Helping The Most Vulnerable
HOP Faculty to Serve on ADA’s National Health Disparities Committee
Ashby Walker, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy and the Institute for Child Health Policy, was nominated to serve a two-year term on the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) National Health Disparities Committee beginning in 2017. The committee, comprised of 14 leading health equity and…
Gurka Elected to Society for Pediatric Research
Matthew Gurka, Ph.D., was elected for membership in the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR), a professional organization dedicated to research that advances the health and well-being of children and youth worldwide. The SPR provides an international forum for presenting and disseminating innovative ideas and child health research. Academic researchers…
HOP Researcher Calls for Increased Research on Waterpipe in AJPH Commentary
Pointing to an alarming rise in the number of U.S. youths who use a waterpipe, or hookah, to smoke tobacco, Ramzi Salloum, Ph.D., and two Florida-based public health researchers, are calling for more research to support recent government efforts to regulate the tobacco use method. Salloum, assistant professor…