News Archive

Join us on Wednesday, September 22 from 2-3 p.m. for our first virtual MCH Brown Bag of the 2021-2022 academic year! Medicaid expansion has been associated with improvements in maternal health care utilization and health outcomes. However, immigrant birthing individuals face exclusions to Medicaid eligibility and therefore may not benefit equally. The objective of this talk is to present mixed methods research exploring this issue, using U.S. natality data from 2010-2019 and in-depth interviews with key policy informants.

Learn more about Associate Professor Tomoko Udo and her work to keep our university community safe during the Covid-19 pandemic. This feature is pulled from our School's Summer 2021 magazine, focused on pandemic research and response, which is available to read online.

Dr. Alvaro Carrascal, an affiliated faculty member at the UAlbany Center for Global Health, and Professor Jeancarlo Cordoba, a faculty member at the University of Costa Rica School of Public Health and a current DrPH student at UAlbany, recently collaborated with colleagues at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Cali, Colombia to deliver an eight-hour synchronous online short-course on global health for Master of Public Health (MPH) students taking an international health class with a focus on COVID-19 pandemic and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Our School’s weekly email update for faculty and staff includes a section from the Climate and Inclusion Committee, where suggested tools are shared to help our community with understanding the impact of inequality. Each month, the resources focus on a different topic. For August 2021, the topic was mental health.

ALBANY, N.Y. (September 6, 2021) - Dr. Lou Rotkowitz and Kristen Bloom, both enrolled in UAlbany’s Master of Public Health program, are serving as panelists for an upcoming Rochester Academy of Medicine consortium entitled Caring for Communities in Times of Crisis.

Despite unprecedented challenges brought on by the pandemic, the Capital Region’s STEM talent pipeline increased over the last year – thanks in large part to the University at Albany.

The University at Albany has joined eight universities nationwide that have officially adopted the Okanagan Charter, designating the University as a Health Promoting University and establishing it as a member of the United States Health Promoting Campuses Network.

ALBANY, N.Y. (August 27, 2021) – Current and former students, along with faculty, recently presented abstracts at the 33rd International Society for Environmental Epidemiology conference, held from August 23 to August 26 in a hybrid setting.