Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist in HIV Diagnoses
While HIV infection rates are declining, a recent study done in partnership with the University shows that racial and ethnic disparities remain in HIV diagnoses among heterosexually active adults in the United States.
Graduate Student Helps Improve Local Services to Victims of Elder Abuse
A School of Public Health and School of Social Welfare student assisted in developing multi-disciplinary teams designed to fight elder abuse in the Capital Region — teams that monitor and track services provided to victims, identify gaps in service and work to create systemic change.
A Grad Student Literary Journal Grabs International Attention
UAlbany's Barzakh draws writers and visual artists from around the world, and the world is paying attention.
Cybersecurity Professor Inspires Ghanaian Students to Pursue Their Dreams
CEHC's Benjamin Yankson is leading Global CyberTech Exchange, a fully volunteer operation where experts, teachers, community members and students from around the world exchange technology and cyber knowledge and expertise to improve global security posture.
Chemistry Student Competes for $100K U.S. Space Force Award
A Blackstone LaunchPad company created by a chemistry PhD student was selected as one of just two dozen nationwide eligible to compete for a $100,000 award funded by the U.S. Space Force.
MPH Student Helps Improve Local Services to Victims of Elder Abuse
ALBANY, N.Y. (November 30, 2021) – An MPH/MSW student recently assisted an initiative to develop elder abuse multi-disciplinary teams in the Capital Region—teams that monitor and track services provided to victims, identify gaps in service, and work to create systemic change.
Meet Kenneth Okonkwo: MPH student and physician from Nigeria
ALBANY, N.Y. (November 16, 2021) - Concentrating in biomedical sciences, Kenneth Okonkwo is a current MPH student who came to the U.S. from Nigeria to pursue his public health education. As a practicing clinical physician, Okonkwo found that his work could be enhanced with public health knowledge.
UAlbany Study Explores Impact of Health Insurance Loss During COVID-19
As the nation’s workers confronted this loss of employer-sponsored health insurance during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, researchers from UAlbany’s Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy and Harvard University set out to examine how this event impacted their support for universal health coverage policies.