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MPH Alumnus, Dr. Paulo Pina, Co-authors Study on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in
Access to COVID-19 Vaccination Sites in Brooklyn, NY
June 2021
Read the full study in JAMA Network Open
Read media coverage in Daily Mail
Dean Dr. Kitaw Demissie Serves as Keynote Speaker for SUNY 2021 Summer Symposium: Differential Impacts of COVID-19 in NYS
June 2021
Read the full event description and agenda
Dr. Marlene Camacho-Rivera and Dr. Rose Calixte Awarded COVID-19 Research Accelerator
Grant
June 2021
Read the full SPH announcement
Read the official press release
Dean Dr. Kitaw Demissie Quoted in The New York Times about New York and California
Lifting COVID Restrictions
June 2021
Read the full article in The New York Times
SPH Alumnus Max Medozile Accepted into Drexel’s GATHER Post-Doctoral Program
June 2021
Read the full article in the President's Bulletin
Learn more about the GATHER Program
SUNY Downstate Awarded $10,000 Grant from the Brooklyn Borough President’s Office
to Support the Food as Medicine Initiative for Downstate COM & SPH Students to Study
Two Free Online Courses on Plant-based Nutrition
June 2021
Read the Brooklyn Borough press release
The free online courses are currently open for enrollment in June 2021. Please contact Dr. Elizabeth Helzner at elizabeth.helzner@downstate.edu for more information and registration process.
MD/MPH Student, Lily Lee, Awarded the 2021 National Excellence in Public Health Award
June 2021
Read the full article in the President's Bulletin
Learn more about Lily Lee and her experience at Downstate SPH
MPH Student, Michelle Smith, Publishes Op-Ed, “Facing Homelessness in the Age of COVID”
in CT Post/Hearst CT
May 2021
Read the full article in CT Post/Hearst CT
Dean Dr. Kitaw Demissie Expresses Concern about Recent Change to Mask Mandate
May 2021
Read the full article "To Wear or Not to Wear: Mask Confusion" in New York Amsterdam News
MPH Student, Dr. Blessing Aroh, Publishes Op-Ed, “I Am Not Your Hero—Don't Forget
to Take Care of Those Who Take Care of You” in MedPage Today
May 2021
Read the full article in MedPage Today
Dr. Marlene Camacho-Rivera Selected as Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity Program by
George Washington University
May 2021
Learn more about Dr. Camacho-Rivera's fellowship focus
View the full list of 2021-22 fellows
Read more about the fellowship program
Read The George Washington University press release
New Program at SPH: Advanced Certificate in Public Health Geriatrics
May 2021
Read SUNY Downstate Press Release
Applications will be accepted via SOPHAS Express for enrollment in the Fall 2021 semester.
For more information, please contact Dr. Elizabeth Helzner, Program Director at elizabeth.helzner@downstate.edu.
MPH Student, Ms. Brittney Vincent, Publishes Op-Ed, “Strategic Management Amidst COVID-19
Pandemic” in NOW Grenada
May 2021
Read the full article in NOW Grenada
MPH Student, Ms. Beatrice Hyppolite, Publishes Op-Ed, “America’s Historical Failure
to Prepare for National Emergencies Perpetuate Inequalities” in Blavity
April 2021
Read the full article in Blavity
Dr. Aimee Afable Comments on Israel COVID Vaccine Rollout, Citing the Need for a More
Centralized Medical Data Collection and Greater Efforts to Bring Healthcare to People
to Help Fight COVID in the U.S.
April 2021
Read the full article in MedPage Today
Dean Dr. Kitaw Demissie Suggests Household Crowding May Have Contributed to Differing
COVID Infection Rates
April 2021
SPH Faculty Highlighted in Quarterly Newsletter from the Office of the Senior Vice
President of Research
April 2021
Read the April 2021 Edition of Rsearch Pulse
DrPH Student, Russell Dowling, Co-authored a Study on Air Pollution and Stunting
April 2021
DrPH Student, Ayanna Besson, Serves as Student Panelist at SUNY Distinguished Academy
Inaugural Webinar
April 2021
DrPH Student, Eric Persaud, Interviews with The Accidental Safety Pro Podcast to Share
Experience and Research on Opioids and COVID-19 in the Workplace
April 2021
Listen to Mr. Eric Persaud's Interview
Dean Dr. Kitaw Demissie Shares Thoughts with New York Amsterdam News on Recent COVID-19
Vaccine Breakthrough Cases
April 2021
Read the full article in New York Amsterdam News
DrPH Student, Bianca Rivera, Helps Launch and Becomes Chief Operations Officer of
Main Street Patrol—Organization to Fight Anti-Asian Hate Crimes
April 2021
Read full article in SUNY Downstate President's Bulletin
Visit Main Street Patrol website to learn more
Check out Main Street Patrol's Instagram to find latest updates
Read recent coverage in New York Daily News
Read recent coverage in AP News
SPH Alumnus, Dr. Donell Harvin, Co-authored and Presented at International Conference
the report of the Counter Terrorism Preparedness Network (CTPN), "Bioterrorism: Applying
the Lens of COVID-19”
April 2021
Dean Dr. Kitaw Demissie and Two New York State Senators Publish Op-Ed in Bklyner to
Discuss The Racial Cost of NYC’s COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout
April 2021
Read the full article in Bklyner
Dr. Janet Rosenbaum Featured in SUNY Downstate President’s Bulletin for Groundbreaking
Study on HIV Prevention for Alcohol-Using Young Black Women
April 2021
Read article in SUNY Downstate President's Bulletin
Read Dr. Rosenbaum's study in American Journal of Preventive Medicine
New Program at SPH: Advanced Certificate in Climate Change and Planetary Health
April 2021
Read SUNY Downstate Press Release
Applications will be accepted via SOPHAS Express for enrollment in the Fall 2021 semester.
