Professor Kim Gans recently had a grant funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). The grant is titled Physical Activity in Latino Men Through Tailoring: Hombres Saludables and is for three years, beginning in September.
Author: Janice Berriault
Beth Russell’s grant funded by the DMHAS
Assistant Professor Beth Russell recently had a grant funded by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS). This grant is for the Vernon Prevention Partnership, a longitudinal effort to prevent substance use in Vernon public schools. Beth will serve as PI of the program evaluation sub-award.
Keith Bellizzi- Special Advisor to NCI Outcomes Research Branch
Associate Professor Keith Bellizzi has been invited to serve as Special Advisor to the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Outcomes Research Branch (ORB), for the 2016/2017 year. He will be spending 30% of his time working for NCI. They chose Keith for his expertise in gerontology, patient outcomes research, and behavioral medicine, as they expand their research portfolio among the growing population of older patients and survivors who have multiple chronic conditions. This is a great opportunity for Keith, and also helps the department’s visibility at NIH and as an important place for gerontology research.
Laura Mauldin receives Honorable Mention from the ASA
Assistant Professor Laura Mauldin, received Honorable Mention from the American Sociological Association for her 2016 book, Made to Hear: Cochlear Implants and Raising Deaf Children. Published by the University of Minnesota Press (2016).
Made to Hear explores the long-term, multi-year undertaking of cochlear implantation and the experiences of mothers of deaf children as they navigate the health care system and professionals advocating implantation. Mauldin expertly documents that ways in which the medical infrastructure and language encourage compliance by mothers and children with medical technology and a medicalized view of deafness. This book deserves great praise in particular for its strong methodological and theoretical framework, highly informed and well-balanced analysis, and its contributions to a core issue in the field of disability.
Lisa Eaton’s project funded by the National Institutes of Health
Associate Professor Lisa Eaton recently had a project, Unified Intervention to Impact HIV Care Continuum, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This is a large, five-year study funded by NIDA and in collaboration with Seth Kalichman.
Honors student, Samantha Lawrence featured in CLAS article
HDFS honors student Samantha Lawrence was featured in a CLAS article entitled, A Sensitive Soul: The Psychology of Bullying. This article describes the great engagement of Assistant Professor Alaina Brenick in undergraduate education, and the excellent research opportunities that have been available to Samantha.
Watson interviewed in the International Journal of Eating Disorders
Ryan Watson recently interviewed with the press and radio about his article entitled, “Trends and disparities in disordered eating among heterosexual and sexual minority adolescents” which was published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders. Read the press release by the University of British Columbia.Alaina Brenick & Linda Halgunseth receive SFF Awards
The Office of the Vice President for Research announced the recipients of the Scholarship Facilitation Fund (SFF) Awards for Fall 2016. Assistant Professors Alaina Brenick and Linda Halgunseth were among the awardees.
Alaina Brenick was awarded funds to support her study of the “Unique Experiences of, Consequences of, and Effective Responses to Discriminatory Bullying of Latino Immigrant Youth.”
LindaHalgunseth’s award is for the study of the “Examining the Effectiveness of Immigrant Parents’ Responses to their Children’s Bullying Experiences in Middle School.”
Both of these studies are great examples of the important translational scholarship being conducted by members of the HDFS program.
Rebecca Puhl featured in New York Times article, June 16, 2016.
Professor Rebecca Puhl is featured in a New York Times article entitled, Parents Should Avoid Comments on a Child’s Weight, June 16, 2016.
C. Britton offered Fulbright Research Grant to study in Sri Lanka
HDFS Graduate student Carmen Britton’s Fulbright grant is from November 2016 thru August 2017. She will partner with the Head of the Sociology Department at the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka, to conduct qualitative research relating to the experiences of people with disabilities in Community Based Rehabilitation.