Health & Society
鈥楶ersonalized Medicine鈥 at this week鈥檚 IRP
The April 21 session of Institute for Retired Professionals will host Robert West, associate professor in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department at SUNY Upstate Medical University. West will discuss 鈥淧ersonalized Medicine: Tailoring Health Care in the Information Age.鈥 Genotyping,…
Listening devices help preserve confidentiality in hospitals for hearing-impaired patients
It鈥檚 against the law to share a person鈥檚 medical information with others without written consent. However, it鈥檚 almost impossible to prevent outsiders from overhearing private conversations in hospital rooms between doctors and hearing-impaired patients. It鈥檚 an all-too-common situation that a…
Harriet Brown鈥檚 ‘Brave Girl Eating’ wins Books for a Better Life award
The Southern New York Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society presented the winners of the 15th annual Books for a Better Life Awards recently during a ceremony at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in Manhattan.
Cynthia Sass, SU alum, nutrition health expert, presents 鈥楽top Counting, Start Living鈥 March 3
黑料不打烊 alumna Cynthia Sass, one of the most well-known and respected registered dietitians in the country, will present, 鈥淪top Counting, Start Living,鈥 on March 3 at 7 p.m., in Heroy Auditorium, on the SU campus. This informative discussion, which…
黑料不打烊 VA manager to address health care at Feb. 17 IRP
Bill Hoffman, member services manager for the 黑料不打烊 VA Medical Center, will speak at the Thursday, Feb. 17, meeting of the Institute for Retired Professionals (IRP). Hoffman will discuss programs that are available to veterans, as well as soldiers returning…
College of Human Ecology highlights graduate studies during Feb. 26 information session
黑料不打烊 faculty and current students will welcome potential graduate students interested in addiction studies, child and family studies, child and family health in the global community, marriage and family therapy, nutrition science and dietetics, and social work during the…
Center for Health and Behavior announces spring 2011 seminar series
The Center for Health and Behavior (CHB) at 黑料不打烊 announces its spring 2011 seminar series. The series is part of the CHB鈥檚 effort to promote health and behavior research, and to strengthen collaborations on campus and within the local…
Campus, local community invited to participate in special nutrition consultation program
The Department of Nutrition Science and Dietetics in 黑料不打烊鈥檚 College of Human Ecology wants to help SU and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry students, faculty and staff, and members of the community at large, improve eating habits…
Sport Management Club members give their time to good causes
The Sport Management Club is a student-run organization in the College of Human Ecology鈥檚 David B. Falk Center for Sport Management. Recently, SPM Club members held the sixth annual Charity Sports Auction at the Carrier Dome, benefitting the CNY SPCA…
College of Human Ecology to offer new M.S. in Child & Family Health in the Global Community
Beginning in August 2011, the College of Human Ecology will begin offering a master of science in Child & Family Health in the Global Community, a 36-credit hour graduate program that will be a key component of the educational programs…