The New York Times interviewed Professor Rebecca Puhl on the topic of weight bias and health in the context of pregnancy and fertility treatment. The article will also appear in the NYT magazine that accompanies this Sunday’s New York Times newspaper.

She also wrote a piece in the Washington Post (and also in Sunday’s paper) related to legislation in Massachusetts, which she submitted testimony for.

Associate Professor Kari Adamsons discusses her research on parenting and fathering in a UConn360 podcast.  Listen to the podcast.

Assistant Professor Ryan Watson’s research was featured in an article entitled, “Supportive families and schools help prevent substance use among transgender youth: UBC study”. Read the article here.

Professor and Dept Head Eva Lefkowitz’s research was published in PsyPost. Read the article here.

Professor Rebecca Puhl was selected as the recipient of the CLAS Faculty Research Excellence Award in Public Scholarship for 2019.

Assistant Professor Ryan Watson is recipient of InCHIP’s first ever InCHIP Junior Faculty Research Excellence Award!

This award recognizes a pre-tenured InCHIP-affiliated faculty member who has made significant scientific contributions in their area of research in a health-related domain consistent with the mission of InCHIP.  Research excellence is defined as “work that reflects a high degree of scientific contribution in terms of its substance, quality, originality, and impact.”

Congratulations to Abdul Khaleque, HDFS adjunct professor and senior scientist in the Ronald and Nancy Rohner Center for the Study of Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection.  Abdul’s book, Intimate Relationships Across the Lifespan: Formation, Development, Enrichment, and Maintenance, by Abdul Khaleque, won silver in Psychology/Mental Health and bronze in Sexuality/Relationships from the 2019 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY).

During her time at UConn, Associate Professor Annamaria Csizmadia has received 3 different grants for teaching (from the Honors Core Course Grant Competition; General Education Course Enhancement and the Provost’s Academic Mini-Grant Competition). In the past 5 years, she has taught 31 sections of 6 different courses, as well as supervising students in field experience, undergraduate and graduate research practicum, honors theses, and masters theses. In the words of one of her former students, “Dr. Csizmadia is a once in a lifetime professor. She has the ability to turn a classroom into a life changing experience that challenges and inspires her students to reach and achieve greatness. I know her teaching methods are only successful because of her! Her humanistic approach, supportive nature, her natural ability to provide clarity, and her enthusiasm for teaching is unbeatable. To all of her students, she is more than a professor. She is a motivator, a woman of inspiration, a mentor, an educator, and a friend. I feel that I write on behalf of all Dr.Csizmadia’s students when I say we want to express our unconditional support for Dr. Csizmadia’s nomination.”

Assistant Professor Ryan Watson received a K-01 award from National Institute on Drug Abuse. His project, PrEP and substance use among sexual minority young adults, is a 5-year research career development award. These are very prestigious awards from NIH designed to provide mentorship and research support to relatively junior scholars.