Research at UAlbany

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School of Public Health Researcher Receives NHLBI grant to Study Long-term Survival Following Coronary Revascularizations
Friday, November 13, 2009
Dr. Edward Hannan was awarded an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) challenge grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to study long-term survival of cardiac patients undergoing coronary revascularization procedures, including coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and stenting with percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI).  

PDP Receives Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Award for Nationwide Training Program
Monday, November 02, 2009
Eugene Monaco, Excutive Director, Professional Development Program, received an award to aid in the development of a nationwide training program aimed at enhancing key job skills among those working to curb the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS.

School of Public Health Researchers Receive $1.1 Million Stimulus Grant
Thursday, October 15, 2009
University at Albany School of Public Health researchers Janine M. Jurkowski and Kirsten K. Davison have received a $1.1 million stimulus grant through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to address the national childhood obesity epidemic. 

Center for Technology in Government Awarded NSF Grant
Friday, October 09, 2009
With a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Principle Investigator Sharon Dawes along with Co-Investigators Anthony Cresswell and Theresa Pardo, propose to develop new social Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) models and tools for computing based knowledge sharing across geographic and political boundaries focused on air pollution.

Dr. Cheryl Frye Receives NIMH Award
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Department of Psychology professor, Cheryl Frye, receives a NIMH grant for her project entitled "Progestins' Non-genomic Actions for Socio-sexual Behavior."

Dr. Igor Lednev, Department of Chemistry, Receives Department of Justice Grant
Monday, October 05, 2009
This research will develop a novel method based on Raman spectroscopy for nondestructive, confirmatory identification of body fluids in biological stains discovered at a crime scene.

Dr. John Molinari, Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences, Receives NSF Grant
Monday, September 21, 2009
With a grant from the National Science Foundation, Dr. Molinari will study tropical cyclones with the hope that the research results will contribute to a greater understanding and better prediction of hurricanes.

Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences Professor Receives NSF Collaborative Research Grant
Monday, September 21, 2009
Dr. Braddock Linsley and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute received a collaborative research grant for their project entitled "Extracting multi-century low-latitude sea surface temperatures from coral skeletons using replicate records of annual growth: method refinement and application."

Dr. Fangqun Yu, ASRC, Receives Department of Energy Grant
Monday, September 21, 2009
Under this project, Dr. Yu proposes to improve simulations of the aerosol processes in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF)-Chem and to investigate the aerosol-climate interactions at regional scales.

Biology Professor Receives National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Grant
Friday, September 18, 2009
Dr. Melinda Larsen received a NIDCR grant for her project entitled "A High-Resolution in Situ Proteomics Atlas of Salivary Gland Development."

University at Albany and University of Miami Receive NSF Grant for Their Collaborative Research Project
Monday, September 14, 2009
Ryan Torn, Professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, received an NSF grant in collaboration with the University of Miami for a project focusing on the prediction and processes inherent to the genesis of tropical cyclones. 

ASRC Research Associate, Scott Miller, Receives NSF Grant in Collaboration with the University of California, Santa Barbara
Thursday, September 10, 2009
This research includes an array of field measurements of gas exchange and processes controlling gas exchange across a range of freshwater bodies from small arctic lakes to the large floodplain lakes of the Amazon.

ASRC, in Collaboration with University of California, Irvine and Chapman University, Receives NSF Grant
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
This study, conducted by Research Associate Scott Miller in collaboration with the University of California, Irvine and Chapman University, will provide insight into the process of air/sea gas exhange and improve gas transfer and global biogeochemical models.

Center for Women in Government and Civil Society Receives DHHS Grant
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Project Director, Dina Refki, proposes to address challenges associated with providing language assistance for limited English proficient (LEP) patients at family planning clinics.

Psychology Professor Receives NSF Grant
Thursday, August 27, 2009
With funding from this grant, Dr. Laurie Feldman will conduct panel discussions at professional meetings that focus on strategies for scientists so that they can stay in the academic pipeline and grow professionally during an economic drought.

