Staff members from the Skorton Center for Health Initiatives participate in a number of research and academic partnerships.
Research
Skorton Center research focuses on a broad range of important issues in the field of college health. Staff members administer surveys on priority topic areas including:
- high-risk alcohol consumption and other drug use
- mental health and well-being
- sexual violence
- hazing
Skorton Center staff members contribute to research initiatives by ...
- Developing and evaluating our own bystander intervention programs including:
- Publishing research in peer-reviewed journals, including:
- The Slope of Change: An Environmental Management Approach to Reduce Drinking on a Day of Celebration at a U.S. College (article about Slope Day)
- Safety First: A Medical Amnesty Approach to Alcohol Poisoning at a U.S. University (article about Cornell's Medical Amnesty / Good Samaritan Protocol; CU NetID required to access)
- Presenting research regularly at national conferences, including:
- NASPA strategies for student affairs professionals
- American Public Health Association
- Partnering with Cornell University’s Office of Institutional Research and Planning and collaborating with the Student and Campus Life Research Group on university-wide survey development and analysis
Academic Partnerships
The Skorton Center for Health Initiatives partners with Cornell faculty in the following ways:
- Delivering guest lectures in academic classes:
- FGSS 3320: Gender and Psychopathology
- HADM 4300: Introduction to Wines
- ILROB 3730: Culture, Leadership, and Change
- NS 2060: Preparation for Engaged Learning in Global & Public Health Sciences
- Facilitating health workshops for students and Teaching Assistants:
- Examples include facilitating Thrive, Notice & Respond: Friend 2 Friend, and Intervene in first year college courses including Eng1050 and the ILR Colloquium
- Supporting academic class projects to serve the Cornell community, including partnering with:
- Dr. Mardelle Shepley and her class DEA 5304: Design Accountability to evaluate the new health center building
- Dr. Jeff Niederdeppe and his class COMM 3760: Planning Communication Campaigns to help students develop health campaign materials
- Collaborating on campus-wide initiatives including Cornell Nature Rx
- Providing specific academic departments with student internship/ field placement opportunities at Cornell Health (e.g., Public Health Fellows & Interns)