In a new study co-authored by PRI Epidemiology and Modeling Co-Lead (Columbia MSPH/CPID), Jeffrey Shaman, researchers explore community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during the Delta wave in New York City. The Delta variant (B.1.617.2) emerged in late 2020 and became...
The public health and healthcare workforce is shrinking. Nationally, an estimated 80,000 new hires are needed in order for state and local health departments to continue providing core public health services. New York State, and many other jurisdictions, has...
The relevance of climate change on human health is largely underappreciated across many groups. Communicating the health consequences of climate change can help individuals and communities better prepare, cope and adapt to climate-driven health threats. The...
The "tripledemic” of winter 2022 resulted in more than 100,000 deaths in the US over four months. Vaccination against COVID-19, Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) can protect against severe illness and complications such as hospitalization and death....
Dear Pandemic is a web and social platform created in March 2020 after the founders, public health researchers, became inundated with queries about COVID-19 from family and friends. Looking back at their experience, Dear Pandemic (now Those Nerdy Girls) team...
The CUNY SPH Center for Immigrant, Refugee and Global Health (CIRGH) and the NYC Pandemic Response Institute invite leaders and staff of migrant-serving (and related) organizations in New York City and State to join us for a webinar on October 18, 2023 from...
Wildfire events have become more severe over the past 30 years, with smoke emissions potentially impacting the health of most of the country. Preclinical research has helped understand how inhaled toxicants from biomass combustion lead to indirect toxicity to the...
A study led by researchers at the CUNY Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health (CUNY ISPH) at CUNY SPH, including Associate Professor Pedro Mateu-Gelabert, member of PRI's Racial Equity and Social Determinants of Health team, reveals...
This June 2022 study conducted in New York City (NYC) and the United States (US) aimed to assess differences in attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination, vaccine mandates, and pandemic-related information. The study included 500 respondents from NYC and 1,000...
A study by CUNY SPH researchers suggests that federal measures supporting free testing and treatment for COVID-19 may have lessened the health care impact of the pandemic and prevented an increase in racial/ethnic health disparities. In a study published...