October 2022 Newsletter
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NIH awards Associate Professor Levi Waldron supplemental funding on two grants to improve cancer genomics data
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded ISPH Investigator and CUNY SPH Associate Professor Levi Waldron administrative supplements on two grants, both for increasing the findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability […]
Early in U.S. pandemic, household crowding was risk factor for severe COVID-19 infection
Towards the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., stay-at-home measures helped stop the spread of the virus. At the same time, it may have shifted transmission to homes […]
Study examines the drug injection risk behaviors that lead to severe bacterial infections
Over the last decade, severe bacterial infections associated with intravenous drug use have been increasing in frequency in the U.S. Many studies examine the injection risk behaviors associated with transmission […]
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Receives $11.3M NIH Grant to Expand the Einstein-Rockefeller-CUNY Center for AIDS Research
May 3, 2022—(BRONX, NY)—The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Albert Einstein College of Medicine a five-year, $11.3 million grant to renew the Einstein-Rockefeller-CUNY Center for AIDS Research (ERC-CFAR) and expand […]
Study gauges physician perspectives on abortion advocacy
Physician advocates in all areas of health are important but are particularly critical for sexual and reproductive health-related legislative decisions that affect their ability to provide essential care, including abortion. […]
Study shows many U.S. children missed routine pediatric visits during pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic and early efforts to stop the spread led many in the U.S. to delay non-emergency and elective medical care. Evidence suggests that missed care during the pandemic […]
Study reveals reluctance among New York City parents to vaccinate young children for COVID-19
Almost 40 percent of New York City parents are hesitant to vaccinate their young children for COVID-19, according to a new study by researchers at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health […]
NIAID awards CUNY SPH and the University of Miami researchers nearly $4 million to study methamphetamine use and HIV risk in sexual minority men
Researchers from the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have been awarded an initial two-year, $3,900,000 […]
Study: Accessible care model more effective than usual care in curing people who inject drugs of hepatitis C
A study by CUNY SPH researchers, in close partnership with colleagues from Weill Cornell Medicine and NYU School of Medicine, suggests that treating people who inject drugs for hepatitis C infection using […]