College of Integrated Health Sciences

UAlbany’s nearly $472M in 2024 R&D more than doubled the number the University reported in the NSF Higher Education Research and Development survey in 2023, driven largely by the return of the Department of Nanoscale Science & Engineering and its semiconductor industry R&D partnerships at the NY Creates Albany NanoTech Complex.

Thomas Bartlett is an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and serves as a principal investigator at the Wadsworth Center, the public health laboratory of the New York State Department of Health. His path to scientific discovery was not linear — a perspective that now informs both his research and his approach to mentorship.

The seven new projects are funded through the joint UAlbany-IBM Center for Emerging Artificial Intelligence Systems and will use a cluster of IBM Spyre Accelerator cards for projects ranging from the search for mutational signatures important to diagnosing cancer to the impact of methane emissions on Earth’s climate.

Gus Klein shares insights on his evolution as a researcher, the importance of involving impacted communities in work designed to support them, what he wishes more people understood about health care in the trans community, and what he is most looking forward to in his new role at UAlbany.

Public health students enrolled in a graduate course focused on adolescent health recently had the opportunity to apply their health communication skills through a collaboration with UAlbany’s Office of Health Promotion, which provides resources and services to the campus community.