News at Adelphi

Long a recognized go-to authority on disaster epidemiology and the public health aspects of infectious diseases such as seasonal influenza, K.C. Rondello, MD, has shared his words of wisdom in the media since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 has sparked a greater need for mental health care—and mental health practitioners and scholars. Adelphi is at the forefront with three prestigious mental health-focused programs, including two at our renowned Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology and one at the College of Nursing and Public Health that prepares nurses for advanced practice in caring for body and mind.

Students, have you experienced more stress and anxiety in the past year? You're not alone. COVID-19, working remotely and spending more hours at home have taken their toll on the mental and emotional health of many students.

Food insecurity is defined as “limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods, including involuntarily cutting back on meals and food portions or not knowing the source of the next meal." It’s one of the most pressing issues of our times. Anyone can experience food insecurity, including college students, faculty and staff.

Adelphi University's Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology will offer a certificate program in trauma treatment for licensed and certified mental health professionals. The new program will provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to serve traumatized individuals and communities.

Josephine Briones is a registered nurse who knows that technology and digital record keeping can be used to improve patient care. That's why she enrolled in Adelphi's online master's degree program in healthcare informatics.

Nursing alumna Betty L. Forest '47, PhD, '10 (Hon.), has paved a successful future for advancement and world-class excellence in the Adelphi University College of Nursing and Public Health.

Leonard Achan '99, healthcare executive and entrepreneur, is being recognized for his outstanding leadership in New York state during and prior to the coronavirus pandemic, by Crain's New York Business and Healthcare Leaders of New York (HLNY).

Katherine Fiori, PhD, associate professor of psychology and department chair, is interviewed and her work is cited in a New York Times story about the importance of casual social interactions.

Dr. Monique Mohammed ’14, MS ’16, earned her Doctor of Optometry degree this spring. She couldn’t have done it, she said, without the support she received from the CSTEP and mentoring programs as a student at Adelphi. Read her inspiring story.

An op-ed on the rise of telehealth by Josh Altman, PhD, associate director of Adelphi’s Student Counseling Center, is featured in Modern Healthcare.

Campus Recreation continues to provide ways to stay active throughout the summer.

This new undergraduate program will emphasize working collaboratively with professionals from different fields, guided by the core competencies of ethics and values.

Children, teens and adults in neighboring communities depend on the therapists in the Hy Weinberg Center for Communication Disorders for speech-language and hearing evaluations and interventions. The Center has more than 100 speech and hearing client visits per week. The Center is also a clinical training ground for students pursuing a master’s in speech-language pathology…

In an interview, K.C. Rondello, MD, clinical associate professor in Adelphi’s College of Nursing and Public Health—and national authority on disaster epidemiology—discusses the coming year.

Social distancing is helping telemedicine become the new normal. What other medical technologies may soon enter the mainstream? A. Hasan Sapci, MD, College of Nursing and Public Health assistant professor, provides some hints.

While adjusting to teaching and learning online, Jennifer Perrone finds hope during the pandemic with the birth of her son.

Throughout these past several weeks, we have continued to define our University's plans for a safe, in-person reopening this coming fall. We all look forward to safely being together again on campus.