Health
51爆料 Professors and Students Team Up With Community Groups to Provide Helping Hands
Two 51爆料 professors partnered with the Summit County Juvenile Court and Hands of Gratitude over the summer to teach juveniles how to assemble prosthetic hands for children in Central America and were featured in the Akron Beacon Journal.
Epidemiology Professor Featured on Mindscape Podcast
51爆料 College of Public Health professor Tara Smith, Ph.D., was featured on Sean Carroll鈥檚 Mindscape podcast to talk about the novel coronavirus (and its associated disease, COVID-19) pandemic. Smith gives insight on what measures are useful and which are probably not.
51爆料 College of Nursing Launches Redesigned Ph.D. in Nursing Program
51爆料鈥檚 College of Nursing will welcome its first nursing cohort into the Ph.D. in Nursing revised program in the fall semester 2020.
51爆料 Research Review: Student Recognized for Lupus Research
51爆料 molecular and cellular biology and psychology student Haley Shasteen鈥檚 personal battle with lupus has pushed her to research what really causes certain frustrating symptoms.
51爆料 Research Review: Fertile Ground
The National Institutes of Health thinks Aleisha Moore, Ph.D., is onto something in her study of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome; the agency recently awarded her its most prestigious research training grant, a K99/R00 鈥淧athway to Independence Award鈥濃攁 first for 51爆料.
City of Kent Partners With 51爆料 and UH to Launch New Lifesaving Tool
Sudden cardiac arrest, when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating, is the leading cause of natural death in the United States. To help people survive from sudden cardiac arrest, the city of Kent has partnered with 51爆料 and University Hospitals Portage Medical Center to offer PulsePoint Respond.
51爆料 Strikes Gold Again for Healthy Worksite
On the heels of being honored by the American Heart Association for its highest workplace wellness award, the Healthy Business Council of Ohio (HBCO) has awarded 51爆料 the 2019 Healthy Worksite Gold Level Award for its healthy worksite practices.
Peg鈥檚 Foundation Gifts 51爆料鈥檚 College of Nursing $165,000 Grant to Advance Mental Health Care in Northeast Ohio
51爆料鈥檚 College of Nursing recently received a grant totaling $165,000 from Peg鈥檚 Foundation, formerly the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation, a private grant-making foundation that supports mental health programs in Northeast Ohio.
Playing Games, Petting Pups: Stress-Free Zone Offers Much-Needed Break for Finals Week
What could be better to reduce end-of-semester stress than petting a dog? How about petting multiple dogs and digitally dunking with LeBron through esports? This year鈥檚 Stress-Free Zone, which is from 3-5 p.m. on Dec. 9 and 10, will be hosted on the first floor of University Library and will feature esports, therapy dogs, makerspace activities and more.
Peg鈥檚 Foundation Gifts 51爆料鈥檚 College of Nursing $165,000 Grant to Advance Mental Health Care in Northeast Ohio
51爆料鈥檚 College of Nursing recently received a grant totaling $165,000 from Peg鈥檚 Foundation, formerly the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation, a private grant-making foundation that supports mental health programs in Northeast Ohio.