Impacts
Our faculty and staff work extensively across New York State and beyond. We endeavor to improve public health systems across four main areas, including emergency preparedness, workforce development, social determinants of health, and environment and health.
Explore our stories of impact below.
Avian influenza, often called bird flu, has become a growing concern across the U.S. The highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza (HPAI) has become widespread among wild...
The Cornell Initiative on Aging and Climate Adaptation is an applied research collaboration across Cornell Tech, Cornell Weill, and Cornell Public Health, focused on improving,...
Cornell University’s Health Impacts Core has developed an interactive online capacity-building intervention called Public Health Essentials (PHE) that helps...
Cornell faculty and staff in the Department of Public & Ecosystem Health in the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, in partnership with the University of...
Dr. Karla Hanson and her team were faced with the problem of bots attempting to enroll in their online research study. The study was aimed at collecting data in a rural community...
In times of crisis and disaster, government and charitable organizations cannot always respond quickly or adequately enough. Mutual aid (MA) is a grassroots response to...
Dr. Alistair Hayden of the Cornell Health Impacts Core recently spoke with lawmakers and the local news about PFAS contamination across New York State. Dr. Hayden spoke at a...
The Cornell Health Impacts Core (or The Core), works collaboratively with partners to enhance their capacity to design and deliver effective public health programs. The Core has a...
Through tremendous efforts and collaboration across the Public Health Program, we have been selected to serve as a national partner through the CDC's National Partners Cooperative...
Community-supported agriculture (CSA) has the potential to improve access to fresh, local fruits and vegetables, yet low-income households seldom...
Professor Laura Smith, PhD, in partnership with the Zimbabwean Government and the Zvitambo Institute, recently received a $3.2 million grant to examine the impacts of climate...
