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With no vaccine for COVID-19 available until December 2020, public health measures were our strongest defense. Faculty from 91¹ú²ú's College of Nursing and Public Health—especially K.C. Rondello, MD, and Maria-Pilar Martin, MD— played critical roles as advocates at the height of the crisis—both in the United States and around the world.

During his presentation “Understanding Omicron,” K.C. Rondello, MD, University epidemiologist and clinical associate professor in the College of Nursing and Public Health, told about 130 Zoom attendees that “[COVID-19] variants are going to be part of our lives forever”—but to a lesser degree. But he added that “our resiliency and adaptability” are “our biggest assets”—and…

The College of Professional and Continuing Studies is proud to be introducing new noncredit certificate programs in healthcare that many adult students and career changers can benefit from.

A patient presenting with possible viral meningitis symptoms complained about a headache as graduate nurse practitioner students asked questions, took vital signs and got her medical history.

According to healthaffairs.org, more than 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 every day—leading to an unprecedented spike in the number of homebound adults relying on home-based primary healthcare. Yet, today, the quality of home-based care for the nation's older adults is highly inconsistent.

Adelphi's own healthcare heroes in the war against an invisible enemy work at Northwell Health, NYU Langone Health, St. Francis Hospital and other healthcare institutions in such areas as neurosurgical medicine, cardiothoracic surgery and emergency medicine.

In March 2020, as New York entered lockdown and COVID-19 patients overwhelmed area hospitals, Lea Theodore, PhD, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology professor and director of the Derner school psychology program, received an email out of the blue.

Victoria Bruchhauser, a junior majoring in nursing, is one of the three students from the College of Nursing and Public Health who took part in the Innovation Center's virtual exchange program.

What should we do if we see someone inappropriately touched without consent?

In 2018, 91¹ú²ú made history by opening the country's first sensory room at a college or university. The sensory room provides a calming refuge for students and others in the campus community who are on the autism spectrum or have other sensory special needs.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It’s an even busier time of events and activities for volunteers at the 91¹ú²ú NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program, which offers counseling and workshops for individuals, friends and families battling breast cancer, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, year-round. And for everyone at 91¹ú²ú…

Illuminating COVID's toll on African American mothers and children.

Damian Stanley, PhD, assistant professor of psychology at 91¹ú²ú, believes his large-scale, longitudinal study of the COVID-19 pandemic’s unseen psychological effects can help us learn to mitigate its psychological impact, on both an individual and societal level.

Nara Yoon, PhD, is an assistant professor and applied mathematician who works on diverse topics of mathematical biology, including building models that describe the prognosis for human disease and suggest the best therapeutic strategies.