Public Health News
Staying Ahead of COVID
According to a Syracuse University research team led by postdoctoral researcher Dustin Hill, testing wastewater for COVID-19 provides a better forecast of new COVID hospital admissions than clinical data. That information will help hospitals for planning and resource allocation when new cases surge...
From the Finish Line to the Classroom
What do marathons, Pearl Jam, and the Phillies have in common? Jeremy S. Jordan, the new dean of the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics. Learn more about Dean Jordan in this Q&A from the Syracuse University central marketing team . . .
A Groundbreaking Approach
Public Health Professor Dessa Bergen-Cico, coordinator of the addiction studies program in Falk College, is the co-principal investigator of a research project that’s exploring how the combination of AI and mindfulness-based practices can help people in treatment for opioid use disorder . . .
Dance of Hope
Grace Brashears is a double major at Falk (HDFS and public health) who was recently named the youngest executive director in the 10-year history of OttoTHON, Syracuse University’s 12-hour dance marathon that raises money for Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital...
Creating Inclusive Communities
The 2023 AAIDD Research Award that Falk College Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Public Health Katherine McDonald received in June "recognizes her lengthy track record of interest and accomplishment in the field of intellectual disability"...
Real-World Experience
The International Drug Policy Academy, which was co-developed by public health professor Dessa Bergen-Cico, is one of several unique opportunities for students to obtain global experience that exposes them to new ways of thinking about substance abuse and addictive behaviors...
An Inside Look at a Solution Combating Mosquito-Borne Diseases
Meet the public health professor on a quest to combat disease-carrying mosquitos. His secret weapon? The groundbreaking lure-and-kill device designed to outsmart these pests...
Q&A With Falk College Dean Jeremy S. Jordan
Jeremy S. Jordan, new dean of the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, was inspired to become an academic leader to be of service to others in pursuit of their aspirations...
Video: Explore Careers in D.C.
Each year, Falk College students from every major travel to Washington, D.C. to network with alumni and discover career opportunities in the D.C. area...
Giving Back
Public Health major Antonio Herrera became an English Conversation Group facilitator because he wanted to connect with the Syracuse University campus community and “do something that could genuinely help other students.” …