A memorial event for Professor Michael Ego will take place at the Stamford Campus on Saturday, February 2, 2019, from 11-1pm. Read the In Memoriam article here.
Faculty
Rebecca Puhl interviewed by Huffington Post
Professor Rebecca Puhl was interviewed by the Huffington Post for an article entitled, “Employers Are Discriminating Against Overweight Women — And It’s Totally Legal”. Read the article here.
Beth Russell and student Kasey Macedo, receive SHARE award
Congratulations to Associate Professor Beth Russell and student Kasey Macedo, who received a SHARE award for their project The PRISM Project: A Mindfulness Intervention for Substance Abuse.
Laura Mauldin was recently quoted in the NY Times
Assistant Professor Laura Mauldin was recently quoted in the NY Times in an article on cochlear implants. This reference to her work in the NY Times is a great example of the impact her book (Made to Hear: Cochlear Implants and Raising Deaf Children) has made on the field and on the general public.
Marlene Schwartz’s research featured in UConn Today

Professor Marlene Schwartz and Rebecca Boehm (postdoctoral fellow at the Rudd Center)’s research on how high school students are less likely to choose healthier options when juice is available as part of school lunch was featured in UConn Today.
Lisa Eaton and her program of research featured in UConn Today
Associate Professor Lisa Eaton’s recent profile and her program of research were featured in UConn Today. Read the article entitled, “Meet the Researcher: Lisa Eaton, Human Development and Family Studies“.
Rachel Tambling and Thomas Bischoff’s research featured in UConn Today


Associate Professor Rachel Tambling and doctoral candidate Thomas Bischoff’s research was featured in an article entitled, “Why Clients Stop Going to Therapy” in UConn Today, and presented at the National Council on Family Relations Conference 2018. Read the article.
Article by Terry Berthot published in NAELA News
Lecturer Terry Bethelot’s recent article entitled “Winning Against a Stacked Deck: Medicare Hospital Discharge Appeal” was published in the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys News. Read the article.
HDFS faculty & grad students will present at NCFR conference
Six HDFS faculty and nine HDFS graduate students will be giving presentations at the 2018 National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Annual Conference in San Diego, on November 7-10. See attached list of those presenting.
Lisa Eaton receives two grants from the National Institutes of Health
Associate Professor Lisa Eaton recently received two new grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She will serve as PI on an R31 from NIMH, Unified Approach to Address PrEP Cascade for BMSM. This project will involve the development of a stigma focused intervention to improve access to health care among marginalized populations.
She also will serve as Co-I on an R01 from NIDA, Estimating Mediation and Moderation Effects in HIV Incidence Prevention Trials. In this project they will conduct mediating and moderating analyses of HIV prevention trials.