Nicholas Freudenberg

Shows some of the strategies that have been used to challenge patents on HIV treatment and prevention drugs both in the U.S. and globally. Reviews several case studies of efforts to overturn patents, with the hope that we can glean lessons from these cases to inform efforts to improve access to generic COVID-19 treatment and prevention medicines and technologies.

Examines lessons on restoring food security extracted from analyses of prior responses to natural and human-made disasters and assesses their relevance for responses to covid pandemic.

Identities strategies for assessing the role of market actors and market forces on patterns of health and disease across nations, business sectors and time.

Assesses the impact of the covid pandemic and its economic consequences on the physical and mental health, food security and financial stability of students at the City University of New York.

Analyzes how changes in 21st century capitalism have contributed to premature deaths and preventable illnesses across countries and business sectors and explores roles of social movements, governments, and others in creating healthier, more equitable and sustainable alternatives. 

Suggests six unifying goals for a broad based alliance that can change those elements of 21st century capitalism most associated with global public health crises.

Analyzes how corporate use of power influences health and the global politics that shape health.

Examines the intersecting roles of characteristics of people, products, and food industry practices in making ultra-processed food, a leading cause of premature death and preventable illness, so appealing.

Describes academic, health and other challenges facing City University of New York students who are also parents of young children.

Provides an overview of history and policies influencing college students’ enrollment in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and suggests strategies for strengthening SNAP’s capacity to reduce food insecurity and hunger in this population.

Bases on New York City Food Metrics Reports, mandated by the City Council since 2012, analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the city’s reporting on its food programs and policies and suggests ways to make these reports more useful for achieving a more equitable and efficient food system.

Describes several food initiatives launched in Central Brooklyn by the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation and assesses their impact on food access, quality, and affordability

Reviews New York’s and national efforts to create entry level food jobs and recommends that New York City create 10,000 new Good Food Jobs by 2020 that provide living wages, safe working conditions and contribute to making healthier food more available and affordable.

Examines the role of the “corporate consumption complex” in promoting chronic diseases and injuries, the leading causes of global premature death. Suggests strategies for a movement that can link concerns about corporate impact on health, the environment and democracy.

Traces the emergence of a food justice movement in New York City and assesses its accomplishments and limitations.

Urges coordinated intersectoral action to prevent the growing burden of chronic diseases in the United States.

Recommends creating new entry level jobs that can both promote community development and improve public health.

Shows that preventing high school dropout could reduce premature death and racial/ethnic and socioeconomic health inequalities and suggests how public health professionals can contribute to improved school retention.