Indiana University coronavirus COVID-19 information
Indiana University has been closely monitoring the rapidly changing situation with coronavirus (COVID-19) to plan and prepare for a potential outbreak. Public Safety and Institutional Assurance has been leading the strategy and preparations associated with contingency planning and meeting with partners across the university and coordinating with local and state health departments and hospitals since early... Read more »
Nobel Prize Winner Professor Randy Schekman to speak as part of IU School of Public Health-Bloomington Public Health Distinguished Colloquium Speaker Series this Friday, January 17, 2020
Professor Randy Schekman, the renowned Nobel Prize-winning American cell biologist at the University of California, Berkeley and former editor-in-chief of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, will present his talk at 11:30 a.m. at the School of Public Health-Bloomington in PH C100, the Mobley Auditorium. The talk is free and open to the public.... Read more »
Dean Allison’s 2019 Winter Commencement remarks recount the days leading up to graduation
Each journey has a beginning and an end. As travelers through life, we feel and know this. As scholars we mark and measure. We enumerate and count. One might say of the American Accounting Association, every member counts. Here at the IU School of Public Health, every student counts. You count. We are all about... Read more »
Indiana pharmacies substantially increase their stocking and dispensing of naloxone
In 2016, Indiana created a statewide standing order allowing pharmacies to dispense naloxone without a medical exam. While pharmacies were slow to stock and distribute the overdose-reversing drug shortly after the order, a new study by Indiana University researchers shows that is no longer true. “When we first surveyed managing pharmacists in 2016, soon after... Read more »
Dr. Klaunig elected to prestigious rank of AAAS Fellow
The Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected Dr. James Klaunig, a professor at the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington, to the prestigious rank and lifetime honor of AAAS Fellow. In a tradition stretching back to 1874, the Council elects members each year whose “efforts on behalf of the... Read more »
Dr. Evan Mayo-Wilson awarded $146,087 for RIAT Initiative
Dr. Evan Mayo-Wilson, an associate professor at the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington, has been awarded $146,087 by the Restoring Invisible and Abandoned Trials (RIAT) Initiative. Supported by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, the RIAT Initiative focuses on the reanalysis and publication of clinical trial results that have not been reported completely or correctly.... Read more »
Dean David Allison testifies before House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Dean David Allison recently testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on November 13. The committee held a hearing on “Strengthening Transparency or Silencing Science? The Future of Science in EPA Rulemaking.” In addition to his duties as Dean of the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington, Allision serves as... Read more »
Dr. Daniella Chusyd’s research on forest elephants endeavors to unlock answers to human reproduction and aging processes
Two important priorities set at the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington are understanding human reproductive health and aging. As a Morris Animal Foundation postdoctoral fellow and elephant researcher, Dr. Daniella Chusyd is dedicated to understanding elephant reproduction and health, which closely coincides with our own health and aging cycles. Elephants share many behavioral characteristics with... Read more »
Dr. Klaunig receives 2019 MASOT Ambassador Award
Dr. James Klaunig, a professor at the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington, has received the 2019 MASOT Ambassador Award from the Mid-Atlantic Society of Toxicology (MASOT). The award is given annually to an individual who has advanced the understanding of the science of toxicology on a national and international basis, with special preference given to... Read more »
Prevention Insights selected to conduct Tobacco Compliance Survey
Prevention Insights at the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington has been selected to conduct a Tobacco Compliance Survey for the Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction (DMHA) Synar Program. The Tobacco Compliance Survey will ask questions about topics such as selling tobacco products to minors, methods of identifying the age of tobacco purchasers, complying... Read more »
Emerging Luminaries Symposium celebrates cutting-edge scholars, stimulates research with unique Grant Proposal Partnership Challenge Prize
The Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington hosted the inaugural Emerging Luminaries in Nutrition, Exercise, and Metabolism Symposium September 26-27, 2019. The goal of the symposium was to highlight up-and-coming scholars in the areas of nutrition, exercise, and metabolism. It also afforded an excellent opportunity for these researchers to see first-hand the exceptional breadth and depth... Read more »
Dr. Keisuke Kawata to present at IU Research Unplugged
Dr. Keisuke Kawata, an assistant professor at the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington, will be one of seven distinguished speakers at IU Research Unplugged, a featured event of the year-long IU Bicentennial celebration. The event will be held on Friday, September 27, from 2-4pm in Presidents Hall at Franklin Hall. IU Research Unplugged takes an... Read more »
