Deborah Arteaga (World Languages and Cultures) presented a paper, "Teaching Spanish Phonological Variation in a Beginning Medical Spanish Course," at the 78th Annual Conference of the South Central Modern Language Association in Houston.  This research is related to the courses that she teaches in educational outreach, and Spanish for health…

Gabriela Buccini and Melva Thompson-Robinson (both Public Health) received a $3.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health Common Fund within the office of the director for a five-year project entitled "Pathways to integrate maternal-child health and nutrition interventions to transform equity and human…

Sanae El Ibrahimi (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) and colleagues from Comagine Health (Michelle A. Hendricks, Sara Hallvik, Christi Hildebran), Brigham & Women’s Hospital (Scott G. Weiner, Michael A. Fischer), and Brandeis University (Grant Ritter) presented virtually at the 2021 National Health Data Organizations. The presentation was…

Kristine Bragg, Gwen Marchand, Jonathan Hilpert (all Educational Psychology and Higher Education), and Jeffrey Cummings (Brain Health) recently published the manuscript, "Using Bibliometrics to Evaluate Outcomes and Influence of Translational Biomedical Research Centers" in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science.

Sharon Jalene and Brach Poston (both Integrated Health Sciences), and Jennifer Pharr and Manoj Sharma (both Public Health) recently published "A disaggregated, categorical analyses of depression among sexual gender minority university students" in the Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services. 

Pearl Kim and Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy), Ji Yoo (Medicine), public health doctoral student Zahra Mojtahedi, and Ja Seol Koo, Hee-Taik Kang, Jinwook Hwang, and Moon Kyung Joo (all international visiting scholars from Korea) recently co-authored an article, "Palliative Care and Life-Sustaining/Local Procedures…

Frank van Breukelen, Helen Wing and Christy Strong (all Life Sciences) have been informed that their application for a Department of Education Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship award has been funded.  The GAANN program provides fellowships to assist graduate students with excellent records…

Yvonne Houy (Fine Arts) was elected to be on the Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities executive committee for a three year term. The group "fosters and champions the role of the arts, design, and arts integration in higher education" internationally. 

Betty Burton, Chris Cochran, and Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and policy), along with visition healthcare administration scholar Donghui Lou, Guogen Shan of the University of Florida, and Fuzai Yin, Lianying Wang, and Ruiji Liu of the First Hospital of Qinhuangdao, China, recently authored an article entitled "Pediatrics Hospital Care in…

Ken Kuruvilla, James Clark, Oscar Estrada Munoz, Allison McNickle, Douglas R. Fraser, Deborah A. Kuhls, John Fildes, and Paul J. Chestovich (all Medicine) recently presented a paper titled Implementation of brain injury guidelines (BIG) for isolated traumatic brain injury in adults decreases resource use without adversely impacting outcomes”…

  Ashley Yuill (The Care Center) gave two workshops titled "Navigating Transition & Change in the Workplace" and "Supporting Our Staff: Integrating Social Justice & Trauma Informed Frameworks into Policies & Procedures" for the Denver Human Services staff and executive management team. These workshops empowered…

Sonia Dhaliwal and Sonaly Silva (both Counseling and Psychological Services) gave a presentation titled "Creating a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee within a University Counseling Center" at the Association of Counseling Center Training Agencies annual conference. The presentation outlined the process and importance of…