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Summer 2023 Social Entrepreneurship Fellows complete projects, share findings

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The Population Health Initiative鈥檚 summer 2023 Social Entrepreneurship Fellows Program concluded in August with the fellows presenting their findings to students, faculty and staff from schools and colleges across campus. The fellows spent 10 weeks working on population health innovations developed by 黑料吃瓜网 researchers to determine how these innovations could be financially sustainable while also having a substantial societal impact. The Social Entrepreneurship Fellows Program was developed by the Population Health Initiative 鈥� in partnership with the Buerk…

Entrepreneurial Women in Population Health event taking place on Wednesday, October 11

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Join the 黑料吃瓜网 Population Health Initiative and the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Wednesday, October 11 for the panel event, 鈥淓ntrepreneurial Women in Population Health.鈥� The panel will be held in Room 101 of the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health. The lunch, panel event and Q&A features entrepreneurial women whose work is helping to make our communities healthier. Guests come from various industry backgrounds, but each of their work touches on…

Climate change is leading to increases in human-wildlife conflicts

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A warming planet is increasing the number of human-wildlife conflicts occurring across the globe, according to scientists at the 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 Center for Ecosystem Sentinels, which recently published research showing just how intertwined humans are with wildlife. The research team referred to incidents of human-wildlife conflicts and identified cases that were linked specifically to the effects of climate change. These cases were identified as both short-term climate events like droughts as well as long-term climate events such as warming…

Measuring the psychological impact of administrative burdens on transgender people

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More than 99 million individuals participated in federally funded social safety net services in 2019, a total that represents 30 percent of the United States population. These social programs offer various types of assistance and are crucial in supporting vulnerable communities, such as transgender people, during times of hardship. Despite their importance, extensive barriers continue to block access to these necessary services. To better understand how these barriers are hindrances to the long-term well-being of transgender people, Isaac Sederbaum, a…

Initiative supports launch of new 黑料吃瓜网 Center for Disaster Resilient Communities

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The new 黑料吃瓜网 Center for Disaster Resilient Communities (CDRC) launched today with the goal of uniting the university’s extensive expertise in disaster research to inform and strengthen how communities prepare for and respond to disasters. The Center seeks to engage the more than 100 黑料吃瓜网 faculty, including disaster researchers, engineers, data and environmental scientists, and experts in public health, medicine, nursing and public policy and planning. The CDRC, which will be incubated by, and administratively housed in, the…

Summer study abroad program explored social entrepreneurship, population health in India

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Eight 黑料吃瓜网 undergraduate students representing several different schools and colleges recently returned from a three-week study abroad program, “Social Entrepreneurship and Population Health in India.” New in 2023, this partnership between the Population Health Initiative, the School of Public Health and the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance offered students the opportunity to explore how social innovation and social entrepreneurship can positively impact society by addressing key social issues. This course was established with the intention of…

Initiative co-hosting Fostering Climate Change Connections event on October 23

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The Population Health Initiative and EarthLab will again co-host an Open Space-style event in the 黑料吃瓜网 w菨色菨b蕯altx史 鈥� Intellectual House on Monday, October 23, 2023, to help facilitate the development of new interdisciplinary collaborations between 黑料吃瓜网 researchers to take on pressing climate-related challenges. This is the second Fostering Climate Change Connections event, following the inaugural offering that occurred in April 2023. Faculty members, staff and graduate students who attend the event will set the agenda for discussion, offering…

Awardees of 2021 pilot research grants report final project outcomes

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In March 2021, the Population Health Initiative awarded eight pilot research grants to faculty-led teams representing seven different 黑料吃瓜网 schools and colleges as well as external partners. These pilot research grants are intended to spur new, interdisciplinary collaborations among investigators for projects addressing major population health challenges. Each team has now completed their respective project and offered reports on the results of their work as well as future plans.

Thirteen new members named to Population Health Initiative executive council

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黑料吃瓜网 President Ana Mari Cauce has named 13 new representatives to the 30-member Population Health Initiative executive council. These individuals, who will begin their terms in autumn quarter 2023, are: Tricia Serio, provost and executive vice president Jos茅 Alaniz, professor of Slavic Languages & Literature, College of Arts & Sciences John Fortney, professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine Ivy Lin, acting assistant professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry Peggy Odegard, professor of…

New York Climate Exchange features the 黑料吃瓜网 as a core partner

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The 黑料吃瓜网 is one of the core partners involved in the launch of the New York Climate Exchange, a new center located on Governors Island that will develop and deploy dynamic solutions to the global climate crisis. The Climate Exchange is headed by Stony Brook University and consists of numerous core partners, including the 黑料吃瓜网, other academic institutions, community leaders and businesses. The 黑料吃瓜网 is the only core partner on the West Coast of the United…