News Archive

CCHRPP Co-Associate Director Eli Rosenberg and a colleague recently published a commentary on CDC's new work on COVID-19 incidence.

Assistant Professor Alexander T. Ciota is Director of the Arbovirus Laboratory at the New York State Department of Health’s Wadsworth Center, which performs testing, surveillance and research of arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses). The lab studies both mosquito and tick-borne agents including the flaviviruses West Nile virus, Zika virus, dengue virus, St. Louis encephalitis virus and Powassan virus, as well as alphaviruses eastern equine encephalitis virus and chikungunya virus, among others.

ALBANY, N.Y. (December 2, 2020) - A recent study conducted by Associate Professor Julia F. Hastings and colleagues determined that supporting African American family caregivers’ spirituality boosts health outcomes.

ALBANY, N.Y. (November 25, 2020) - In a recent article published in Health Communication, Professor Jennifer Manganello and MPH student Patrick Schumacher, along with a colleague from the University of Delaware, addressed the major shift in the way health-related information has been communicated to the public since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, discussing how the nature of public service announcements (PSAs) has changed.

This year, the New York State Department of Health is holding World AIDS Day and Ending the Epidemic (ETE) Summit events virtually on December 1-3, 2020 - and SPH researchers will share their expertise.

ALBANY, N.Y. (November 19, 2020) - On November 17, 2020, the University at Albany School of Public Health proudly hosted public health practitioners, faculty, students, colleagues and friends from across the United States for a lecture given by the 2020 Axelrod Prize in Public Health recipient, Thomas A. Burke of Johns Hopkins University.

ALBANY, N.Y. (November 18, 2020) - First-year MPH student Alyssa Broome is working hard to make a difference in global health — and is setting herself up for a successful career focused on human rights and health disparities.    

School of Public Health alumna Kathryn Mishkin (DrPH ’19) recently received the Maternal and Child Health Young Professional Award from the American Public Health Association (APHA). This award recognizes young professionals up to 40 years of age who have made significant contributions to maternal and child health.