Lerner Center News

Results from Lerner Center campus-wide survey featured in SU Faculty and Staff Newsletter

In Spring 2019, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion developed and disseminated a campus-wide survey on health and wellness goals. The survey explored how health and wellness goals differed among race/ethnicity, sex, and role at Syracuse University (faculty, staff, undergraduate or graduate student). Results were very insightful and will inform future Healthy Monday programming. The article, New Ways to Make Monday a Fresh Start, dives into the survey results and their implications, along with how Healthy Monday programming can be used to spark healthy behaviors across campus.
December 17, 2019

See related: Gender and Sex, Longevity, New York State, Nutrition, Race & Ethnicity, Research Methods

Monnat study on opioids cited in CityLab article

While the urban opioid crisis is a crisis of heroin and illegal drugs, the rural opioid crisis of prescription drugs is largely a story of growing spatial inequality and of places left behind, most often occurring in places that tend to have a declining industrial base, finds a study co-authored by Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.

December 12, 2019

See related: Addiction, Opioids, Rural Issues, United States, Urban Issues

Research coauthored by Lerner Chair featured in CityLab: The Changing Geography of Opioid Crisis

December 7, 2019

See related: Addiction, Opioids, Rural Issues, United States, Urban Issues

DeRuyter Monday Mile Team Wins "Power of Rural Award" for Dedication to Improving Community Health

In celebration of National Rural Health Day, the Madison County Rural Health Council recognizes Madison County residents who have shown a deep passion and commitment to bettering the health and wellness of their community. This year, the Rural Health Council awarded the DeRuyter Monday Mile Team for creating their own 
November 21, 2019

See related: Awards & Honors

Monnat takes part in White House roundtable aimed at reducing opioid overdoses

“Many people who misuse opioids are also misusing other substances, and a common driver of this is self-medicating,” says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, whose research examines the connections between social disadvantage, place, public policy and health.

November 15, 2019

See related: Addiction, Federal, Opioids, U.S. Education, U.S. Health Policy, United States

Lerner Chair Shannon Monnat Participates in White House Roundtable on Reducing Opioid Overdoses

Monnat, the Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, traveled to our nation's capital to participate in a roundtable discussion on addressing the opioid epidemic in the United States. Monnat, along with thirty other university representatives, joined public health officials from the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), the U.S. Surgeon General's office, the Department of Education, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to discuss how to fight opioid overdoses across university campuses.
November 15, 2019

See related: Addiction, Federal, Opioids, U.S. Education, U.S. Health Policy, United States

Sociologists Montez and Monnat earn NIH grants

Maxwell School sociology faculty members lead research teams that were recently awarded R24 grants from the National Institute on Aging, a division of the National Institutes of Health. Jennifer Karas Montez, professor of sociology, is a co-principal investigator, and Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, is a co-investigator on the first of these highly competitive five-year grants.
October 11, 2019

See related: Grant Awards, Longevity, U.S. Health Policy

Harrington Meyer discusses intensive grandparenting in Christian Science Monitor article

"Historically, grandparents have always provided care," says University Professor Madonna Harrington Meyer. "What we’re seeing now is grandparents providing care that looks a lot more like parenting: more hours and more tasks."

September 20, 2019

See related: Child & Elder Care, United States

Maxwell announces promotions, tenure for six faculty

“The faculty promoted are nationally recognized scholars, outstanding teachers, and engaged in making their work accessible to broader audiences in an effort to shape future research, and dialogue and practice,” said David M. Van Slyke, dean of the Maxwell School.

August 27, 2019

See related: Promotions & Appointments

Harrington Meyer discusses intensive grandparenting on Wharton podcast

University Professor Madonna Harrington Meyer discusses grandparents who are taking on tasks that have, until recently, generally been the purview of parents. So, in addition to the sublime pleasures of grandparenting, many grandparents are now also feeling high levels of stress and strain as grandparenting intensifies.