School of Public Health Researcher Examines New U.S. Government Policy on Hospital-Acquired Infections
Friday, August 21, 2009
Timothy Hoff, Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, is collaborating with researchers from Harvard Medical School and the Veterans Health Administration to examine the new U.S. government nonpayment policy for hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) and how it affects practices and patient safety outcomes.

Professor Reinhold Receives US Department of Education GAANN Fellowships for Graduate Mathematics Students
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
The GAANN Fellowships will allow the Mathematics and Statistics Department to offer more competitive stipends to new doctoral candidates who meet the eligibility criteria and who intend to pursue a career in mathematics research and teaching.

Professor Braddock Linsley Receives NSF Award
Monday, August 10, 2009
Dr. Linsley's proposal addresses a very important societal issue--is the warming of the past two centuries unmatched relative to any time in the past 2000 years.

Chemistry Professor Receives U.S. Army Medical Research Grant
Thursday, August 06, 2009
With funding from this grant, Dr. Li Niu proposes to discover RNA-based, subunit-selective potentiating aptamers which offers both a novel drug design strategy and a new class of drug candidates potentially for a new therapy for a number of cognitive disorders, such as memory loss and depression.

Department of Psychology Professor, Dr. Ronald Friedman, Receives NIAAA Award
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
The proposed project is aimed at investigating the cognitive and behavioral effects of exposure to cues related to the expected outcomes of drininking (e.g., increased sociability, enhanced mood).

Distinguished Professor Lance Bosart, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences Department, Receives NOAA Award
Thursday, July 30, 2009
This proposal addresses the problem of how variability in the location and intensity of the North Pacific jet stream on intraseasonal and interannual time scales contributes to cool seasonal climate predictability and the occurrence of extreme weather events over the Americas.

Dr. Li Niu Receives Muscular Dystrophy Association Grant
Thursday, July 23, 2009
The specific goal of this proposal is to develop high-affinity, chemically modified aptamers.

Biology Professors Receive National Cancer Institute Grant
Thursday, July 16, 2009
This study, being conducted by Dr. Shi and Dr. Millis,  is designed to improve the means of treating a form of aggressive and recalcitrant breast cancer, the Basal-like Breast Carcinoma.

Professor Thomas Caraco, Biology Department, Receives NSF Grant
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Dr. Caraco will study the interplay between discrete, stochastic spatial interactions and temporally varying environmental forces, with a focus on competitive invasion.

USAID Awards Center for Legislative Development $9.3 Million to Bolster Government Reform in Lebanon
Friday, July 03, 2009
The Center for Legislative Development is providing training on furthering government performance through technical assistance to municipalities, regional governments, executive agencies, and the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities.

Lane 2009-2010 Fulbright New Century Scholar
Friday, June 12, 2009
As a 2009-2010 Fulbright New Century Scholar, School of Education Professor Jason Lane will travel to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to examine why universities and colleges open campuses in foreign countries.

Dr. Hazel Prelow, Department of Psychology, Awarded Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Grant
Monday, May 11, 2009
Dr. Prelow will study developmental patterns of internalizing and externalizing problems in young adolescents.

Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities Receives NIH Award
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Professor Lawrence Schell's NIH award will support researchers from multiple disciplines to perform reseach with community partners to understand the multiple determinants of health disparities in smaller cities.

Public Administration and Policy and Political Science Professors Receive Office of Naval Research Grant
Friday, May 01, 2009
Professor R. Karl Rethemeyer along with Co-PI's, Victor Asal and Mitchell Abolafia, receive an award for their project entitled "Know Thyself: The Organizational Culture, Networks, and Behavior of Counterinsurgency and Stability Operations."

Public Administration and Policy Professor Receives NYS Department of Health Grant
Friday, May 01, 2009
Professor James Fossett received a grant from the NYS Department of Health to develop a plan for the New York Institute for Ethical Stem Cell Research.

