UAlbany College of Integrated Health Sciences

“The biomedical sciences program at UAlbany has challenged me as a scientist, expanded my breadth of scientific knowledge, and given me the opportunity to interact with scientists in many different disciplines. All of these are crucial for my future goal of leading my own laboratory.” - Ryan Schneider, PhD candidate in Biomedical Sciences

Angie Wootton's research focuses on characterizing and seeking remedies to persistent mental health and behavioral health disparities in the LGBTQ+ community. Listen to her recent feature on the "What to Be" podcast:

Congratulations to PhD students Yanjun Dong and Emmanuel Adaranijo on receiving the Council on Social Work Education's Doctoral Student Policy Fellowship to develop social workers who influence social policy through the federal legislative policy process. As a part of the cohort, Yanjun and Emmanuel will learn through placements in congressional offices, federal agencies, and advocacy groups.

Theekshana Fernando investigates the facilitators and barriers that impact the in-state retention of international medical graduates who undergo residency training in New York. Understanding these factors could improve retention during their residency and as they transition to practice, ensuring a sufficient physician workforce to meet the health needs of New Yorkers.?

Join us for this year's Katharine Briar-Lawson Lecture: "Child Abuse and Neglect: Economic and Concrete Supports Evidence and Policy Choices" by Clare Anderson, MSW, on Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 12 p.m. (via Zoom). View more information and register: https://buff.ly/x1iqvHb

It’s Faculty Friday! Dr. Melissa Tracy, Associate Professor at UAlbany's Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, uses innovative methods to explore social factors affecting mental health, substance use, and health disparities.

Alumni spotlight: Sharon Kollar is a principal researcher at Mathematica. In this senior child welfare role, she serves as the associate director of a national child welfare center that supports improvements in state child welfare systems.

Did you know the Center for Public Health Continuing Education offers FREE continuing education credits for nurses, physicians, certified health education specialists and individuals who are Certified in Public Health? As we celebrate 25 years of continuous production of Public Health Live!, we invite you to visit (and share) our recorded webcasts on a variety of current public health topics, including vaccines, trauma responsive leadership, diabetes, and more: https://buff.ly/zZtZvEy.

"More than 2.3 million eviction cases are filed annually nationwide. However, it is difficult to know the true scale of the problem because little has been done to quantify how many of these eviction filings actually result in members of a household being evicted. We also, historically, have not had good data on surrounding factors that shape these outcomes." - UAlbany's Cheng Ren. Learn more:

Alumni spotlight: Donette Samuel is a senior public affairs specialist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). She oversees external engagement for high-priority projects across New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In 2022, Donette earned EPA’s highest honor award for implementing a precedent-setting community engagement process when addressing concerns at the Toa Alta Landfill in Puerto Rico. Before EPA, Donette was a Global Health Ambassador with the U.S. Peace Corps to the Ecuadorian Ministry of Health.