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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Dr. Natalie Sabik receives 2023 Innovative Teaching Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
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.
Continue reading "Dr. Natalie Sabik receives 2023 Innovative Teaching Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)"Dr. Natalie Sabik-Panelist for IAPHS Webinar “The Nuts and Bolts of Using an Intersectionality Framework in Population Health Research”
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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Dr. Nekehia Quashie and a team of US and Puerto Rico based researchers recently published a study -Neighborhood socioeconomic position, living arrangements and cardiometabolic disease among older Puerto Ricans: An examination using PREHCO 2002-2007. The study showed that living in a socioeconomically advantaged neighborhood was associated with a lower risk of having a cardiometabolic condition […]
Continue reading "Neighborhood socioeconomic position, living arrangements, and cardiometabolic disease among older Puerto Ricans: An examination using PREHCO 2002–2007"Aidan Boving is the recipient of the 2023 Academic Excellence Award for Health Studies
The University Academic Excellence Awards are presented each year to graduating seniors who have proven to be exceptional students.
Continue reading "Aidan Boving is the recipient of the 2023 Academic Excellence Award for Health Studies"Health Studies Professors present at the College of Health Sciences Research Forum
Dr. Natalie Sabik presenting her research examining stress, body image, and women’s health at mid-life.Dr. Nekehia Quashie speaking about her studies examining the importance of family ties to later life health.Dr. Steven Cohen presenting his research exploring life expectancy, health disparities, and caregiving to older adults.
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Health Studies faculty members Dr. Steve Cohen, Dr. Molly Greaney, and Ms. Cait Nash, along with Health Studies alumna Erin Byrne, recently published an article in the Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition on the relationships between income inequality and life expectancy. Results of the study showed that while as income inequality increased, life expectancy […]
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