For more information, please contact Dr. Laura Geer, Program Director at laura.geer@downstate.edu.
MPH Student, Nicole Golabri, Publishes Op-Ed in The Jerusalem Post - 'Lessons from
Israel's Vaccination Strategy'
April 2021
Dr. Michael Szarek Represents SUNY Downstate at the ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium and Interviews with CancerNetwork on the Impact of Tivozanib (Fotvida)
March 2021
Watch Dr. Szarek's interview on the Outcomes of a Q-TWiST Analysis From the Phase 3 TIVO-3 Study
Watch Dr. Szarek's interview on Research Areas of Focus for Tivozanib in RCC
Dr. Simone Reynolds Honored with Dr. Dale Blackstock Excellence in Mentoring Award in Celebration of National Women's Histroy Month for Contribution in Promoting Diversity and Inclusion
March 2021
DrPH Student, Eric Persaud, Publishes Peer-Review Commentary Article in NEW SOLUTIONS:
A Journal of Environmental and Occupation Health Policy
March 2021
MPH Student, Briana Episcopia, BS, RN, CIC, First-Authored Article Published in ScienceDirect
American Journal of Infection Control
March 2021
Dr. Marlene Camacho-Rivera Selected as One of the Recipients of the "40 Under 40 Leaders
in Minority Health" Award for 2021
March 2021
Read the National Minority Quality Forum press release
Read the full announcement in President's Bulletin
Dr. Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis Discusses Coronavirus, Variants, Mutation and Evolution
in One-Year Follow-Up Panel Interview with North Carolina State University
March 2021
Read the full interview in NCSU Applied Ecology News
Dr. Daniel Ehlke Receives the Office of Diversity Outreach and Research Excellence in Teaching Award
February 2021
Read the announcement in President's Bulletin
Watch the award ceremony on YouTube (38:47)
Dr. Marlene Camacho-Rivera Wins SUNY Prepare Innovation Seed Grant
February 2021
Dr. Camacho-Rivera will be joined by co-investigators Aimee Afable, Ph.D., MPH, Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences; and Azure Thompson, DrPH, MPH, Community Health Sciences Assistant Professor; as well as SPH students Estela Cohetero and Yael Schechter, and College of Medicine student Colm Mulvaney as student researchers.
Read the announcement in the President's Bulletin
Dr. Paul Landsbergis and Graduate Student Researchers Contribute a Series of Healthy
Work Strategies Case Studies about Efforts to Reduce COVID-19-Related Work Stressors
February 2021
Read More at the Healthy Work Campaign
Dr. Marlene Camacho-Rivera Receives American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)-Minorities
in Cancer Research Minority and Minority Serving Institution Faculty Award and Presents
at AACR Virtual Symposium
February 2021
Dr. Michael Szarek, Associate Dean for Research Administration and Executive Director of the Center for Clinical and Outcomes Research, Published as Lead Author in European Heart Journal
February 2021
Read the announcement in the President's Bulletin
DrPH Student, Eric Persaud, Publishes Article in the Association of Occupational Health
Professionals in Healthcare (AOHP) Newsletter to Raise Awareness of Needlestick Injuries
During Mass COVID-19 Vaccination Programs (Page 12-13)
January 2021
Read the interview in AOHP Newsletter
Dean Dr. Kitaw Demissie Interviews with New York Amsterdams News on Coronavirus Variants
and Vaccinations
January 2021
Read the interview in New York Amsterdam News
Dr. Michael A. Joseph, Vice Dean for Academic and Student Affairs and Associate Professor
of Epidemiology for the School of Public Health (SPH), Bids Downstate Adieu
January 2021
Read the announcement in the President's Bulletin
Public Health Students from Dr. Lori Hoepner's Course Published in Leading Publications!
