Departments
100%
Doctoral graduates employed within 6 months of graduation
93%
MPH graduates working in public health within one year
85%
MPH graduates working in public health within 6 months
Research
Areas of Research Expertise Include:
- Cancer epidemiology and cancer genomics
- Evidence-based healthcare
- Food systems and childhood obesity
- Health disparities and health equity
- Health effects of climate change and the environment
- HIV policy and prevention
- Infectious disease epidemiology
- Maternal and child health
- Social epidemiology and social determinants of health
- Violence and addiction
35
year partnership between UAlbany and the New York State Department of Health
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Recent News
The research team, including UAlbany's Dr. Jennifer Manganello, sought to contribute to a rational and consistent global response to infectious disease by determining how face mask guidelines differ across nations and regions.
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 26, 2020) - Results from an observational study of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin were released from the University at Albany and the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) in early May; the findings were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Janine M. Jurkowski is a professor in social behavior and community health and the Associate Dean for Public Health Practice. She is passionate about improving health inequities and the diversity of the public health workforce.
How did you become interested in public health?
When I was in 8th grade, I wanted to be a fighter pilot in the Navy— flying F18 Hornets— and then go to medical school after that. I joined the Civil Air Patrol in high school, but I realized I was not cut out for a military lifestyle. I loved science, so I focused on medical school.
ALBANY, NY (May 14, 2020) - With $1.5 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), faculty from the University at Albany and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University are collaborating with Partnership for Research and Action for Health, a Georgian non-governmental organization, to deliver a 5-year strategic training initiative to help combat the AIDS epidemic in the country of Georgia.
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 11, 2020) – Results from an observational study of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin have been released from the University at Albany and the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH); the findings were published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The study aimed to answer three main questions:
1. To what degree are physicians prescribing hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin, and/or chloroquine for COVID-19 hospitalized patients?
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