Master of Public Health Students Support Local Community Health at RISSE
As part of their Master of Public Health course, UAlbany’s Nagifa Tabassum and Victoria Buell interned at Refugee & Immigrant Support Services of Emmaus (RISSE) — a local organization with longstanding ties to UAlbany’s public health programs. We caught up with Tabassum and Buell to learn about their experiences working at RISSE.
Improving Mental Health and Well-Being for Sexual Minority Women
LGBTQ Support, Opportunities for Learning, And Community Empowerment — or LGBTQ SOLACE for short — aims to build a network of regional peer mental health support and educational initiatives for LGBTQ+ people in upstate New York.
From Slime to Circuit Boards: UAlbany's Summer Bus Tour Kicks Off
The summer bus series UAlbany representatives — faculty, departments and divisions — out on the road to show people in greater Capital Region more about UAlbany, using well-trafficked locations to drive visibility.
Empowering Students, Changing Communities: Partnering in Uganda to Improve Rural Health
Since 2012, UAlbany’s Center for Global Health has partnered with Engeye, a non-profit organization in rural Uganda, sending students each summer to learn from clinicians and community members.
UAlbany Study Finds Medicaid Expansion Boosted Coverage for Indigenous Communities
New research led by the University at Albany examines how different provisions of the Affordable Care Act affected insurance coverage among American Indian and Alaska Native people between 2011 and 2019.
Report Shows Continued Healthcare Workforce Shortages Across New York State
According to a new report from the Center for Health Workforce Studies, New York State's healthcare workforce is growing, yet persistent workforce shortages and regional disparities remain.
New Report: Clinical Follow-up and Care for Those Impacted by Accidental Fuel Releases
In 2021, two accidental fuel releases occurred at the Navy-operated Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility on the island of O‘ahu. Consequently, nearly 93,000 individuals—primarily connected to the Department of Defense—may have been exposed to contaminated drinking water at their homes and workplaces. UAlbany’s Kurunthachalam Kannan, who is Deputy Director of the Division of Environmental Health Sciences at Wadsworth, served on a National Academy of Sciences committee to develop recommendations for the clinical follow-up and care of those affected.
Immune Response to Lyme Disease: Research at the New York State Department of Health’s Wadsworth Center
Spread by the blacklegged tick, Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and can lead to fever, rash, facial paralysis, irregular heartbeat, arthritis and other symptoms. UAlbany students at Wadsworth are conducting research to better understand how antibodies function to protect vulnerable tissues in the body from infection.