Alexandrea Washington, Justin Neubauer, and Kwang J. Kim (all Mechanical Engineering) provided a book chapter, "Soft Actuators and their Potential Applications in Rehabilitative Devices," that was published as part of an edited book, Soft Robotics in Rehabilitation, by Amir Fafari and Nafiseh Ebrahimi of University of Texas at San Antonio.…

Katherine E. Marçal (Social Work) published an article, "Housing Insecurity and adolescent Well-being: Relationships with Child Welfare and Criminal Justice Involvement" in Child Abuse & Neglect. With co-author Kathryn Maguire-Jack (University of Michigan), Marçal investigated the roles of contact with the child welfare and criminal…

Aldo M. Barrita, Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt, and Anthony King (all Psychology) presented a research symposium presentation, "Racial Microaggressions, Mental Health, and Substance Use: A Mediation Analysis," and a a poster presentation, "Latinx and Microaggressions: A Decade of Research," at the national Winter Roundtable Conference in…

Dr. Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental) co-authored “Gingival Transcriptomics of Follicular T Cell Footprints in Progressing Periodontitis,” which appeared Feb. 10 online ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Immunology.  

Graham McGinnis (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) received a research award sponsored by the Regional Alliance of INBRE Networks (RAIN). The title of the award is "Circadian Regulation of Inflammatory Response to PM Exposure. This award is for two years and $20,000 in direct costs. The objective of the funded project is to investigate the…

Eda Anlamlier (Marketing and International Business) and her co-authors, Jenna Drenten of Loyola University - Chicago; Colleen Harmeling of Florida State University, Mengtian Jiang of the University of Kentucky, and Sevincgul Ulu of New Jersey City University, received the best proposal award at the 2021 Conference for Positive Marketing. The…

Chelsea Heinbach (Libraries) received the Association of College & Research Libraries's University Library Section (ULS) Outstanding Professional Development Award for developing the professional development blog LibParlor. Heinbach received the award with her colleagues and fellow LibParlor editorial members …

Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) published an article, "Utility of Multi-theory Model (MTM) to Explain the Intention for PAP Adherence in Newly Diagnosed Sleep Apnea Patients" in the journal, Nature and Science of Sleep, with coauthors from the Advanced Center for Sleep Disorders in Chattanooga, Tennessee and the University…

Mary Whitehead (Student Diversity & Social Justice) is the recipient of the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Presidential Spotlight and will present on March 16 at the ACPA National Conference. Her presentation stems from her dissertation study, “Othersistering: A Holistic Perspective on Black Women Administrators in Higher…