UAlbany Professor wins Prestigious Rome Prize
Monday, April 27, 2009
Musician and University at Albany professor Don Byron was one of only two composers to win the 2009-10 Rome Prize, which will grant him a stay in the Italian capital to work on a composition.

Hua Shi Awarded American Cancer Society Grant
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
The objective of this project is to create novel reagents to modulate the human estrogen receptor alpha and to search for drug target sites on this important protein.

$100K Grant Supports UAlbany's Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gases
Monday, April 06, 2009
The University at Albany has received a $97,290 grant from New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the New York State Department of Transportation to identify commuter vehicle patterns of students, faculty and staff and research alternative modes of transportation.

Alexander Shekhtman: Raising the Protein Bar
Monday, April 06, 2009
Dr. Shekhtman moves from the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer to a computer screen. Through the spectrometer, Shekhtman is looking at protein molecules bumping into each other while still inside a living cell.

Sridar Chittur: Leading a Team of Scientific Discovery
Monday, April 06, 2009
At UAlbany's Center for Functional Genomics (CFG), research scientist Sridar Chittur is surrounded by some "cool toys", as he calls them.

UAlbany's Prevention Research Center (PRC) Aims to Get People Walking
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
More than 1,000 people have become involved in PRC walking progams using local resources in an effort to improve their health and well being through walking.

Continuing the Falconer Legacy with the Natural History Lecture Series
Monday, March 30, 2009
Falconer Natural History 2009 Spring Lecture Series are announced.

Best Paper Award Goes to Center for Technology in Government (CTG) and Collaborators
Monday, March 30, 2009
CTG Deputy Director, Theresa Pardo, and public administration doctoral student, Lei Zheng, in collaboration with two co-authors won the Best Paper Award in the E-Government Track at the recent 2009 Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.

UAlbany Performing Arts Center Receives Award for "Bringing Literature to Life"
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
“This project is made possible in part through a COMMUNITY ART$GRANT, a program funded by The Arts Center of the Capital Region through the State and Local Partnership Program of the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency.” 

Pitney Bowes Foundation Grants $25,000 to UAlbany College of Computing and Information to Support Women in Technology Programs
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
This grant will support initiatives created by CCI to build a University community that encourages women to pursue undergraduate and graduate studies in computer science, informatics, and information science.

Chemistry Professor Receives NINDS Grant
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Professor Li Niu receives a National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke grant for his work entitled "Mechanistic Studies of the GYKI Compounds".

CNSE Secures $1 Million in Funding in State Omnibus Appropriations Bill
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering has secured $1 million in funding in the Omnibus appropriations bill to further expand a national nanotechnology research center.

UAlbany Researcher Receives Awards for Two New Studies
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
NASA field experiment and satellite data will be used to investigate the structure and importance of localized intense convective cells in tropical cyclones.

UAlbany Scientists Study Past Climate Variability and its Effect on Monsoons in South America
Monday, February 23, 2009
University at Albany Assistant Professor Mathias Vuille, and Postdoctoral Fellow Hanh Nguyen, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, have collaborated on a new study that reveals monsoons in South America were more far-reaching than previously thought.

Call for Proposals - Rhetorics of Plague: Early / Modern Trajectories of Biohazard
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
A Symposium, University at Albany, SUNY, February 26-27, 2009

Steroid Use in Adolescents
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Adolescent males use Anabolic Steroids (AS) to help improve their athletic performance or physical appearance. The use of AS poses serious health risks and is illegal unless prescribed by a physician. Over the past several years the use of AS among adolescent males has become an issue of pressing concern.

Early Humans were Nuts About Seeds
Monday, February 02, 2009
A biomechanical study by UAlbany-led research team finds that ancient humans likely ingested large, hard nuts and seeds as part of a survival strategy.

Grant to Support the 5th International Conference on Steroids and the Nervous System held in Torino, Italy
Sunday, February 01, 2009
The National Science Foundation recently provided us with funds in order to support increased American undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral student presence and participation at the 5th International Meeting on Steroids and the Nervous System to be held in Torino, Italy on Feb 14-18,2009.

