A place at the table: Faculty member spearheads community resource to address health equity in aging
Drew Pickett, Ph.D. is leading major efforts to involve elder community members of Bloomington in issues that are important to them.
Faculty member’s innovative elephant research garners university and national support
Chusyd says using elephants as a comparative study to human health is not as far-fetched as it seems. Elephants and humans have comparable lifespans, similarly rely on complex social bonds, and demonstrate empathy.
Wang shadowed Getty over the course of the 2024–25 academic year, giving Getty ample time to impart her wisdom and ensure a smooth transition.
Despite grant termination, SPH-B faculty launch critical rural health initiative
SPH-B faculty members Ines Gonzalez-Casanova, Ph.D. and Karla Galaviz, Ph.D. were more than a year into designing a crucial intervention for diabetes detection when—shortly before launch—the project grant funding was terminated.
Faculty member receives Distinguished Service Award from Indiana University
The Mary Burgan Distinguished Service Award is "is intended to recognize service in the same way that other awards recognize distinguished teaching or research."
Faculty member named Fellow of Gerontological Society of America
SPH-B is thrilled to announce that Assistant Dean for Faculty Success Rich Holden, Ph.D. was recently awarded Fellow status in the Gerontological Society of America (GSA).
SPH-B graduate leaves legacy of STEM education for local youth thanks to faculty support
A full-time environmental investigator for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and the founder of the Girls, Inc. of Monroe County, Indiana annual Science Fest, Alford is dedicated to promoting careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to young girls—thanks in large part to the continued encouragement and support of her faculty mentor Patricia Silveyra, Ph.D., chair of the SPH-B Department of Environmental and Occupational Health.
Otile is dedicated to advancing Hoosier Sport Global to include a summer exchange program where SPH-B students can engage with youth in Apac for college credit, while students from Apac can come to IU Bloomington and experience everything the campus has to offer.
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."