Falk College boasts a robust, collaborative research community in which students play an active role. Danny Baris (sport analytics), Sarah Dellett (nutrition science) and Mingxuan (Jessica) Li (public health) are three Falk students who have been recently honored for their research achievements.

According to a ground-breaking study led by David Larsen, professor and chair of public health, wastewater surveillance is a potent tool in understanding COVID-19 transmission within school settings and can help manage the public health response to COVID in schools.

Katherine McDonald, Ph.D., has been named senior associate dean for research and administration in Falk College, where under her leadership with the Office of Research Development “the College has experienced steady growth in research activity by every measure,” says Dean Jeremy Jordan.

David Larsen, professor and chair of public health, is in Austria for the Spring 2024 semester after he received a prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to teach and continue his wastewater surveillance research at the Medical University of Innsbruck.

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.

A team of Syracuse University and University of Pittsburgh researchers led by Assistant Professor of Public Health Bryce Hruska found that even those health care workers who are not formally diagnosed as suffering from PTSD still experience critical health symptoms.

Professor of Public Health 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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.”

A research team led by Falk Family Endowed Professor of Public Health Brooks Gump conducted the first study that directly measures the associations between arsenic exposure and precursors to cardiovascular disease in children.

Professors Jane Burrell, Lynn Brann and Bryce Hruska were honored with Falk College Faculty of the Year awards for their outstanding teaching, scholarship, and internal and professional service contributions in 2023.

Being named a Falk College Scholar is the highest academic award conferred by Falk on graduating seniors. Meet the 14 Class of 2023 Falk Scholars and read about their most meaningful experiences at Syracuse University.

After being named a 2023 Falk College Scholar and Syracuse University Scholar, public health major Kiersten Edwards will continue to honor her late brother by embarking on a career that will help people “who are forgotten.”

For National Public Health Week April 3 - 9, the Public Health Department is presenting several public events that Associate Teaching Professor and event organizer Lisa Olson-Gugerty says will show us public health is “everything we do in everyday life.”

Two new dual degree programs from Falk College and the Whitman School of Management will prepare students to be versatile, multidisciplinary and future-leading thinkers who will meet important challenges related to public health and business.

Renée Verdi's ultimate goal is to advocate for reform in the healthcare industry. To get her started on that career path, she was a dual major in public health and policy studies and recently joined the health team for a strategic communications firm.

According to recent research from a team led by Associate Professor of Public Health David Larsen, wastewater surveillance of infectious diseases is expected work for other infectious diseases that affect humans, including monkeypox and polio.