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 NYS: Final Report
Differential Impacts of COVID-19 in NYS: Issue Brief #1
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
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.
Revisiting the Fear-Apathy Cycle in Global Health in Light of COVID-19
Since the novel Coronavirus, Covid-19, was discovered in Wuhan, China in late December 2019, it has spread to nearly every country on the globe, culminating in more than 5.5 million confirmed cases and nearly 350,000 deaths (and counting).
May 22, 2020: UAlbany researching COVID-19 racial disparities
Gov. Cuomo has previously called the COVID-19 pandemic, the great equalizer. However, the pandemic has only highlighted previous disparities. Havidan Rodriquez, President of UAlbany, explained the work that his institution is doing to research the disparities we’ve experienced during COVID-19.
New York prepares study of Covid-19 racial disparities
With early data suggesting that black and Hispanic New Yorkers are more likely to die from Covid-19 than their white counterparts, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered state health officials to study the factors behind these disparities.
But some public health and policy experts have argued that the state’s response is too little, too late.
Researchers
Jeanette Altarriba
Dean of College of Arts and Sciences; Professor
Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Africana, Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies
Elise Andaya
Associate Professor of Anthropology; Affiliated Faculty for Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Department of Anthropology
DeeDee Bennett Gayle
Associate Professor, Associate Dean For Research
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity, Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
Rajani Bhatia
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Beth J. Feingold
Associate Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Ashley M. Fox
Associate Professor, Undergraduate Program Director, Associate Dean to Research
Department of Public Administration & Policy, International Affairs, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
Alex Greer
Associate Professor, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Department
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity, Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
Angela N. Hackstadt
Subject Librarian for Political Science, Public Administration, Public Policy, & Law
Minority Health Disparities
Julia F. Hastings
Associate Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior, School of Social Welfare
Youqin Huang
Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Success; Professor
Provost's Office, Department of Geography, Planning, and Sustainability, College of Arts and Sciences
Janine M. Jurkowski
Professor, Department Chair
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior
Elaine M. Lasda
Coordinator of Scholarly Communication, Associate Librarian
Minority Health Disparities
Rui Li
Associate Dean for Social Sciences, Associate Professor of Geography, Planning, and Sustainability
College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geography, Planning, and Sustainability
Samantha Penta
Associate Professor, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Department
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity, Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
Dina Refki
Clinical Professor
Department of Public Administration & Policy, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
Lawrence M. Schell
Distinguished Professor
Department of Anthropology, College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Tomoko Udo
Associate Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Elizabeth Vásquez
Associate Professor; Director of CEHD
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Center for the Elimination of Health Disparities (CEHD), Department of Africana, Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies, Center for Healthy Aging
Kristen C. Wilcox
Professor & Department Co-Chair
Department of Educational Policy & Leadership, School of Education
Dwight C. Williams
Clinical Professor, Emeritus
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior
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