Faculty Experts

Call the Office of Media Relations at (518) 956-8150

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Childhood
 

Expert in the following:

Environmental exposures, birth outcomes, birth defects, child development

Campus phone: (518) 402-0375
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Environmental health; role of pollutants on health; human resilience to adverse environmental conditions
Campus phone: (518) 402-0401
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Autism spectrum disorders, developmental disabilities, challenging behavior, positive behavior support, sleep disturbances
Campus phone: (518) 442-5132
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Human service organizations; design and delivery of service; child welfare; health systems
Campus phone: 442-5349
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Immigration; families; children
Campus phone: (518) 956-8150
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Peer pressure; social influence; peer influence among adolescents; group crime; adolescent delinquency; adolescent substance use; adolescence; youth; friendships; time use; quantitative and qualitative methods
Campus phone: (518) 442-5219
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) and ACE consequences, including substance abuse and co-occurring disorders; Restorative Integral Support (RIS), including Healthy Environments and Relationships That Support (HEARTS), meditation interventions, and emerging practices; Service Outcomes Action Research (SOAR); Post-Trauma Wellness; intergenerational and lifespan perspectives; aging
Campus phone: (518) 591-8779
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Social welfare policy; history and services; poverty; child welfare; cultural competence
Campus phone: 437-3692
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: School-family-community partnerships; child welfare; interprofessional collaboration
Campus phone: 442-5355
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Health communication; health literacy; health disparities; mass media; social media; media campaigns; health information seeking.
Campus phone: (518) 402-0304
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Child welfare; children and families; political social work
Campus phone: 442-5338
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: School psychology; developmental psychopathology; behavioral interventions; consultation and prevention, and cognitive-behavior therapy for children and adolescents
Campus phone: (518) 442-5038
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Childhood lead poisoning; atomic spectrometry; trace element analysis; inorganic mass spectrometry; human biomonitoring and environmental measurements of toxic metals.
Campus phone: 518-474-7161
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Anthropology; minority health disparities; epidemiology; biostatistics; childhood development; environmental health; risk factors
Campus phone: (518) 442-4714
Campus email: [email protected]

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Expert in the following: Steroid abuse among athletes (Olympic, professional, collegiate, high school, youth); early specialization and professionalization of young athletes; overemphasis on winning; material rewards (e.g., athletics scholarships and professional contracts); academic corruption in high schools and colleges; increasing of performance enhancing drugs; declining sportsmanship; violence exhibited by athletes, coaches, parents, and fans; media coverage of young athletes; sports gambling; Title IX; increasing abandonment of intramural, recreational, and fitness-based needs of kids; rising obesity; increasing incidents of sports injury, burnout, and overtraining of young athletes
Campus phone: (518) 442-4848
Campus email: [email protected]

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