CLD Lebanon Project
Friday, January 25, 2008
Initiative to address serveral key issues facing Lebanese municipalities.

Exploring the Impact of Meditation on Stress and Psychopathology
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Individuals experiencing mild to moderate levels of depression and anxiety will undergo Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction training and complete laboratory tasks related to attentional function, emotional experiences, and the way they relate to their experiences.

UAlbany Dean Peter A. Bloniarz Named Chairman of TechConnex
Saturday, January 10, 2009
The Center for Economic Growth (CEG) announced today that Peter Bloniarz, Founding Dean of the College of Computing and Information at the University at Albany, will serve as the Chair of TechConnex.

Abandoned New York: Exhibition Planning Project
Thursday, January 01, 2009
The Center for Applied Historical Research (CAHR) received funds to plan a traveling exhibit tentatively entitled "Abandoned New York."

UAlbany Anthropologist's "Hobbit Research" is one of Top 100 Science Stories of 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Discover magazine cites study of a mysterious skeleton that has scientists asking if it's human or not.

Professor Delano Receives NASA Award With RPI
Monday, November 24, 2008
UAlbany Professor John Delano is Associate Director of RPI's Center for Astrobiology which was recently created with an award of $7.5 million from NASA.

The Ecology of Terrorist Organizations
Friday, November 07, 2008
Project Directors, Asal and Rethemeyer, will focus on collecting and analyzing the organizational factors and relations and how they relate to terrorist behavior within the larger ecological system terrorist organizations find themselves in.

Global Mobility Regimes
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
This project will analyze a set of interacting global mobility regimes.

NIH Day
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
The University at Albany hosted an NIH Day on October 28, 2008. The event was a resounding success with 238 people registered, over 100 in attendance, and over 50 connections all day long, with multiple people at some of the sites. The power point presentations, the day's full webcast, and a photo gallery of the day are available for you to view.

Upstate KIDS Program Seeks Early Intervention of Children with Developmental Problems
Tuesday, November 04, 2008

The Detection and Diagnosis of Dry Air Aloft and its Potential Impact on Fire Weather in the Eastern United States
Monday, November 03, 2008
Specifically, the study will focus on diagnosing the presence of dry air aloft and the potential for this dry air to be transported to the surface such that it can influence fire danger and fire behavior.

National Child Welfare Workforce Institute
Monday, October 27, 2008
A National Workforce Institute is proposed which will foster a national learning community to build distributed, adaptive, and inclusive child welfare leadership.

Integrated Analyses of Multiple Worldwide Aerosol Mass Spectrometer Datasets for Improved Understanding of Aerosol Sources and Processes and for Comparison with Global Models
Friday, October 24, 2008

Renewal Proposal, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Response to Terrorism
Monday, October 20, 2008
The research will focus on different aspects of terrorist organizational behavior as well as the turn to terror by existing organizations.

Integrating Tobacco Use Interventions into NYS Chemical Dependency Services
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
A $4 million contract from the Department of Health’s Tobacco Control Program was awarded to Rockefeller College’s Professional Development Program to support the development of training curricula, classroom-based training and online learning, technical assistance, and web-based resources.

Conference Support for Women in Cognitive Science: 2008-2009
Tuesday, October 07, 2008

The Center for Human Services Research (CHSR) was awarded a $1.2 million grant
Friday, September 26, 2008
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant will fund the School of Social Welfare Center's assessment of support services that address the mental health needs of children and their families.

Dr. Hua Shi, Department of Biology, received a USA Medical Research Acquistion Activity grant
Thursday, September 25, 2008
This proposal explores a novel mechanism of active estrogen receptors repression through the recruitment of corepressors even in the presence of an agonist such as the circulating estradiol (E2).

