NYAM LAUNCHES NEW REPORT WITH BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT ANTONIO REYNOSO
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From better housing options to safer sidewalks and intersections, the Age-friendly Brooklyn Task Force Report makes 10 recommendations to facilitate improved health, happiness, and opportunities for older adults across the borough.
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| Gala 2023: Together for Health Equity
Save the date for NYAM’s premier event, bringing together leaders in health, medicine, business, finance, and government.
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| “Now Hear This: “Schumann: Genius and Madness” Premieres April 14
In this PBS episode, which was filmed in part at The New York Academy of Medicine, host Scott Yoo investigates the connection between Robert Schumann’s bipolar disorder and creative genius via experts, musical performances, and an examination of the work of artists outside the world of music.
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| Equity in Aging Services: Looking 3 Years Back and 30 Years Forward
Since 2020, the Older Adults’ Equity Collaborative (OAEC), funded by the Administration for Community Living, has worked to elevate cultural competence in the aging network through active engagement with professionals, caregivers, and older adults. This capstone event will reflect on the accomplishments of the collaborative by introducing attendees to the resources and tools generated by the OAEC, and will also look ahead by stimulating conversation on the future of equity in the aging network.
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| Time-Varying Food Retail and Incident Disease in the Cardiovascular Health Study
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As part of an NIH grant, NYAM’s Senior Research Scientist Dr. David Siscovick, in collaboration with colleague Dr. Gina S. Lovasi of Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health and others, demonstrates that access to healthy food retail, such as the presence of supermarkets/produce markets, is not associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease—a potentially important “negative” finding with policy implications.
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| Spring Travel: 24 Hours in New York City
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We agree, no visit to NYC is complete without a stop at The New York Academy of Medicine Library!
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News12 Brooklyn covers NYAM’s Center for Healthy Aging launch of the Brooklyn Age-friendly Task Force Report with Borough President Antonio Reynoso.
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| UPDATES FROM NYAM RESEARCH
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To learn more about our research and evaluation expertise and the many innovative initiatives underway at NYAM, visit us online.
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New Evaluation of NYCHA’s Family Self-Sufficiency Program |
NYAM’S Center for Evaluation and Applied Research is beginning an evaluation of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Family Self-Sufficiency program. This initiative, supported by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), aims to build economic security in low-income households through education, job training and employment, money management, and funds that offset rent increases during program participation.
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| East Harlem Action Collaborative (EHAC) Connects Families to Resources |
The mothers of EHAC—a program developed out of the NYAM Center for Community Partnerships and Policy Solutions—were concerned that families do not know about resources and programs that can support their children’s development. NYAM supported their development of an East Harlem Resource Guide, available in English, Spanish and Mandarin, to help families connect with services that support children’s health and well-being.
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Judith A. Salerno, MD, MS, President Emeritus, Senior Scholar, and NYAM Fellow |
2023–2024 Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award Recipient |
Congratulations to Dr. Salerno on receiving the Distinguished Scholar award, the most prestigious appointment in the Fulbright Scholar Program. Dr. Salerno will spend four months in São Paulo, Brazil, working with the medical faculty at the University of São PauloCollaborative project on advancing healthy aging. |
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| The Doctor’s Art Podcast: Guiding NYC Through COVID-19 |
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Congratulations to all fellowship recipients!
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2023 Ferdinand C. Valentine Award and Lecture |
2023–2024 Ferdinand C. Valentine Fellowships for Research in Urology |
Parwiz Abrahimi, MD, PhD
Kavita Gupta, MD
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2023 Ferdinand C. Valentine Medical Student Research Grants in Urology |
Sofia Gereta, MD, MSHCT
Frederick Okoye, DO
Jonathan Wong, MD
Sally Zhou, MD
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The 2023 Paul Klemperer Fellow in the History of Medicine |
| 2023 David E. Rogers Fellowship |
Jessica Fields, MD, MS
Paige Fierbaugh, Doctorate of Medicine
Carson Gundlach, MD
Dima Kenj Halabi, Medicine
Renxi Li, Doctor of Medicine – Clinical Research Practice (CRP) Certificate
Emma McGill, MD
Benedicta Olonilua, Doctor of Medicine
Riley Risinger, DDS
Maiko Sho, MD
Neel Vallurupalli, MD
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The 2023 Audrey and William H. Helfand Fellow in the History of Medicine and Public Health |
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On March 14th we celebrated Pi Day! For the occasion, two of our librarians took on recipes from a 200-year-old cookbook. The Virginia House-wife by Mary Randolph is considered to be the first American cookbook. Did the recipes stand up?
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| March marks Women's History Month. Each Wednesday, we took a look through the collection and highlighted important figures, events, and institutions in public health.
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Do you think March "comes in like a lion and out like a lamb?" What about "the first thunderstorm in March wakes up the alligators?" We took a look at popular sayings and superstitions related to the month of March.
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From the collection: Jimmy Chew was the brainchild of dentist Dr. Ferguson. To educate proper dental hygiene, he created a puppet show about an anthropomorphic tooth boy.
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| YOU CAN IMPACT HEALTH EQUITY |
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