TWO NEW GRANTS TO STUDY RISK-REDUCTION AND RELATED ISSUES
Sep 21, 2007
Scyatta A. Wallace, Ph.D., assistant professor of preventive medicine and community health and member of the HIV Center for Women and Children at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, has received two grants addressing critical community health issues.
She has been awarded a four-year grant funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention. The $961,049 award will elicit attitudes about HIV testing among young adult heterosexual Black men. In addition, the study will develop cultural and gender specific health education materials to promote HIV testing among this segment of the population.
Dr. Wallace also received a grant funded by the National Institutes on Drug Abuse in the amount of $117,000 that will test a conceptual model examining the relationship of neighborhood factors to substance use and sexual risk behaviors among African-American youth.
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, Staten Island, or Queens, comprising Colleges of Medicine, Health Related Professions, and Nursing; a School of Graduate Studies; a Public Health Degree Program; the 376-bed University Hospital at Downstate; and a growing Advanced Biotechnology Park and Biotechnology Incubator.
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About SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn is one of four academic health centers (AMCs) in The State University of New York (SUNY) 64-campus system and the only SUNY AMC in New York City dedicated to health education, research, and patient care for the borough’s 2.7 million residents. Its flagship hospital, University Hospital at Downstate (UHD), is a teaching hospital and benefits from the expertise of Downstate’s exceptional medical school and world-class academic center research facilities. With a staff of over 800 physicians representing 53 specialties and subspecialties, Downstate offers comprehensive healthcare services to the community.
UHD provides high-risk neonatal and infant services, pediatric nephrology, and dialysis for kidney diseases and is the only kidney transplantation program in Brooklyn. Beyond its clinical expertise, Downstate houses a range of esteemed educational institutions, including its College of Medicine, College of Nursing, School of Health Professions, School of Graduate Studies, and School of Public Health. Downstate fosters innovation through its multifaceted biotechnology initiative, the Biotechnology Incubator and BioBAT, which support early-stage and more mature biotech companies.