- School of Public Health Assistant Professor Erin Bell has been appointed by the Institute of Medicine to serve on the Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides. Click here for the full report.

- Kamiar Alaei, a doctoral student at the University at Albany's School of Public Health, was selected as a member of the 2008 Class of Asia21 fellows by the Asia Society. Click here for the full report.

- School of Public Health Associate Professor Tim Hoff 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.

- Congratulations to School of Public Health Students Scott Coley and Fathima Farheen on receiving the President’s Award for Leadership. For a full list of the recipients click here.

- GSO / PHLOT Core students recently received a $2000 grant award from ASPH to launch a campaign during Public Health week (4/7-4/14) titled "This is Public Health!". More information to follow.

- Wednesday April 2nd Lynley Thomson will be presenting “Enriching the Educational Experience: The How, Why and What of Internships and Fellowships” on the main campus in the Campus Center Lounge.

- Our 4th Annual GIS & Public Health Day will be held on April 29, 2008. (Download pdf flyer. ) Jointly sponsored by NYSDOH and our Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Research Centers, this year's program focuses on GIS applications in infectious disease epidemiology. Registration is required. Click here for registration information.

- The School of Public Health Center for Workforce Studies recently published the Annual New York Physician Workforce Profile, detailing the distribution of physicians in upstate New York. To read the report, visit here (pdf) .

- DrPH Student, Kamiar Alaei, named as ASIA 21 Fellow. The news story can be found here.

- Edward L. Hannan, Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean for Research co-authored a report published in the January 2008 New England Journal of Medicine that 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. The report can be found here.

- Timothy Hoff, associate professor of Health Policy, Management and Behavior wrote an opinion column on retiree health benefits, published in the Sunday, January 20, 2008 Times Union. To read the column, click here

- The School of Public Health received a $15,000 award from Pfizer, Inc. for a Grand Rounds program inspired by Milestones in Public Health. For more details on upcoming, click here

- Louise-Ann McNutt, associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics has been named a Fulbright Scholar. Dr. McNutt will lecture at Tbilisi State Medical University in Tbilisi, Georgia from February 2008 to July 2008. View Announcement

- Joachim Frank, professor of Biomedical Sciences in the School of Public Health was named a distinguished professor by the State University of New York Board of Trustees. View Announcement

- A team of 19 School of Public Health graduate students, 2 alumni and 5 faculty traveled to New Orleans on December 29 to assist on rebuilding and public health projects related to the rebuilding the city following Hurricane Katrina. View Announcement (pdf)

- Friday, December 14, 2007 , 3 p.m., the University at Albany's School of Public Health held a tree planting by Nasim and Jafar Edrisi, an Iranian couple who have set off on a round-the-world cycle to promote environmental health and peace. View Announcement (pdf)

-University at Albany School of Public Health Earns Full Seven-Year Accreditation from Council on Education for Public Health. (link to full announcement .pdf)

-Two UA SPH faculty members have each been profiled in the forthcoming book, Moments in Leadership: Case Studies in Public Health Policy and Practice. Professors Edward Hannan and Dale Morse are among only 22 individuals nationwide selected for this honor. (link to full announcement .pdf)

-Dr. Dale Morse, of the NYS Dept. of Health and our Epidemiology and Biostatistics faculty, has been named chairman of the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Congratulations ! View Announcement (pdf).

-The UA SPH welcomes our new dean, Dr. Philip Nasca ! View the announcement

-Newly appointed NYS Commissioner of Health, Dr. Richard Daines, spoke recently at an event at the SPH sponsored by the Health Policy Consortium of the Capital District . His presentation is available as streaming video at this link.

-The School of Public Health Self Study Report is available online!

- Looking for an Internship? Check out the Current Students Internship Pages!

- Kelvin Sapp received the American Heart Association's Rome Betts Award of Excellence!

- Wadsworth Center again has recieved national recognititon and was named one of the "Best Places to Work" for the third consecutive year by The Scientist magazine!

- Make sure you stay up-to-date with SPH GSO! Click here for more information on activities coming up.

Last updated February 2008. Go to News Home