HIGHLIGHTS THROUGH THE YEARS
LOVE CANAL Alongside NYSDOH, School faculty and students conducted numerous studies to address potential health risks from the first Superfund site in the U.S., located in Western New York. PCB CONTAMINATION From 1998 to 2010, faculty and students led research into the health risks from PCB contamination of the Hudson River and Mohawk tribal areas. WEST NILE VIRUS First introduced to New York in 1999, the state responded with pioneering “one health” approaches, using animal surveillance to forecast human risk and researching the influence of climate change. School experts played a large part in this work. WORLD TRADE CENTER Wadsworth Center researchers certified the clinical labs that conducted DNA-based identification at Ground Zero. Faculty also researched the risks of occupational and volunteer exposures after the terrorist attack. HEALTH COMMUNICATION In 2013, a School study found that a majority of food advertisements in magazines targeting parents emphasize products of poor nutritional quality that may contribute to unhealthy weight gain. POMEGRANATE & CANCER Researchers from the Cancer Research Center found evidence suggesting that the same antioxidant that gives pomegranate fruit their vibrant red color can alter the characteristics of breast cancer stem cells, showing the superfood’s potential for aiding in much more than diabetes or heart disease as previously thought.
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