Professor Marlene Schwartz was quoted in two recent @USATODAY articles on the obesity epidemic in the U.S.
USA Today interviewed Professor Rebecca Puhl in their six-part series on obesity. Read the article here.
Professors Charles Super and Sara Harkness featured in UConn Today for their recent award from APA. Read the article here.
Congratulations to Professor Rebecca Puhl, who was awarded a UConn Research Excellence Program grant: “Advancing Understanding of Diabetes Stigma in Healthcare: The Role of Physician Biases in Patient Communication, Perceived Barriers, and Provision of Care.”
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Maria LaRusso, who was awarded a UConn Research Excellence Program grant. Her project is titled Adapting and Piloting a Social Justice Multi-Modal Intervention to Reduce Anxiety in BIPOC Youth.
Based on research interviews with caregivers across the country, a new OVPR-funded website was just launched with Associate Professor Laura Mauldin as principal investigator and HDFS student Makayla Dawkins contributing as an undergraduate research assistant. See the website here https://www.disabilityathome.org/
Professor Rebecca Puhl featured in UConn Today for serving on a panel addressing weight stigma in the media. Read the article here.
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Jolaade Kalinowski, who was recently selected as a recipient of the Pre-K Scholar Career Development Program Award.
UConn Today wrote an article about Assistant Professor Na Zhang’s new NIMH career development grant. Read the article here.
Professor Kim Gans was featured in UConn Today discussing meals and physical activity for children in family child care homes. Read the article here.