Healthy Communities Research Institute
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Researchers Study Pandemic's Effects on Physical Activity
Recently, a group of ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University researchers sought to examine the impact of these pandemic-related changes upon physical activity and sedentary behavior, specifically sitting, across the university population. Monday, October 5th 2020, 8:03 PM EDT by Brandon Brown Has COVI…
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Graduate Student Wins Award at the Brain Health Research Institute's Eighth Annual Neuroscience Symposium
Congratulations to Cynthia Hunt, a graduate student in Sociology at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University, for her award-winning presentation at the Brain Health Research Institute's Eighth Annual Neuroscience Symposium! Her work was supported by HCRI faculty members, Dr. Christopher Woolverton and Dr. Joel Hu…
2019-2020 Seed Grant Recipients Announced
The Healthy Communities Research Initiative (HCRI) is excited to announce the recipients of the 2019-2020 HCRI Seed Grant Awards! Three research teams at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University were funded. Recipients include: Dr. Angela Neal-Barnett (Psychological Sciences). Co-PIs: Javed Khan, Mary Hogue, Tam…
Award Recipients of the 2020 Online Undergraduate Research Symposium Focus their Work on Improving the Health of Congolese Refugee Women
Two award recipients of the 2020 ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University Online Undergraduate Research Symposium are Rebecca Jindra and Jordan Smith. Both of these students are pursuing degrees within the College of Public Health. Their project was titled ‘A Qualitative Exploration of Newly Resettled Congolese Ref…
Coronavirus 'fingerprints’ shows virus RNA travels on shoes -- but that doesn’t mean the floor is contagious
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2020/04/coronavirus-fingerprints-shows-virus-rna-travels-on-shoes-but-that-doesnt-mean-the-floor-is-contagious.html
"We All Can Play a Role," ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Epidemiologist Says
Tara C. Smith, Ph.D., epidemiology professor in the College of Public Health, shares her perspective on the current coronavirus pandemic: "It seems like years have passed since the world first heard of an 'atypical pneumonia' circulating in the Hubei province of China in December 2019. When we’ve seen similar reports in the past, the illnesses have had a variety of causes, but all were eventually containable..."
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Professor Receives $2.6 Million Grant for Alzheimer's Research
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University psychology professor John Gunstad, Ph.D., has received at grant of nearly $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand his Alzheimer’s disease research into a national study.
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Researcher Studies Obesity in At-Risk Youth to Help Reveal Path to Healthy, Mindful Eating
Weight management can be challenging for all adolescents, but those from low-income families face added stressors that can make weight loss even more difficult.
Those are the findings of Amy Sato, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, who has been studying the connection between obesity and low-income youth for more than seven years.