By Zaila Brinson | September 16, 2024
An exciting addition is coming to the University at Albany Uptown Campus in 2025.
The College of Integrated Health Sciences, currently located on UAlbany’s downtown campus, will be moving uptown next year; the college incorporates the existing Schools of Social Welfare, Public Health and nursing.
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The college includes both undergraduate and graduate tracks for students and has new disciplines such as Biomedical Sciences, Population health Nursing, Health Policy, Management and Behavior, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics and Environmental Health Sciences.
The goal in creating the College of Integrated Health Sciences is to bolster collaboration between health professionals. This collaboration is essential in finding ways to help communities facing health and wellness challenges.
“Health is multi-faceted and efforts to improve the health of individuals and communities must be holistic to be effective, that’s why the University at Albany is so proud to form the new College of Integrated Health Sciences,” UAlbany president Dr. Havidán Rodríguez said in a news release.
Professor Erin Bell, who previously served as the interim dean for the School of Public Health, is now serving as Dean of the College of Integrated Health Sciences. Bell has researched environmental exposures with a particular emphasis on how man-made chemicals shape the health outcomes of humans.
"Through rigorous academic programming, innovative research, and timely workforce development, the new College of Integrated Health Sciences is uniquely positioned to enhance the health and wellbeing of populations across New York State and beyond,” Bell said.
Senior Vice Dean Victoria Rizzo previously served as the interim dean for the School of Social Welfare and has been nationally recognized for research that looks at the impact and importance of social work in healthcare settings.
"Interdisciplinary collaborations allow us to look at complex issues from different perspectives to identify solutions that would not otherwise be possible if the approach remained siloed,” Rizzo said. “The new college, by structure, focuses on interdisciplinarity – allowing us to address complex social issues and disparities more effectively and better meet both individual and community needs.”
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