August 22, 2019

See related: Child & Elder Care, United States

Harrington Meyer discusses benefits of Fresh Air Fund in Democrat & Chronicle article

"Initially created to give children a break from the dirty smokestacks of NYC, the Fresh Air Fund now emphasizes giving children from underserved communities a break from drugs, violence, or gangs," writes University Professor Madonna Harrington Meyer.

August 20, 2019

See related: Children, Adolescents, New York City, Urban Issues

Good Morning America Shares how to Manage the "Sunday Scaries" with the Healthy Monday Reset

Good Morning America's (GMA) Self-Care Nation Series featured the Healthy Monday Reset in a "Sunday Scaries" segment. Michelle Bombacie, the Healthy Monday advisor for Colombia University Irving Medical Center, shares how she deals with the "Sunday Scaries" with Healthy Monday Reset tips. 
August 19, 2019

See related: Mental Health, United States

Harrington Meyer comments on intensive grandparenting in NY Times

"My mom told the seven of us to go outside and play," University Professor Madonna Harrington Meyer recalled. "Today’s mom says, ‘Get in the van and I’ll drive you from Spanish camp to violin lessons.’ The idea is to cultivate your child, give them every possible advantage, and it clearly spills over to the intensification of grandparenting." Harrington Meyer was interviewed for the New York Times article "When Grandparents Help Hold It All Together." 

July 24, 2019

See related: Child & Elder Care, United States

Madonna Harrington Meyer named University Professor

The prestigious distinction—a four-year, renewable appointment—is granted to faculty who excel in their fields and who have made extraordinary scholarly contributions as judged by their peers nationally and internationally. “Professor Harrington Meyer’s work is focused on some of the most persistent, difficult and relevant issues facing our society. Her research and teaching challenge us to think through and find solutions that better our communities,” says Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly. 

July 22, 2019

See related: Promotions & Appointments

Harrington Meyer book Grandmothers at Work cited in LA Times

According to University Professor Harrington Meyer, grandmothers often share child-rearing duties and ease the childcare burden of working parents, a role that has only been increasing.

May 14, 2019

See related: Child & Elder Care, United States

Monnat lectures on demographic and geographic variation in drug, alcohol, suicide mortality at UCLA

As a scholar of social inequality and social demography, Dr. Monnat's research examines the correlates and consequences of social disadvantage, particularly at the intersections of place, public policy, and health. A common theme binding much of her work is a concern for rural people and places. Her current research focuses on social determinants of opioid use disorders and mortality, particularly in rural and small town America. 
May 8, 2019

Lerner Graduate Fellow Alumna Jordana Gilman receives SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence

Jordana Gilman, an MD/MPH student who will graduated Sunday, May 5, has been selected as one of 210 SUNY students from across the state to receive a 2019 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence. SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson said the student winners “made the choice to be leaders, on their campuses, prioritize their studies and serve their communities.”
April 29, 2019

See related: Awards & Honors

Monnat quoted in PolitiFact article on Andrew Yang, life expectancy

According to Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, the recent decline in life expectancy "is due almost entirely" to increases in overdoses and suicides. "Although the declines are small, they are unprecedented, and they are signals that there is a serious well-being crisis in the U.S."

April 4, 2019

See related: Addiction, Longevity, Mental Health, United States

Lerner Center Kicks Off National Public Health Week with the Disease of Busyness

April 1 was the kickoff to National Public Health Week and we celebrated by hosting a luncheon to discuss the Disease of Busyness. Around 80 people came together to hear guest speaker Jaime Weisberg, of Northbound Coaching and Consulting, lead a powerful talk on how our busy state of minds affect our relationships, productivity, and overall health.
April 1, 2019

Lerner Center Graduate Fellow Katie Mott featured on NPR for research on the NoJaims closure

Katie Mott was interviewed on local station NPR due to her latest research brief on food access in Syracuse. 
March 26, 2019

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