Major Highlights

The School of Public Health, one of only 38 accredited schools of public health in the U.S., completed a self-study and re-accreditation review by the Council on Education for Public Health. A decision is anticipated in October 2007.

The School introduced an undergraduate minor in public health and completed plans for a public health major to begin in fall 2007.

The DrPH degree program was updated, strengthening its focus on public health practice and leadership.

Philip Nasca was selected as the School's new Dean. A cancer epidemiologist, he directed the New York State Department of Health's Bureau of Cancer Epidemiology for many years and was one of the original SPH faculty members. For the past 12 years, he has been at the UMass School of Public Health & Health Sciences.

The School participated in a new online application system created by the Association of Schools of Public Health.

With funding from the State Senate, UAlbany created the Public Health Management Leaders of Tomorrow program to pay for public health practitioners taking SPH courses or attending the Northeast Public Health Leadership Institute. The program also funds internships in state and county health departments for MPH and DrPH students.

The School created a Research Support Unit to help faculty with submitting and managing grants.

The School held an alumni reception in Boston during the APHA's Annual Meeting and one at the School during Alumni Weekend. It also created an alumni listserve.

Awards and Recognition

Thomas Begley, an assistant professor of Biomedical Sciences and researcher at the UAlbany Gen*NY*Sis Center for Excellence in Cancer Genomics, won an Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

Amy Hart, Continuing Education Program, won second place at the World Water Forum in Mexico City for her film Water First, which also garnered the Mediterranean Environmental Award of the U.N. Environmental Program.

The Center for Public Health Preparedness and Continuing Education Program each won bronze Telly Awards, national awards for video and film productions, for their broadcasts, "Katrina: Planning for Special Needs Populations" and "Ovarian Cancer 2006 - Issues for Public Health & Primary Care Providers."