HDFS alumni Colleen Vesely (MA) and Mariana Guzzardo (PhD) recently published an NCFR Policy Brief on immigrant families and policy implications for their wellbeing.

Professor Rebecca Puhl was quoted in an article entitled, “Early and Ongoing Experiences of Weight Stigma Linked to Self-Directed Weight Shaming” in Penn Medicine News. Read the article here.

Professor Marlene Schwartz was interviewed in a podcast called Food Policy Primer, on Heritage Radio Network.

One HDFS faculty and four HDFS graduate students will give presentations at the APA (American Psychological Association) 2019 convention, August 8-11, in Chicago, IL. See attached list of those presenting.

Professor Marlene Schwartz was quoted in an article in Stowe Today entitled, Vermont is right to fight USDA’s dismantling of nutrition standards, and was also quoted in UConn Magazine on taxing soda in hopes of improving children’s health.

Professor Kim Gans’ published research was in an article entitled, Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring Helps Get Patients with Hypertension Moving, Study Says, posted in UConn Today and CAHNR.

Professor Rebecca Puhl talks about weight bias & bullying in ConsciencHealth.

Graduate student Samantha Lawrence’s blog entitled, Challenging the stigma of community college students and alumni was posted on the NEAG School of Education website. Read the blog here.

2018 PhD graduate, Jia Li Liu, currently a postdoctoral scholar at University of Maryland, College Park, was a 2019 Recipients of the SRCD Small Grants Program for Early Career Scholars for her project: Ethnic Racial Socialization Among Low SES and Middle SES Chinese American Families

Preston Britner’s work was published in UConn Today and Today’s CLAS. Read the article entitled, Connecticut Supportive Housing Keeps At-Risk Families Together, At No Extra Cost