emerita; Senior Technical Advisor Nutrition and Food Studies | NYU Steinhardt; HealthRight International | College of Global Public Health Professor Guttmacher's research interests include policy and prevention of chronic and infectious diseases; poverty and public health; women's health and evaluation. Much of her research in the past severalyears has been in the Cape Town Metro area of South Africa. |
Clinical Assistant Professor;
Executive Director, HealthRight International NYU College of Global Public Health & HealthRight International Peter Navario has extensive field experience establishing, monitoring, and evaluating HIV/AIDS treatment programs and health system capacity building across sub-Saharan Africa. As Executive Director of HealthRight International, he partners with NYU on global health programming and research, training opportunities for future public health leaders, and thought leadership. |
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Program Director HealthRight International & NYU College of Global Public Health Lauren Pesso has worked for over a decade to address the health and well-being of vulnerable populations in the United States and abroad. At NYU she designed and teaches a course on migration, health and human rights, and at Health Right she provides forensic and case management services to immigrants in the U.S. fleeing torture and other severe human rights abuses. Previously, she developed and oversaw the expansion of an anti- human trafficking program in New York, and has coordinated gender-based violence research studies and a variety of maternal and reproductive healthcare programs around the world. |
Assistant Professor; Director, Health and Human Rights Certificate Program NYU College of Global Public Health Joanna Pozen is an international public health lawyer and human rights specialist. She leads the new Health and Human Rights Certificate program, and jointly serves as the Program Director of the Health and Human Rights Initiative at HealthRight International. Her research addresses how international human rights law can improve health outcomes relating to women’s health, mental health, and indigenous communities affected by extractive industries. |
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