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Childhood obesity is a serious public health challenge in the United States, especially among black and Latino adolescents. The pervasive use of technology and new media among this population creates a unique opportunity for a targeted health intervention through these avenues. With this in mind, CUNY SPH doctoral students Sandra Verdaguer and Katrina F. Mateo […]
CUNY SPH faculty Diana Romero and Luisa N. Borrell were awarded the Giner de los Ríos Visiting Scholar fellowship from the University of Alcalá (UAH) in Madrid, Spain. The professors will travel to Madrid for eight weeks in 2019 to work with UAH faculty on research initiatives. The fellowship is targeted towards internationally-recognized investigators to […]
CUNY SPH faculty Ashish Joshi and Ann Gaba were selected to present at the 17thAnnual CUNY IT Conference, which will be held November 29 and 30 at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Dr. Joshi, Senior Associate Dean of Student and Academic Affairs, will present the Student Workflow Information Management System (SWIMS) which he recently designed, […]
Schools of public health tend to be located in or near communities with limited resources and the relationship is often one sided, with schools exhaustively researching the communities without providing solutions or funds for long-term public health initiatives. This can eventually leave communities reticent to work with schools. In a commentary published in the Journal of […]
Teen pregnancy is often associated with significant financial and social burdens. Rates of teen pregnancy among sexual minority adolescents are estimated at two to seven times greater than those of their non-sexual-minority counterparts, yet population-based research is scarce on pregnancy among adolescent sexual minority women (ASMW; women who identify as lesbian or bisexual). To examine whether sexual attraction is an important predictor of sexual minority adolescent […]
We are delighted to announce that on Monday, October 29, the CUNY Board of Trustees voted unanimously in favor of the appointment of Dr. Luisa N. Borrell as Distinguished Professor at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy. Dr. Borrell is among three faculty at CUNY SPH who have received this significant […]
Residents of urban slums are vulnerable to poor health outcomes because of a confluence of poverty, inadequate healthcare access and environmental and social disadvantage. Hypertension is increasingly common in Haiti, where 74 percent of the urban population live in slums. To estimate the prevalence of hypertension and its risk factors among adults in four slum […]
Many post-industrial cities have areas of vacant and derelict land (VDL) which can have negative health and environmental impacts on nearby residents. VDL is located predominantly in poorer neighborhoods, posing a disproportionate risk upon these communities. Repurposing these areas into green spaces and community gardens may mitigate the risk of health and environmental hazards, but […]
It is with sadness and solidarity that we share the news of the passing of Dr. Elizabeth Fee, an esteemed public health historian, on October 17, 2018. Dr. Fee is considered to be one of the most influential public health writers of the 21st century. She was a tireless fighter for social justice and a […]
Research has shown that drug and alcohol use interferes with anti-retroviral medication adherence among gay and bisexual men (GBM) living with HIV. There is limited parallel examination of whether the same holds true for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) adherence among HIV-negative GBM. In a study published this month in the journal AIDS and Behavior, CUNY SPH […]
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a devastating condition with no known cure. Existing drugs only alleviate symptoms. Given repeated and costly drug failures, CUNY SPH Professor Mary Schooling and colleagues assessed systematically whether approved and investigational AD drugs are targeting products of genes strongly associated with AD and whether these genes are targeted by existing drugs for […]
The New York City HIV Care Coordination Program (CCP), funded through the federal Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, combines multiple evidence-based strategies to support persons living with HIV (PLWH) who are newly diagnosed with HIV or have a recent history of poor HIV care outcomes. In an NIH-funded study recently published in the journal PLOS ONE, […]
In an editorial in the November 2018 issue of the American Journal of Public Health, CUNY SPH Distinguished Professor Nicholas Freudenberg emphasizes the importance of protecting public health research from inappropriate corporate influence. Corporate sponsorship of new bodies of faux science on climate change, tobacco, unhealthy food and pharmaceuticals, Freudenberg warns, put the credibility of […]
More than 100,000 New Yorkers are living with hepatitis C, and most are unaware that they have it. The virus is spread by blood to blood contact, with the most common risk factor being injection drug use. Over the past decade, there has been a distinct peak in cases emerging among younger people aged 20 […]
Obesity is an ongoing public health concern in the United States and although obesity has both modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors, evidence shows that adopting a healthy lifestyle can play a significant role in its prevention or reduction. In several studies, increased consumption of vegetables and fruits, as well as intake of whole grains, are […]
