Collaboratory
The Collaboratory at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is a community-based hub created to improve health outcomes and reduce disparities in Albany’s South End.
Improving Community Health and Wellness in Albany’s South End
The Collaboratory: Your Neighborhood Health Clinic
The Collaboratory at ACPHS is a community-based hub located at 200 South Pearl Street, just two miles from campus, created to improve health outcomes and reduce disparities in Albany’s South End.
Signature services are delivered by ACPHS’ Public Health Pharmacy Team (PHPT) and Trinity Alliance’s Wellness Advocates Linking Communities (WALC) team.
By bringing together ACPHS students, faculty and local partner organizations, The Collaboratory delivers innovative, people-centered care while serving as a hands-on learning environment for the next generation of health professionals.
Our mission is to reduce health disparities by harnessing the collective expertise of ACPHS students, faculty and local partner organizations.
What We Offer
Educational Programs
We provide learning opportunities for both South End residents and ACPHS students that empower people with knowledge to take control of their health.
Topics include: asthma management, smoking cessation,
medication literacy.
These programs are designed to boost health literacy and directly address disparities that impact chronic health conditions in the community.
Community Health Services
The Collaboratory offers a wide range of health and wellness services, free of charge and tailored to local needs: food assistance, health-insurance navigation, health and medication literacy, chronic disease self-management programs, HIV adherence monitoring, housing and shelter support, medication reviews, individual and family support.
Our approach is holistic and community-first, removing common barriers to care while building trust through a consistent local presence.
A Space to Learn, Meet & Collaborate
The Collaboratory also serves as a meeting and event space for South End residents and organizations. Local partners including AVillage, South End Community Collaborative and BirthNet have used the space for meetings and outreach efforts.
We regularly host: educational workshops, cultural events, community planning sessions and wellness initiatives.
Empowering Students with Real-World Experience
The Collaboratory is more than a community resource—it’s a vital part of the ACPHS educational experience. Public Health students collaborate with faculty and community health workers to address real health-care challenges, gaining essential skills in problem-solving, teamwork and public health practice.
The Public Health program held its first course at The Collaboratory in Fall 2018, and ACPHS continues to expand student learning opportunities on-site, including educational workshops focused on chronic-disease prevention and health literacy.
Getting there is easy—The Collaboratory is just two miles from the main ACPHS campus, with free transportation via CDTA buses and ample on-street parking for those who drive.
From Student to Leader: Kaylee Stewart ’24 Steps Into Key Role at The Collaboratory
Just days after earning her degree in Public Health, Kaylee Stewart ’24 became manager of The Collaboratory, ACPHS’ community health hub in Albany’s South End. She oversees programs that deliver hypertension support, free health screenings and naloxone training—while also bringing fresh ideas to engage future students through volunteer opportunities and early exposure to public-health work.
Questions? Contact the Director
Stacy Pettigrew
Meet Our Team
A Team of Health Care Professionals
Stacy Pettigrew
Stacy Pettigrew serves as the director of the Collaboratory and brings to the table her extensive background in environmental and social justice from her experience as the executive director of The Radix Ecological Sustainability Center. She leads the neighborhood-focused Innovations Blocks project in the South End and has been an integral part of the development of the College’s service-learning program for undergraduate public-health students.
Katie Cardone
Katie Cardone is the ambulatory-care pharmacy residency program coordinator at ACPHS and serves as the director of clinical pharmacy at The Collaboratory. She oversees the Public Health Pharmacy Team (PHPT) and is The Collaboratory’s liaison to professional students at ACPHS, cultivating opportunities for both students and the community.
Kaylee Stewart
Bio coming soon!
Sara Adams – Director of WALC
Sara Adams is the director of the WALC program. She oversees the community health worker initiative and fosters collaborative programming alongside the PHPT. Sara also works closely with Stacy Pettigrew to coordinate service-learning opportunities for students at The Collaboratory.
Phone: 518-986-3410 | Email: s.adams@ta-cr.org
Sayda Niass
Sayda Niass is one of The Collaboratory’s public health pharmacy technicians and a member of the South End community. She works side- by-side with our community health workers to connect clients to the pharmacy supports they need.
Sylvester Doyer – Lead Community Health Worker
Sylvester Doyer, a social worker by trade, serves as the program manager for Trinity Alliance. Alongside our other community health workers, Sylvester helps residents navigate available services and resources.
Phone: 518-898-3258 | Email: s.doyer@ta-cr.org
Sylvia Jones – Community Health Worker
Sylvia Jones is a community health worker for WALC and is a certified substance abuse counselor. Sylvia and Sylvester are also members of the South End Community, bringing a great rapport to the table.
Phone: 518-986-3814 | Email: s.jones@ta-cr.org
Collaboratory Partnerships
Funding Organizations
Our funders make The Collaboratory possible. Thanks to the efforts of these organizations, ACPHS’ Collaboratory and Trinity Alliance can provide South End residents with a range of preventive health and wellness services.
- Alliance for Better Health
- Bender Family Foundation
- Dominic Ferraioli Foundation
- Food Pantries For The Capital Region
- Frederick McDonald Trust – BOA
- Hannaford Foundation
- Hortense and Louis Rubin Community Health Care Fund
- John D. Picotte Foundation
- MVP Health Care
- NYS Department of Health/Health Research Institute
- Robison Family Foundation
- Seymour Fox Memorial Foundation
- St. Peter’s Health Partners
- TD Bank Charitable Foundation
- Wright Family Foundation
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