Assistant Professor Indrakshi Roy in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics was recently awarded a two-year Early Career-Research on Economics of Alzheimer’s/Dementia (EC-READ) grant from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) in the amount of $50,000 to create a centralized database of various state Medicaid policies directly related to dementia.
Assistant Professor Indrakshi Roy in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics was recently awarded a two-year Early Career-Research on Economics of Alzheimer’s/Dementia (EC-READ) grant from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) in the amount of $50,000 to create a centralized database of various state Medicaid policies directly related to dementia.
SPH-B Center for Health by Design welcomes new Co-Directors
Edmond Ramly, who is Program Director of Design & Implementation Sciences for the Department of Health & Wellness Design (HWD) and Smith, who started his dual appointment in both HWD and the Department of Applied Health Science (AHS) last month, are the new co-directors for the Center for Health by Design (CHxD).
The screening will take place at IU Cinema on Tuesday, April 28, at 8 p.m. and will be followed by a Q&A session with the film's director—Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Jerald Harkness, Olympic medalist Lilly King, and Dr. Tiffany Monique Quash.
Laboratory Coordinator and Open Water Scuba Instructor for the SPH-B Center for Underwater Science and Academic Diving Program, Muckerheide is a main curator of the upcoming Shipwrecks: Living Museums exhibition, which will open in the William Mathers Gallery on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at the IU Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Two SPH-B gerontologists earn Fellowships in the Society of Behavioral Medicine
In a testament to the ongoing excellence of SPH-B, two of our faculty have been inducted as Fellows into the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM): Professor Richard Holden and our newest faculty member, Professor Matthew Lee Smith.
Ph.D. candidate Maria Klein was selected for a two-year Post-Doctoral Training Award (T32) from the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) to train and evaluate effectiveness of a passive digital marker algorithm in detecting early markers for cognitive decline in electronic health records for those 65 and over.
Earth Connection Film Festival showcases hope and interdependence for Earth Day
International film festival at IU Cinema brings nuance, hope, and soul to environmental issues.
Temitope Erinosho, an associate professor in the Department of Applied Health Sciences, was selected for the 2025 Outstanding Reviewer Award from The Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (JAND).
SPH-B leadership aids in developing critical asbestos screening tool for construction workers
Sembajwe's mentee Sundus Siddique was recently awarded a grant of $19,971 by the North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center (NC OSHERC) for the research project “A Novel Approach to Quantifying Occupational Asbestos Exposure: Development and Validation of a Comprehensive Index Using the Occupational Lung Registry Program Data for Construction Trade Workers.”
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