Department of Public Health & Preventive Medicine

1. Department of Public Health & Preventive Medicine Christopher P. Morley, PhD Chair

3. Department of Public Health & Preventive Medicine

4. Faculty & Staff Department Management • Chair • Department Administrator/Special Projects Coordinator (nearing completion of MPH) • Financial Coordinator • Administrative Support Center for Research & Evaluation • 1 PhD Biostatistician & 2 MS statisticians • 1 DrPH Epidemiologist (20%) • 1 Post-Doc (assists teaching Biostats) Central New York MPH Program • 5 PhD & 2 DrPH (Epidemiology, Ecology, Public Health Ethics/Policy, Social Science, Economics/HSR, Community Health, Epidemiology/PT) • 1 PhD Epidemiologist (Emeritus status) • 1 MPH (Teaches Environmental Health, coordinates global health initiatives) • Program Coordinator, MPH program (under recruitment) • Accreditation/Eval specialist (MSW, PhD ABD); Preventive Medicine • 1 MD/MPH Peds/Prev Med (runs our MD Preventive Medicine Thread) • Large Cadre of volunteer & joint appointments Notable Collaborations • Translational Science Institute • Center for Global Health & Translational Science (CGHATS) • Center for Environmental Health & Medicine • Inter-departmental center providing global health opportunities (research and education) • Joint appointed faculty • Upstate Family Medicine Residency • Upstate Cancer Center • VEPOP (violence prevention & research)

5. Faculty: Areas of Interest • Mental & Behavioral Health • Cancer • Screening • Prevention • Survivorship • Epidemiology • Tobacco Control • Diabetes & Endocrine Disorders • Environmental Exposures • Genetics • Health Disparities • Community Violence / Firearms • “Redlining” and health effects*** • Maternal and Child Health • Population Health • Public Health Policy • Immunologic & Rheumatic Diseases • Social Determinants of Health • Vaccines • Ethics • Immigrants & refugees • Global Health • Health Workforce & Education • Primary Care Practice Improvement

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7. Research Skill Sets Population Research Ethics & Policy Research Translational Research Clinical Research Qualitative Research Mixed Methods Quantitative Research

8. CNYMPH Central NY Master of Public Health Program • Historical • Formed as a joint program w/ Syracuse University, first students in 2009 • One Concentration – Policy & Administration • Available: Certificate of Advanced Study in PH (15 credits); MD/MPH program • Present • In transition to single institution program • Two new tracks • Data & Analytics • Public Health for Clinicians (MD/MPH & others) • Phasing out existing track • Program Goals • EDUCATION: To educate a diverse group of professionals with the values, commitment, knowledge, and technical skills necessary to improve population health. • RESEARCH: To advance public health knowledge by developing an active program of population-based health research and program evaluation. • SERVICE AND OUTREACH: To develop active community partnerships and collaborative endeavors that contribute to sound public health policies and practices at the local, state, and global levels.

9. CRE – Skills & Software • Study Design • Analytic Plan Development • Survey Development • Sampling Methodology • Sample Size and Power Calculations • Data Collection • Data Management and Cleaning • Data Analysis • Data Interpretation • Data Management Software • REDCAP • Excel • Access • Statistical & Analytic Software • SPSS • SAS • Nvivo • R • Geospatial Mapping Software • GIS • SAS

10. Notable Projects • Health Disparities Surveillance System (HDSS) – Kenyan data set, have access to a comprehensive birth and death registry of nearly 160k inhabitants from 35,000 households in the HDSS catchment area. These households have been surveyed biannually for the past ~7 years. Ongoing collaboration. Telisa Stewart DrPH & other PHPM & global health faculty are involved. • Syracuse Healthy Start Evaluation – Martha Wojtowycz PhD, Lead Evaluator • Gun Violence in Syracuse – a series of analyses; Margaret Formica PhD, protocol PI • Refugee Health & Access to Care – Ethics & Policy oriented qualitative work, led by Rachel Fabi PhD • Cancer Screening in Safety Net Primary Care – Practice Facilitation in primary care practices from Syracuse, Buffalo & Rochester to improve breast, cervical & colorectal cancer screening rates in poor patients. Christopher Morley PhD, PI • Health Workforce - improving entrance of medical graduates into primary care & underserved care careers. Christopher Morley, PhD

11. The Impact of 1937 Red Line Segregation in SyracuseUpon 21st Century Health Outcomes: History Begets HealthLaura Schad; Donald Cibula, PhD; Margaret Formica, PhD; Christopher Morley, PhD • In the U.S. in the late 1930’s, the Home Owner’s Loan Corporation (HOLC) was created through New Deal legislation to refinance home mortgages in the face of the Great Depression. • neighborhood rating system that graded the financial system on an A—D scale • created “red line” districts in many cities (African-Americans unable to obtain credit) • We used historical HOLC grades in Syracuse, NY as predictors of • Neighborhood Firearm Violence (NFV 2010-2016) • Elevated Blood Lead (EBL 2000-2003) • Low Birth Weight (LBW 2004-2007) • Results: Areas historically rated as high risk (C or D, n=17 zones) had • vastly higher mean NFV incidents per square mile (140.58 vs. 29.96, p=.007) • double the odds of EBL(O.R. = 2.18, p<.001) • significantly higher odds of LBW(O.R. = 1.47, p<.001) than areas historically rated as A or B areas on HOLC maps.

12. Contact Information • Christopher P. Morley, Ph.D.Chair, Department of Public Health & Preventive MedicineVice Chair for Research, Department of Family MedicineAssociate Professor of Family Medicine, Public Health & PsychiatryS.U.N.Y. Upstate Medical University • morleycp@upstate.edu • http://www.upstate.edu/publichealth/ • Public Health and Preventive MedicineWeiskotten HallRm. 2262,766 Irving Ave.Syracuse, NY 13210Phone: 315 464-1520Fax: 315 464-1701