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.”
Adjunct Professor Kevin Maki is senior author on the study, “Effects of Diets Containing Beef Compared with Poultry on Pancreatic β -Cell Function and Other Cardiometabolic Health Indicators in Males and Females with Prediabetes: A Randomized, Crossover Trial,” published in Current Developments in Nutrition.
Renowned consumer advocate and environmental activist Erin Brockovich to deliver Ruth Clifford Engs Lecture in Public Health at IU Bloomington on February 10, 2026.
EOH Chair becomes President-Elect of nationwide inclusive STEM organization
EOH Chair Patricia Silveyra is stepping into a new leadership role as President-Elect of this nationwide professional organization. Her voluntary four-year term on the SACNAS Executive Committee began January 1.
SPH-B Organizational Announcements: Drs. Grace Sembajwe, William D. Ramos
Please join me in thanking Drs. Jordan and Rotich for their service and congratulating Drs. Sembajwe and Ramos in their new respective roles.
SPH-B postdoctoral fellow develops rigorous method to assess lifespan-healthspan dynamics
Until recently, the critical question “As longevity increases, are we gaining healthier years or simply more years?” was unanswered—partly because there was no standard method for statistically combining longitudinal mortality and morbidity data in longevity research.
Thanks to a $425,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Eise and postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH), Junghyun Moon, are currently conducting a vital climate change messaging research project entitled, “Retelling the Story: A Longitudinal Study Exploring How Tailored Moral, Ethical, and/or Spiritual Multimedia Narratives Influence Climate Change Mental Models.”
Dean's Eminent Scholar named Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
Professor and Dean’s Eminent Scholar in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Javier Rojo, Ph.D. has been chosen as a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) for 2026.
Kurt M. Ribisl Named Dean of Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington has appointed Kurt M. Ribisl as dean of the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington (SPH-B). He will assume the role March 1, 2026.