Research Spotlight: Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in New York
Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCIs) are commonly performed procedures that open up narrowed blood vessels of the heart to help treat coronary artery disease.
After studies reported that as the number of PCIs performed by a hospital or an operator increased, the number of adverse outcomes for PCI patients decreased, leading professional organizations recommended a minimum volume of PCIs for hospitals and operators.
Research Spotlight: Fruit Preservation & Environmental Sustainability
Fruit preservation helps eliminate food waste and provide nutritional, healthy food options. It is a growing industry that consumes significant amounts of energy and water and is associated with an array of environmental impacts - ranging from burgeoning greenhouse gas emissions to water quality degradation.
Research Spotlight: Green Spaces Help Keep Us Healthy
A School of Public Health team worked with colleagues around the globe on two separate studies to determine the effects that green spaces have on our health – finding that the greener our surroundings, the better.
Published in Environmental Pollution and Science of the Total Environment, the team looked at whether green space around schools, such as an area of grass or trees, was associated with lower blood pressure in children and if there was a link between community green space and obesity in adults living in urban areas, respectively.
Research Spotlight: Study Finds Children Log Excessive Screen-Time
Children born to first-time mothers or in home-based daycare spend the most time in front of screens
A study conducted by the University at Albany, the National Institutes of Health and New York University Langone Medical Center uncovered several new findings about the amount of time children spend watching television or using a computer or mobile device.
SPH Dean Earns SUNY’s Top Academic Honor
The SUNY Board of Trustees has appointed David Holtgrave, Dean of the School of Public Health, to the rank of distinguished professor, the highest faculty achievement in the SUNY System.
UAlbany at 2019 APHA Meeting
The University at Albany School of Public Health was thrilled to attend the 2019 American Public Health Association (APHA) Meeting and Expo, where public health practitioners come together to meet face-to-face with thousands of influential decision makers and professionals.
UAlbany Receives $1 Million for Public Health Modeling Center
UAlbany is the new home of an applied modeling center designed to aid the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local public health organizations in developing, implementing and altering public health initiatives.
UAlbany School of Public Health and New York State Department of Health Receive $1 Million Grant for PFAS Health Study
The School of Public Health and the New York State Department of Health announced a joint grant of $1 million to fund the first year of a five-year project from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry to support a health study of exposures of residents living in communities with drinking water contaminated with per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).