January 2021
Read the full article in the President's Bulletin
Read more about the course PUBH 5201 and access all MPH students' Op-Eds
MPH Student, Jamila Taylor, Publishes Op-Ed in Queens Daily Eagle - 'Opinion: Older
Adults Still Need Food and Support During the Pandemic. We Can Help'
January 2021
Dr. Lori Hoepner Co-Authors a Chapter in New Textbook, "Disability Studies for Human
Services: An Interdisciplinary and Intersectionality Approach"
December 2020
Drs. Marlene Camacho-Rivera, Azure Thompson, and Aimee Afable Win SUNY Prepare Innovation
Seed Grant to Conduct Research on Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccination Among High-Risk Groups
December 2020
Dr. Kitaw Demissie Quoted in New York Amsterdam News - 'VAX PROS & CONS: Fears Linger
Over Rushed Vaccine Rollout'
December 2020
Read the full article in New York Amsterdam News
MPH Student, Rozanne Caesar, Publishes Op-Ed in Guyana Chronicle - 'The Plight of
Elderly Caribbean Americans and COVID-19'
December 2020
Dr. Lori Hoepner Shares Opinions with The Grist on Whether Hospitals Should Reprocess
Medical Supplies
December 2020
Read the full article in The Grist
MPH Student, Camara Perkins, Publishes Op-Ed in New York Amsterdam News - 'Black Elders
Deserve Free Therapy'
December 2020
MPH Student, Sharon Billey, Publishes Op-Ed in New York Amsterdam News - 'Addressing
Our Elderly—There’s a Hunger Epidemic Within the Pandemic'
December 2020
SPH Faculty and Students' Research Successes Highlighted in SUNY Downstate's Inaugural
Issue of Research Pulse Quarterly Newsletter
December 2020
Read the December 2020 Inaugural Issue of Research Pulse
SUNY Downstate School of Public Health's DrPH and MPH Programs Ranked #11 by MPHonline.org!
November 2020
Learn more about SPH's achievements in President's Bulletin
Dr. Kitaw Demissie Interviews with NBC News - 'Inside the Massive COVID Testing Effort
in the Beatles' Hometown'
November 2020
Watch Dr. Demissie's interview on YouTube (Featured at 13:51)
Dr. Kitaw Demissie Quoted in New York Times - 'This Is How the Outbreak Is Resurgent
Across New York City'
November 2020
Read the full article in The New York Times
SUNY Downstate School of Public Health Becomes the Latest ASPPH Member Institution
to Participate in SOPHAS
November 2020
DrPH Student Judy Yan Publishes Dissertation Research on Association Between Triclocan
Antimicrobal and White Blood Cell Counts
November 2020
Dr. Michael Szarek Presents at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2020
November 2020
Explore the 2020 Scientific Session programming
Dr. Kitaw Demissie Discusses Second Wave of COVID-19 in the City, in New York Amsterdam
News
November 2020
Read the full article in New York Amsterdam News
SUNY Downstate Colleges and Schools Launches COVID-19 Surveillance Testing
November 2020
Read the full article in President's Bulletin
School of Public Health Gets Ready for COVID-19 Surveillance Testing
November 2020
Read the full article about the test run
Dr. Sergios Kolokotronis Publishes Long-Awaited International Genomic Investigation
Into Coronavirus
November 2020
Read the full article in President's Bulletin
Dr. Janet Rosenbaum Publishes a New Blog about her Recent Research on Contact Tracing
for Syphilis and Gonorrhea, and How the COVID-19 Contact Tracking Apps Can Help
October 2020
Dr. Daniel Ehlke Speaks at 2020 Translational Program of Health Disparities Research Training (TRANSPORT) Symposium
October 2020
Watch Dr. Ehlke's presentation on YouTube
Read more about the Symposium and Dr. Ehlke's background
Dr. Kitaw Demissie Presents at NAACP New York State Conference 84th Annual Convention
on COVID-19 Infections, Outcomes, and Racial Disparities
October 2020
Watch Dr. Demissie's presentation (Day 2 at 12:16)
A Look at Dr. Marlene Camacho-Rivera's Incredible First Year
October 2020
Read more about Dr. Camacho-Rivera's achievements
Double SPH Alumna and DrPH Student, Nihama Hoque, Selected as Public Health Officer
in U.S. Air Force
October 2020
Read more about Ms. Hoque's aspirations
Dr. Paul Landsbergis Presents at National Institute on Minority Health and Health
Disparities (NIMHD) National Conference on Role of Work in Health Disparities
September 2020
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