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School of Public Health Research Explores Air Pollution, Built Environment and Early Cardiovascular Disease
The work highlights how early and prolonged air pollution exposure and features of the built environment exacerbate risk
A healthcare provider wearing PPE, glasses and a blue medical mask administers a vaccine to a patient wearing a black shirt against a plain white background.
School of Public Health, NYS Department of Health Scientists Lead Research into Mpox Vaccine Effectiveness
Findings support the approved use of the JYNNEOS vaccine as a two-dose series for mpox prevention
Students from the SPRINTER program, along with CEMHD Director Annis Golden and School of Public Health Professor Elizabeth Vasquez, pose for a group photo on a sunlit staircase in the RNA Institute.
UAlbany’s Center for the Elimination of Minority Health Disparities Hosts Summer Research Students
Students heard from UAlbany doctoral researchers; toured the RNA Institute
Portrait of Erin Bell; Erin is smiling wearing a red blazer with a dark brown backdrop
Erin Bell Named Interim Dean of the School of Public Health
UAlbany Professor, Interim Assistant Vice President for Research Appointed to Interim Dean
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Service-Obligated Program Providers Help Address Health Worker Shortages in New York State
New Center for Health Workforce Studies report shows that incentive programs can help fill health care gaps in underserved regions
Graphic of faculty featured during University at Albany week on Academic Minute.
‘University at Albany Week’ Airs on WAMC’s The Academic Minute
The Academic Minute airs on 70 NPR-affiliated stations in the United States and Canada and is shared online via Inside Higher Education.
A portrait of Mamun Rahman
Graduation Spotlight: Mamun Rahman
Mamun Rahman wrote his statement of purpose to attend UAlbany while sitting inside Rikers Island adolescent jail in NYC. He was there to provide training to correctional staff and incarcerated individuals on mental health first aid on behalf of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and felt inspired to write about his need to acquire more public health knowledge to make a difference in mental health work.
Beth Feingold stands at a former mining area in La Pampa, Madre de Dios, Peru. Feingold is wearing a blue button-down shirt, gray bucket hat and blue mirrored sunglasses. The background is mainly dry, cleared, open land, with forest in the far distance on the horizon. The sky is blue and full of large fluffy clouds.
School of Public Health Researcher Receives Fulbright Amazonia Award
Beth Feingold has been selected as part of the program’s inaugural cohort, which aims to expand collaborative research networks and address shared priorities in the Amazon Basin