Gov. Cuomo charged the University at Albany with leading a team of public health, social welfare, emergency preparedness and other experts to engage stakeholders to study the environmental, socioeconomic and occupational factors causing Latinx and Black populations in the state to be disproportionately harmed by COVID-19.
The team is looking at factors such as housing and food security; employment opportunities; how communities learned and responded to the dangers of COVID-19; and the availability and access to health insurance coverage and health care. By further analyzing and building upon research that’s already been done on these disparities, the team will develop data-driven prevention strategies to help inform New York’s response to this and future public health threats. The University is partnering in this work with the NYS Department of Health and Northwell Health, as well as a number of additional community partners. The project is another demonstration of the University’s longstanding commitment to address and eliminate racial and ethnic disparities. Beyond 2020, UAlbany intends to build on its extensive expertise and strong commitment to social and economic justice to expand its health equity research portfolio.
Research
Differential Impacts of COVID-19 in New York State
Does Serum Vitamin D Level Affect COVID-19 Infection and Its Severity?
Data, Politics and Public Health: COVID-19 Data-Driven Decision Making in Public Discourse
Cumulative incidence and diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in New York
Assessing racial and ethnic disparities using a COVID-19 outcomes continuum for New York State
News
WAMC News Podcast – Episode 164
Part of the challenge of vaccinating millions of Americans for COVID-19 is logistical: racing to create a vaccine, distributing it, and determining the order in which certain people will get the shots.
Effort aims to overcome vaccine wariness in local minority communities
Historic and ongoing racial injustices will influence whether some will line up to get a shot. Trusted messengers are trying to help.
Refugee access to health care during COVID-19 should not be an afterthought
The racial and ethnic disparities in health care and unequal health burdens of refugee populations put them at disproportionate health risks from COVID-19.
Study of racial disparities in health care due soon
Although Covid-19 cases and deaths are slowing in New York, efforts to study the pandemic's effects — particularly on the state’s minority communities — are only just beginning.
Decentralization and Pakistan’s response to COVID-19
As the global COVID-19 pandemic soars to 4.1 million cases, the search to identify the ingredients of a “successful” national response has already begun in earnest. This yearning to categorize and make predictions forces us to assess our priors about what characteristics of states might be likely to produce better or worse than anticipated outcomes.
Havidán Rodríguez: This moment is an opportunity for change
As I witness the waves of protests across the U.S. in the aftermath of George Floyd’s shocking death, I continue to challenge myself to think clearly about the myriad ways that the University at Albany can help shape a fairer and more just society.
UAlbany President Havidán Rodríguez On COVID-19, Distance Learning, And The State Of SUNY
Higher education is in a time of flux in the country as college campuses try to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. In New York, classes moved online in March when it was deemed unsafe to keep thousands of college students and their professors in close quarters. Now, the fall semester is fast approaching.
Researchers face hurdles in examining COVID-19 racial disparities
As the country reels from days of unrest in major U.S. cities as Americans protest police brutality and racial inequality, researchers are working toward quantifying the disproportionate impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on minority communities.
Researchers
Jeanette Altarriba
Professor, Dean of College of Arts and Sciences
Psychology, Latin American, Caribbean & U.S. Latino Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Cognitive Psychology
DeeDee Bennett
Associate Professor
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Rajani Bhatia
Associate Professor, Interim Director of Graduate Studies
Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Ashley M. Fox
Associate Professor
Public Administration & Policy, International Affairs, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
Alex Greer
Associate Professor
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Angela N. Hackstadt
Subject Librarian for Political Science, Public Administration, Public Policy, & Law
Minority Health Disparities
David R. Holtgrave
Dean, SUNY Empire Innovation Professor, Distinguished Professor
School of Public Health
Elaine M. Lasda
Coordinator of Scholarly Communication, Associate Librarian
Minority Health Disparities
Samantha Penta
Assistant Professor
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Alex L. Pieterse
Associate Professor & Doctoral Training Director, Counseling Psychology
Educational & Counseling Psychology, School of Education
Dina Refki, DA
Clinical Associate Professor
Public Administration & Policy, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
Advisory Committee to President Havidán Rodríguez
Jeanette Altarriba
James Dias
Annis Golden
Robert Griffin
David Holtgrave
Carol Kim
Theresa Pardo
Karl Rethemeyer
Lawrence Schell
Sheila Seery
Bruce Szelest
Lynn Warner
Project Team
Theresa Pardo, Project Director
Kelsey Butz
Jordan Carleo-Evangelist
Robert Griffin
Teresa Harrison
Jane Krumm-Schwan
Kristen Marlow
Jill Reid
Sheila Seery
Julia Singleton
Lynn Warner