Public Health News
Congratulations Class of 2021!
Along with Dean Murphy, the entire Falk College community of students, faculty, staff, alumni, community partners and friends, congratulates the Class of 2021! Over the past several weeks, departments across Falk College honored student achievements...
Gaining a Global Health Perspective
Kennedy Hagens had planned on a career in medicine, but her introduction to public health inspired her to consider health care from a new perspective. This summer, she’ll receive a master of public health (M.P.H.) degree as a member of the inaugural cohort...
2021 Public Health Student Awards
The Department of Public Health is pleased to recognize the outstanding work of its undergraduate and graduate students for excellence. Awardees were nominated by faculty and professional staff and selected at a group meeting. Given the abundance of talent and achievements of our students...
Good Medicine
A future physician aims to make a difference for vulnerable populations through hands-on research—When Ifeyinwa “Ify” Ojukwu ’22 arrived at Syracuse University three years ago, she knew she’d have opportunities to join organizations and conduct research. But she surprised even herself...
New research explores EMS workers’ mental health
Emergency medical service (EMS) workers face triple the risk for significant mental health problems such as depression and posttraumatic stress disorder compared to the general population, according to a recently published study by researchers from Syracuse University...
Finding Her Place and Purpose
A transfer student majoring in psychology discovers her passion for counseling people who misuse substances through a minor in Addiction Studies. Not everyone has the patience to work with adolescents who are dealing with unhealthy substance use, but Alisamarie Yiatras ’21 embraces this work…
Healthy You Fall 2020 now available!
The latest edition of the Healthy You newsmagazine created by students for students is now available. Created by students in PHP 227–Healthy You Practicum taught by Professor Luvenia Cowart, the publication encourages healthy behaviors on the Syracuse University campus and beyond. The Fall 2020 edition includes wide-ranging news stories, from how to maintain a healthy routine during the COVID-19…
Falk College exemplifies public health in action
As the COVID-19 pandemic began to escalate this past spring, graduate students in a Falk College applied epidemiology class hosted a public forum for the campus community. According to public health graduate student, Tim Bryant, when Professor David Larsen asked if students had questions regarding the virus, “it proceeded to be a 20-minute question and answer session. I made a statement that if we…
Wastewater Surveillance
Syracuse-based team of scientists targets novel coronavirus with an early warning system to help communities prepare for potential outbreaks. David Larsen, associate professor of public health at Falk College (pictured here in his office), sees wastewater surveillance as a way to monitor potential COVID-19 outbreaks at the local level. When epidemiologist David Larsen learned last spring that scie…
University Scientists Selected to Implement COVID-19 Early Warning System in Upstate New York
Game-changing approach will help inform decision-making, protect public health in Albany, Buffalo and Syracuse. The New York State Department of Health has selected the SARS-CoV-2 Early Warning Wastewater Surveillance Platform (SARS2-EWSP) to pilot a statewide coronavirus