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Healthy Communities Research Institute

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"We All Can Play a Role," ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ 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..."

Tags: Research & Science, Community & Society, College of Public Health, Healthy Communities Research Institute, COVID-19 HUB

ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Today

ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ professor John Gunstad and his research assistants Hanna Schmetzer and Victoria Sanborn demonstrate using the voice pattern technology that is part of his Alzheimer's disease research.

ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Professor Receives $2.6 Million Grant for Alzheimer's Research

ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ 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.

Tags: Research & Science, Brain Health Research Institute, Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, College of Arts and Sciences, Healthy Communities Research Institute

Kent Campus

Associate Professor Amy Sato's Research Team, includes from left, doctoral student Kara Hultstrand, visiting professor Giane Bientinez Sprada, Sato, and doctoral students Clarissa Shields and Caroline West

ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ 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.

Tags: Research & Science, Global Impact, Healthy Communities Research Institute

Kent Campus