Professor Michael Ego’s recent trip to Scotland was featured in Guide & Gazette article. It highlights his time there visiting programs designed to use golfing memories and football action groups to help individuals with dementia.
Faculty
Marlene Schwartz to be honored at CT Women’s Hall of Fame
Marlene Schwartz will be honored during the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as a 2016 Women’s Wellness Honoree. This honor really recognizes Marlene’s outstanding research, service, and advocacy on improving food and nutrition policy for children. You can learn more about the event at the CWHF website.
Ronald Rohner interviewed on the Dr. Dee Show
Emeritus Professor, Ronald Rohner was recently interviewed on the Dr. Dee show. The podcast was called “How Rejection Shapes Who We Are”.
HDFS faculty and grad students present at national conferences
Assistant Professor Linda Halgunseth and HDFS graduate student Alex Reid presented their poster “Parenting Practices and Mexican Adolescents’ Psychological Adjustment: The Role of Gender” at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Babies, Boys and Men of Color special topics meeting. The meeting was held October 6-9, 2016 in Tampa, FL.
On October 15 the work of eight HDFS graduate students and five HDFS faculty was presented in eight posters at the New England Psychological Association (NEPA) meeting in Worcester, MA.
Emeritus Professor Jane Goldman presented her poster “Food Messages Presented in Media Designed for Young Children: Books and Television”, at the SRCD Technology and Media in Children’s Development special topics meeting in Irvine, CA on October 27-30, 2016.
At the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) annual meeting to be held on November 2-5, many UConn HDFS faculty and students will be traveling to Minneapolis to share their most recent research. Fourteen HDFS graduate students and ten HDFS faculty are authors on 20 presentations there this year.
Rebecca Puhl featured in CNN and NYT articles.
Professor Rebecca Puhl was featured in the September 29th New York Times article entitled 400-Pound Hacker? Trump Comments Fuel Dialogue on Fat-Shaming. On the same day, Professor Puhl provided CNN with some valid statistics in their article called Weight bias is bigger problem than you may think, experts say.
On October 1st New York Times posted an article entitled The Shame of Fat Shaming which featured Professor Puhl’s comments.
Rebecca Puhl featured in NY Times
Check out this NY Times article on what obese patients should ask their doctors. Professor Rebecca Puhl was heavily featured in this article, highlighting the outreach efforts of Rebecca and the Rudd Center. The article was also featured in UConn Today.
Laura Mauldin featured in UConn Alumni magazine
An article about Deaf and sign language research at UConn is part of the current issue of the UConn Alumni magazine. Marie Coppola, Diane Lillo-Martin and HDFS Assistant Professor Laura Mauldin are all featured.Kim Gans grant funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
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.
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.