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AIRE - Dr. Karen Florez Promoted to Associate Professor

October 10, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Karen Florez, AIRE Cohort 6, on her recent promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure in the Department of Environmental, Occupational and Geospatial Sciences at CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy.

AIRE - Dr. Amanda Wilson Receives Multiple Publications

October 10, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Amanda Wilson, AIRE Cohort 9, on her multiple publications in BMC Public Health, Annals of Work Exposures and Health, and The Bridge, National Academy of Engineering. 

Victory KR, Wilson AM, Cabrera NL, Larson D, Reynolds KA, Latura J, Beamer PI. Risk perceptions of drinking bottled vs. tap water in a low-income community on the US-Mexico Border. BMC Public Health. 2022;22(1):1712. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-14109-5
https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-022-14109-5

 Lowe AA, Ravi P, Gerald LB, Wilson AM. The changing job of school nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: A media content analysis of contributions to stress. Annals of Work Exposures and Health. 2022; DOI: 10.1093/annweh/wxac053

https://academic.oup.com/annweh/advance-article/doi/10.1093/annweh/wxac053/6701882

 Wilson AM, Gold DG, Beamer PI. Microbial surface transmission in the built environment and management methods. The Bridge, National Academy of Engineering. Fall 2022.

This publication is distributed to approximately 7,00 recipients, including members of Congress and government agency officials.
(in print only but will be online here by the end of the month: https://www.nae.edu/Bridge.aspx)

AIRE - Dr. Francesca Duncan Receives Grant from HRSA

October 10, 2022

Francesca C. Duncan, M.D. M.S., (Cohort 9) Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine has received a grant for a pilot proposal by the HRSA funded Primary Care Reaffirmation for Indiana Medical Education (PRIME) Program in the amount of $100,000 to support my lung cancer disparities research

AIRE - Dr. Arthur H. Owora Awarded R03

October 10, 2022

Arthur H. Owora, MPH, PhD, (Cohort 9) Gallahue Family Professor in Child Development, Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Indiana University School of Public Health has just been awarded an R03 grant from the NIH titled "Developing a Passive Digital Marker for the Prediction of Childhood Asthma Treatment Response". Read more about the grant using the link below but a big congrats to Arthur and his team

BSM - Dr. Azizi Seixas Receives Funding for PRAISE

October 10, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Azizi Seixas, BSM Cohort 3, on receiving funding for PRAISE, a study that wants to see if personalized messages about OSA care will increase your likelihood of adhering to your OSA PAP treatment plan, and if there is any improvement in your heart and brain health.

Social determinates and health disparities affecting sleep. 

CVD - Dr. Clifton Addison Published in Disease

October 10, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Clifton Addison, CVD Cohort 2, on his recent publication in Disease for his article titled: "Evaluating Levels of Community Participation in a University-Community Partnership: The Jackson Heart Study

CVD - Dr. Cynthia Lebron Receives NHLBI Grant

October 10, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Cynthia Lebron, CVD Cohort 10, on getting her grant funded by NHLBI and it is entitled "Caring for Bebe: Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Intervention for Hispanic Families

CVD - Dr. Youssef Roman Published in Nutrients

October 10, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Youssef Roman, CVD Cohort 9, on his recent publication in Nutrients titled: "Moving the Needle in Gout Management: The Role of Culture, Diet, Genetics, and Personalized Patient Care Practices" which is his highest impact paper to date!

CVD - Dr. Marlene Camacho Rivera Receives NOA from HRSA

October 10, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Marlene Camacho-Rivera, CVD Cohort 5, on receiving an NOA (as Co-PI) from HRSA! This 3 year award, totaling 1.5 million, will establish the Downstate Public Health Scholarship Program, advancing our mission to promoting health equity by strengthening and diversifying our public health workforce. 

CVD - Dr. Raquel Ramos Published in JMIR

October 10, 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Raquel Ramos, CVD Cohort 8, on being published in JMIR titled: "Community-engaged Intervention Mapping for CVD-prevention in Black and Latinx Sexual Minority Men with HIV in New York City: Protocol for A Web-based Mixed Method Study." This was done in collaboration with Dr. B., Dr. Fraser, one of our PRIDE-CVD Downstate Faculty, and Dr. Marlene Camacho-Rivera from cohort 5. 

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