Health Care Studies Department

Director: Justine Tutuska, EDUCATION: San Diego State University, San Diego, California MPH - Master of Public Health, Health Promotion Concentration State University of New York College at Oswego, Oswego, New York BA – Psychology New York Institute of Massage, Williamsville, New York Licensed Massage Therapist

Paulette M. Niewczyk, MPH, PhD Assistant Professor, Health Care Studies Program EDUCATION: PhD      University at Buffalo, Department of Sociology MPH     University at Buffalo, School of Public Health B.S.      Buffalo State College, Psychology Paulette Niewczyk is an Assistant Professor in the Health Care Studies program at Daemen College.  Her publications include works investigating inequalities in health and health care and patterns of disease and disability both locally and nationally. She has been involved in research including:  cross-cultural studies of suicide,  social, behavioral, environmental and genetic factors that contribute to the high rates of asthma in Western New York, and investigating the functional outcomes of medical rehabilitation.