In the News: Dessa Bergen-Cico

“Drug seizure data measure interdiction activity, not actual trafficking volume,” says Dessa Bergen-Cico, professor of public health. “As drug policy researchers have noted, no one knows how much goes uncaught, and changes in seizure data are insufficient to make definitive claims about policy outcomes.”

The study, co-authored by Dessa Bergen-Cico and David Larsen, both professors of public health, was published in PLOS One.

The department’s transition from Falk College fuels collaboration across disciplines, strengthens research centers, and establishes a hub for population and public health sciences.

The school’s Executive Education program and Public Health Department will co-host a Distinguished Humphrey Fellowship Program.

The addition brings hundreds of students and more than a dozen faculty experts to 'enhance our vital voice in the study of health,' says Dean David M. Van Slyke.

In an interview for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s “Prevention Profiles” podcast series, Dessa Bergen-Cico, professor of public health, discusses her more than 25 years of experience at Syracuse University addressing substance use prevention on campus and beyond.

Dessa Bergen-Cico, professor and graduate director of public health, will help shape the honors program curriculum and policy, and assist with strategic planning. “The core faculty are high-impact teachers and researchers,” says Danielle Taana Smith, director of the Renée Crown University Honors Program.

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.

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.

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.”

This brief describes how prolonged periods of solitude affect our mental health and provides some strategies for how we can protect our mental and emotional health as we reengage with society.

This brief explains how too much media consumption (including the news) can affect your psychological and physiological wellbeing and provides strategies for monitoring your media consumption.