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 "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...
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...
CUNY SPH Dean Ayman El-Mohandes speaks with Health Reporter and NY1 Anchor Erin Billups about what you can do to avoid the new surge of COVID in NYC. He also comments on the new treatment for RSV in infants.
A new study published in the Journal of Urban Health by CUNY SPH doctoral student Thinh Vu and faculty Pedro Mateu-Gelabert, Deborah Levine (PRI Community Convening and Learning Co-Lead), Luisa N. Borrell and Victoria K. Ngo found that high rates of alcohol misuse...
Note: This Webinar has ended, you can watch a recording of the livestream below. With the COVID-19 Federal Public Health Emergency (FPHE) scheduled to end on May 11, 2023, there are still many unanswered questions around how this transition will impact everyone....
Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to appoint six experts to the National Cancer Advisory Board, which plays an important role in guiding the Director of the National Cancer Institute in setting the course for the national cancer research program. Among those named was Ana Navas-Acien.