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Zhi Chen is conducting research aimed at supporting the elimination of hepatitis C as a public health concern in New York. Her work is part of the New York State Incidence Survey for Infectious Disease Elimination (InSIDE) project.

The Leadership Institutes are designed for faculty and administrative professionals who are on a leadership trajectory at their respective institutions and are committed to supporting the success of all students, including those who experience significant barriers to higher education.

PhD student Denzel Edwards investigates whether immigrant children have different odds of developing neurobehavioral conditions (mental, emotional, developmental, and behavioral problems) compared to U.S. natives.

Over the past decade, UAlbany researcher Tomoko Udo has partnered with Catholic Charities' Project Safe Point to support programs aimed at reducing harm associated with drug use in the greater Capital Region. Student researchers are deeply involved in the work, which includes identifying changing trends in drug use to guide Project Safe Point programs, as well as policy recommendations.

UAlbany’s nearly $472M in 2024 R&D more than doubled the number the University reported in the NSF Higher Education Research and Development survey in 2023, driven largely by the return of the Department of Nanoscale Science & Engineering and its semiconductor industry R&D partnerships at the NY Creates Albany NanoTech Complex.

Thomas Bartlett is an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and serves as a principal investigator at the Wadsworth Center, the public health laboratory of the New York State Department of Health. His path to scientific discovery was not linear — a perspective that now informs both his research and his approach to mentorship.

The seven new projects are funded through the joint UAlbany-IBM Center for Emerging Artificial Intelligence Systems and will use a cluster of IBM Spyre Accelerator cards for projects ranging from the search for mutational signatures important to diagnosing cancer to the impact of methane emissions on Earth’s climate.

Gus Klein shares insights on his evolution as a researcher, the importance of involving impacted communities in work designed to support them, what he wishes more people understood about health care in the trans community, and what he is most looking forward to in his new role at UAlbany.