SPH-B faculty receives Outstanding Service Award from national organization
Associate Professor Angela Chow received the Outstanding Service Award from the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Asian Caucus at their May biennial meeting.
SPH-B research intern’s poster presentation on mild cognitive impairment wins first place
Each year, the Indiana University-Bloomington Center of Excellence for Women & Technology (CEWIT) hosts a campus-wide Women’s Research Poster Competition open to both graduate and undergraduate students whose research overlaps with technology. Sophomore Nithya Murthy, who has for the past year worked in the Jordan Lab as part of the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington (SPH-B) Department of Health & Wellness, earned the First Place Outstanding Research Award in the category of Health and Behavioral Sciences for her poster entitled, "Impact of Mild Cognitive Impairment Subtypes on the Geospatial Movement of Seniors."
A family affair: Father/daughter duo graduate from IU in the same weekend
For SPH-B undergraduate student and long-time Hoosier Reginald “Reggie” Johnson, nothing is more important than family. And at this week's Indiana University Commencement—on his 45th birthday—he will become the first person on his side of the family to graduate from college, earning his bachelor of science in Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management. That same weekend, his daughter Liv Clements will graduate with her bachelor of arts in from IU's The Media School.
SPH-B Organizational Announcement: Jerono Rotich, Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Her experience over the last several years has perfectly positioned her to fulfill these new responsibilities.
HRSA grant expands telehealth resources to support mental well-being of rural Hoosiers
Through federal funding and a key partnership with Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center (MHHCC), faculty in the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington (SPH-B) Department of Applied Health Science are making mental health resources more readily available to a growing number of residents in rural southern Indiana.
Two faculty members selected for IU Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching
The School of Public Health-Bloomington (SPH-B) is pleased to share that two of our distinguished faculty in the Department of Kinesiology—Clinical Associate Professor Cassandra Coble, Ph.D. and Professor Donetta Cothran, Ph.D.—have been named members of the historic IU Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching (FACET). Coble and Cothran, both of whom in recent years have won the IU Trustees Teaching Award, will be formally inducted next month at the annual FACET Retreat at Abe Martin Lodge in Brown County, Indiana.
"Troubling:" SPH-B faculty member publishes evidence of racial bias in quality of care
To physicians and researchers, the data is stark: Black patients are more likely to experience vascular disease–related limb amputation than their non-Black counterparts. While the statistics are clear, the reasons for this disparity have long been debated. And for decades, Associate Professor Corey Kalbaugh has wrestled with the dialogue around this issue.
School to launch groundbreaking new undergraduate degree program in sexual and reproductive health
An informative webinar is scheduled for Monday, April 21 at 12:30 p.m. EDT.
The two qualifying classes are co-taught by GRCC instructor Jean Wright and SPH-B faculty member Dr. Deb Getz, CYC-P, clinical associate professor in the Department of Applied Health Science, who is president of the Child & Youth Care Certification Board (CYCCB).
Ph.D. student honored with selective Indiana University award for teaching
Khan is in her third and final year of the Ph.D. program. Her teaching journey as an AI began in 2022 when she took a required teaching course with her award-winning mentor and clinical professor Catherine Sherwood-Laughlin.