Walker to Give Oral Presentation at Upcoming American Diabetes Association Conference
Ashby Walker, Ph.D., will give an oral presentation, “Type 1 Diabetes through Two Lenses: Comparing Adolescent and Parental Perspectives....
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Upcoming Seminar: “The Sensory World of Childhood: Findings from Basic Research”
Julie A. Mennella, Ph.D., Member, Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, PA
Cochrane Review Co-Authored by HOP Professor Ranks as Top Download for 2014
A recent Cochrane Review examining the most effective policies for promoting health in schools, which was co-authored by Kelli A. Komro, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy, has been ranked as the third most downloaded Cochrane Review for 2014. The review, published online in April 2014,…
Research Team Creates Brief, Reliable Alcohol Risk Survey for American Indian and White Adolescents
As part of a large-scale, NIH-funded prevention science study that aims to reduce underage alcohol use among American Indians and other adolescents in rural Oklahoma, an Institute for Child Health Policy and Cherokee Nation Behavioral Health team designed and executed a novel alcohol risk survey. “American Indians suffer from alcohol-related…
HOP Presents Joint Seminar on Preventing Obesity in Low-Income Preschool-Aged Children
Simone French (left), Ph.D., professor in the Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota and director of the University of Minnesota Obesity Prevention Center, and Nancy E. Sherwood (right), Ph.D., director of scientific development and senior research investigator at HealthPartners…
Three Pediatric Workgroup Projects Funded
The University of Florida’s Department of Pediatrics, Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, Institute for Child Health Policy, and Family Data Center recently reviewed applications for the creation of three workgroups focused on intervention studies and health outcomes in pediatric research. Research proposals receive funding of up to $10,000 to…
Research Design Expert to Present Preliminary Findings at National Dissemination and Implementation Conference
Kelli Komro, Ph.D., M.P.H., professor in the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, will be speaking about reducing health disparities in underserved communities at the National Institutes of Health and AcademyHealth’s conference on Dec. 9. The seventh annual conference, entitled The Science of Dissemination and Implementation: Transforming Health Systems to…
Health Research Design Expert Invited to Give Short Course at University of Alabama at Birmingham
Kelli Komro, Ph.D. and professor in the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy...
UF Diabetes Expert Speaks at a National Continuing Education Conference
Ashby Walker, Ph.D., research assistant professor in the Department of Health Outcomes and Policy, spoke about her research on juvenile diabetes at a national conference, entitled A Collaborative Approach to Diabetes Care III: Reducing Readmissions & Costs While Exceeding in Patient Care Across the Healthcare Continuum, for nurse educators and…
Dartmouth Professor to Speak on Regional Variations in Medical Resource Distribution
David Goodman, M.D., M.S., professor of pediatrics and community and family medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, will conduct a seminar on “The Northern New England Pediatric Atlas” on Tuesday, Oct. 7 at 1:30 p.m. in CTRB 2161. Goodman, who also works with The Dartmouth Institute,…
