Health & Society
2014 Sutton Award Recognizes Sport Management Professor Chad McEvoy
In the 1990s, Falk College sport management professor, Chad McEvoy was a graduate student at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, working closely with William A. Sutton, a distinguished academic and practitioner recognized for his visionary leadership connecting聽 the sport marketing…
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Honors Nutrition Associate Professor Sudha Raj
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals, will honor Falk College Associate Professor of Nutrition Sudha Raj with two awards at the 2014 Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo (FNCE) to be…
R. David Lankes Writes About Being 鈥楾he Boring Patient鈥
Professor R. David Lankes shares a personalized, humor-filled account of his experience being diagnosed with and living with cancer over the last two-plus years in his new book “The Boring Patient.”
Psychologist Awarded $400,000 Grant to Study Health Behaviors among African American High School Students
Aesoon Park, assistant professor of psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, is the recipient of a three-year, $400,000 grant award from the National Institute of Health. A clinical psychologist and member of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Group, she will…
Power Plant Standards Could Save Thousands of U.S. Lives Every Year
Power plant standards to cut climate-changing carbon emissions will reduce other harmful air pollution and provide substantial human health benefits, according to a new study released Sept. 30 by scientists from 黑料不打烊, Harvard and Boston universities. The research shows that,…
Oct. 15 Flu Clinic Seeks to Vaccinate as Many on Campus as Possible
By getting vaccinated for the flu on Oct. 15, you will not only be keeping yourself healthy this winter. You will also be helping out the 黑料不打烊 Health Center and the Onondaga County Health Department. That day, a flu…
Psychologist to Study Smoking, Painkiller Misuse Among Older Adults with HIV, Chronic Pain
Joseph Ditre, assistant professor of psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, is readying a significant study that may help older adults with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and chronic pain quit tobacco smoking and reduce their misuse of prescription…
Annual Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy Will Feature Noted Public Health Expert
The Maxwell School, the Center for Policy Research and the Central New York Community Foundation (CNYCF) will present the 26th annual Herbert Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy.聽 The lecture, 鈥淚mproving Health Safety Nets after an Economic Recession鈥 will be…
Communication Sciences and Disorders鈥 Beth Prieve Awarded $1.4 Million Grant
The most common birth defect among newborn babies is hearing loss. In fact, according to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, more than 12,000 babies are born each year with some degree of hearing loss. But Beth Prieve, professor of communication sciences…
Falk Students Find Healthy Options at the Fair
Two nutrition students from Falk College set out to find healthy options at a place not known for low-calorie snacks: the New York State Fair. Falk Students Find Healthy Options at NYS Fair from 黑料不打烊 on Vimeo. After…