SPH Researcher Studies Impact of Changing Health Behaviors on Aging
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Professor Shaw is awarded a $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging to examine how health behaviors and lifestyles evolve during old age in the U.S. and Japan.

Biologist, Sally Temple, Receives Prestigious Award
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Stem-cell biologist Sally Temple of Slingerlands has been awarded a MacArthur "genius award."

Folding of Genetically Engineered Beta-Sheet Forming Fibrillogenic Polypeptides
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Dr. Igor Lednev and Dr. John Welch, Chemistry Department, received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for their project entitled "Folding of Genetically Engineered Beta-Sheet Forming Fibrillogenic Polypeptides".

Professor Sanjay Goel Receives US Department of Transportation Grant
Friday, September 19, 2008
A transportation system in which traffic lights communicate with each other and adapt their behavior in real-time to improve continuity of traffic and to minimize wait time will be developed with this research.

UAlbany Biologist is Awarded Two NIDCR Grants
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Professor Melinda Larsen received two National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) awards--one for Dynamics of Salivary Gland Branching Morphogenesis Engineering, and the other for Functioning Salivary Glands Using Micropatterned Scaffolds Modeling.

Antun Milas, Professor in the Math Department, Receives National Science Foundation Award
Friday, September 12, 2008
This project focuses on certain algebraic and number theoretic aspects of vertex algebra theory.

New UAlbany Center Confronts National Workforce Shortage of Science and Technology Graduates
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
The Center is supported by a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

New Psychology Faculty Member Brings his NIH Grant to UAlbany
Friday, August 22, 2008
Dr. Ewan McNay brings his NIH Grant, "Insulin in the Hippocampus: Memory Enhancement and Impact of Type 2 Diabetes", to UAlbany.

Dr. James Schwab, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, Receives NYSERDA Grant
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
"A Method to Extract and Interpret Additional Aersol Organic Carbon Fractions from Thermal Optical Analysis"

Dr. Zai Liang, Professor in the Sociology Department, Receives Lingnan Foundation Grant
Monday, August 18, 2008
"A Joint Training and Research Program for the Next Generation of Urban China Scholars"

Dr. Eric Hardiman, School of Social Welfare, Receives Grant
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Dr. Eric Hardiman, School of Social Welfare, receives funds for the Second Phase of the Unity House Supported Housing Evaluation Project.

Dr. Scott South, Sociology Department, is awarded NICHHD Grant
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
The focus of this project is on repercussions of imbalanced sex ratios in China, namely, their implications for various dimensions of family life and women’s and men’s social and economic roles.

Stellar Faculty: UAlbany Professor John Delano's Cosmic Journey
Monday, August 04, 2008
Professor John Delano, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, is among the leading scientists in the country, researching the origins of life and the composition of planets both at the University at Albany-SUNY and with NASA.

Center for Technology in Government Collaborates with NYS Office of the CIO on IT Governance Framework
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
The Center for Technology in Government launched a new project in partnership with the New York State Office of the Chief Information Officer and Office for Technology to pilot an Enterprise Information Technology Governance Framework for New York State.

Dr. Fangqun Yu, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, Receives NASA Grant
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The purpose of this proposal is to study the fundamental processes that control the abundance of climate relevant particles in the Earth's troposphere, focusing on new particle formation and subsequent microphysical aging as well as possible feedback mechanisms.

Dr. Sean Rafferty, Dr. Igor Lednev and Dr. Stuart Swiny Receive NSF Award
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Anthropology professors receive NSF award for their projrect, "Residue Analysis of Alkaloids."

Dr. Rabi Ann Musah, Chemistry Department, Receives National Science Foundation Award
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Dr. Rabi Ann Musah, Chemistry Department, receives National Science Foundation (NSF) award for her project entitled "STEP - Center for Achievement, Retention and Student Success"

Dr. R. Hamilton Lankford, Department of Educational Administration and Policy Studies Receives Grant to Fund Teacher Quality Research Center
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
New York does not have integrated data systems that link individuals as they flow through the teacher supply pipeline and ultimately connect those who teach with the characteristics of their students, including their outcomes.  This pilot project will develop most of that information and produce analyses to inform policy makers at NYSED and the roughly 110 teacher preparation institutions that supply the vast majority of the State’s teachers.

