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Study: Pandemic Policies Linked to Overdose Spike
Drug overdose rates skyrocketed in the United States during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the National Institutes of Health, more than 92,000 people died due to overdose in 2020. Public health experts worried early in the…
Katherine McDonald Named Falk College Senior Associate Dean for Research and Administration
Katherine (Katie) McDonald, Ph.D., has been appointed senior associate dean for research and administration in the Falk College. As senior associate dean, McDonald is responsible for the oversight of research, administration and support for faculty; the supervision of the Falk…
Public Health Chair David Larsen Receives Fulbright to Continue Research in Austria
When Falk College Department of Public Health Chair and Professor David Larsen was notified that he had received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to teach and continue his wastewater surveillance research at the Medical University of Innsbruck in Austria this…
Research Shows Wastewater Testing Improves Predictions for COVID-19 Hospital Admissions
Testing wastewater for COVID-19 provides a better forecast of new COVID hospital admissions than clinical data, according to a Syracuse University research team led by postdoctoral researcher Dustin Hill. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a burden on the U.S. health…
International Drug Policy Academy Offers a Unique Opportunity for Students Interested in Addiction Studies
Needing one more class or an independent study to complete a master’s degree in public health, Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics student Emily Graham turned to Public Health Professor Dessa Bergen-Cico for advice and Bergen-Cico offered the opportunity…
New COVID Boosters Approved, Reminders About Reporting and Isolation
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: A short time ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approved a new round of COVID vaccinations. As Syracuse University has in the past, we will be once again offering COVID vaccine clinics,…
Please Review! Important Return to Campus Public Health Information
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: On behalf of everyone at Syracuse University, I am delighted to welcome our new community members to the Orange family and welcome our returning students, faculty and staff back to campus. I will be coordinating…
First-of-Its Kind Research Studies Arsenic Exposure in Syracuse Children
A new study published in the journal JAMA Network studies the connections between arsenic exposure and cardiovascular disease processes in children. Led by Brooks B. Gump, Ph.D., M.P.H., the Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health in the Falk College,…
COVID-19 Update: Vaccination Requirement Ending | Continuing Resources
Dear Students, Faculty, Staff and Families: I am writing today to share an important update to the University’s public health guidelines. On Thursday, May 11, 2023, the federal government’s COVID-19 public health emergency expired. The U.S. Department of Health and…
Important Update About Faculty and Staff Health Plan Coverage After the End of the Public Health Emergency on May 11
The Public Health Emergency (PHE) that was first declared by the Department of Health and Human Services during the COVID-19 pandemic will end on May 11, 2023. For those employees and their dependents who are covered under the Syracuse University health…