Research Report: Summer 2023
Publications from the School of Public Health from June 2023-September 2023.
5 Questions with Faculty – Melonie Walcott on Social and Structural Barriers to Ending the HIV Epidemic
Melonie Walcott is an HIV researcher whose work focuses on social and structural factors associated with HIV risk behaviors and uptake of HIV prevention and treatment services among marginalized populations.
Douglas S. Conklin Named Director of UAlbany’s Cancer Research Center
University at Albany’s Douglas S. Conklin has been appointed director of the School of Public Health’s Cancer Research Center (CRC), effective August 21, 2023.
5 Questions with Faculty – Introducing Muntasir Masum, Interdiscinplinary Population Health Scientist
Muntasir Masum joined the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics this fall. An interdisciplinary population health scientist, his research focuses on health-risk behaviors and population health processes and outcomes using methods from demography, social epidemiology, sociology, and psychology to explore the social determinants of public health issues.
UAlbany’s Jennifer Manganello Named 2023-2024 Richard P. Nathan Public Policy Fellow
Jennifer Manganello, associate dean for Public Health Practice and a professor at the University at Albany School of Public Health, is one of six experts who have been awarded the 2023-2024 Richard P. Nathan Public Policy Fellowship by the Rockefeller Institute of Government.
New Faculty Introduce Their Work at Rapid-Fire Pecha Kucha
Thirty-two newly hired faculty introduced themselves and their work Monday at a Pecha Kucha, a rapid series of one-minute, one-slide presentations.
MPH Student Evaluates Public Health Programs in Ddegeya Village, Uganda
For the past three months, Master of Public Health student Zari Ward interned with Engeye Health Clinic in Ddegeya Village, Uganda, where she evaluated the progress and success of public health programs.
Undergraduate Student Interns with the Birth Defects Registry
Public health major Annie Jarvis recently interned with the Birth Defects Registry of the New York State Department of Health, where she spent 10 hours each week in the Corning Tower of the Empire State Plaza working on public health surveillance.