Dr. Mitchell Earleywine, Department of Psychology, Awarded Grant from the Marijuana Policy Project Foundation
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Study Whether Impaired Cognitive Performance in Long-Term Marijuana Users is a Methodological Artifact or a Manifestation of Harm.

Dr. Scott South, Professor of Sociology Receives NIH Grant
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
This proposal describes a program of research designed to explore the patterns and determinants of migration between U.S. neighborhoods of varying socioeconomic and racial/ethnic composition.

Dr. Donald Hernandez, Professor of Sociology, Receives Funding from the Foundation for Child Development
Friday, June 06, 2008
The proposed project will create a series of four “user guides” which will provide researchers with step-by-step instructions to create extract data sets tailored to their analytical needs using existing extraction tools or available documentation.

Eric Block, Professor in the Chemistry Department, Seeks Natural Peticide from Garlic
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Block is on the trail of a natural pesticide from the so-called "stinking rose," the left-handed compliment long used to describe garlic's pungent appeal.

Dr. Mark Muraven, Department of Psychology, is Awarded U.S. Army Research Institute Grant
Thursday, May 22, 2008
The proposed research will test the relationship between coping and self-control in 350 undergraduates.

Dr. Marilyn Masson, Anthropology Professor, Receives a National Science Foundation Award
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
This grant will allow Dr. Masson to reconstruct the complex economy of the ancient city of Mayapan.

2007 New Investigtor Orientation
Friday, May 02, 2008
2007 New Investigator Orientation Power Point presentation.

Dr. John Jones, Department of Economics, Receives National Institute on Aging Award
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
The objective of this project is to construct a richer version of the life cycle model that can reconcile the elderly's saving behavior. 

Hoff Appointed to Institute of Medicine Committee on Vaccine Development and Immunization
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Timothy Hoff, an associate professor of health policy and management at the University at Albany's School of Public Health, has been appointed by the Institute of Medicine to serve on a 12-person committee which will review and make recommendations regarding an update to the U.S. National Vaccine Plan. 

Top Allium Chemist Achieves 30 Years of NSF Funding at UAlbany
Thursday, March 20, 2008
With a grant of $474,800, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has extended UAlbany Professor Eric Block’s chemistry research funding through 2011, marking 30 years of continuous NSF support.

Richard Perez Receives "Daylight & Building Component Award 2008"
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Dr. Perez, Senior Research Associate of the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center/UAlbany, has been selected by the Villum Kann Rasmussen Fonden to receive its “Daylight & Building Component Award 2008.”

Study: Black Death Selective in its Wrath
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Despite the long-held assumption by historians that Europe's Black Death of 1347 to 1351 killed indiscriminately, a new report by University at Albany anthropologist Sharon DeWitte and Pennsylvania State University researcher James Wood finds that the deadly plague targeted the already ill and weak.

CHWS Reports: Little Growth in the Supply of Physicians in Upstate New York
Monday, January 28, 2008
The Annual New York Physician Workforce Profile found that the distribution of physicians in New York is changing, with fewer physicians in many upstate or rural areas.

Study Finds Heart Patients Who Undergo Artery Bypass Grafting Survive Longer than Patients Treated with Drug-eluting Stents
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
A report by University at Albany researchers and their colleagues concludes that for heart patients with multiple blockages, coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery is a more effective treatment than treatment with drug-eluting stents.

Child Research and Study Center Researchers Receive NYS Reading Association "Friend of Reading" Award
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Recipents of the award are researchers Donna Scanlon (Department of Reading), Frank Vellutino (Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology), Lynn Gelzheiser (Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology), and Kim Anderson (Department of Reading) for their efforts to increase educators’ understanding of Response to Intervention.