HLT100G Perspectives on Public Health in the 21st Century is becoming two new and improved courses! HLT100G will become HLT101G Perspectives on Public Health in the 21st Century and HLT201 Contemporary Public Health Challenges in the US. Students who took HLT100G should not take HLT201. HLT101G is being offered for the first time in the spring 2024 […]
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We were very excited to welcome back five health studies graduates who returned to campus on October 23rd to participate in the health studies event, Career Connections with URI Health Studies Graduates. Each speaker presented an overview of their career path and spoke of how they began their career, decided when it was time to […]
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Graduates from the URI College of Health Sciences program continue to make significant impacts on health in multiple settings
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On October 27, 2023, Dr. Nekehia Quashie was invited to present her research, “Family Ties and Late Life Health: International Perspectives” at the UMB/UMBC Gerontology Program doctoral program in Gerontology.
Continue reading "Dr. Quashie-Invited Speaker at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Gerontology Doctoral Program"The conference, “The Impact of Diversity on Research Quality: Exploring the Knowledge Gap” will be held October 31, 2023 and November 1, 2023. Her presentation “Leveraging Intersectional Theory to Investigate Representation in Social Science Research” focuses on how intersectional theory can be applied to highlight broader trends in social science methods that impact visibility and […]
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This award recognizes effective courses addressing social issues. Dr. Sabik received the award for her work teaching about intersectionality and for the development of the Intersectional Toolbox, a novel way of teaching about intersectional and research. More information about Dr. Sabik’s work can be found here.
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Dr. Sabik was an invited panelist at the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) webinar. The event had 250+ registrants and the webinar was recorded and shared in the IAPHS archives available to members of the organization. The webinar can be found by clicking here.
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Dr. Quashie has been appointed the Regional Liaison for Latin America and the Caribbean within the editorial college of the The Journal of Global Ageing- a new journal published by Policy Press in association with the British Society of Gerontology.
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Dr. Nekehia Quashie has been appointed an Associate Editor of the Journal of Gerontology Social Sciences.
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Dr. Nekehia Quashie along with a team of Japanese and German researchers examined the relationship between wealth and later life health based on physical and cognitive impairments among older adults in Europe and Japan. In this study the team found that physical and cognitive impairments were more contracted among less wealthy groups. The team also […]
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