{"id":2515,"date":"2018-12-10T09:14:55","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T14:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/health-studies-draft\/?page_id=2515"},"modified":"2024-03-29T09:31:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T13:31:00","slug":"archives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/news-events\/archives\/","title":{"rendered":"Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/public-health-week-focuses-on-well-being-of-uri-community\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/NPHW_social-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/NPHW_social-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/NPHW_social-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/NPHW_social-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/NPHW_social.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/public-health-week-focuses-on-well-being-of-uri-community\/\">Public Health Week focuses on well-being of URI community\u00a0<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Full week of health-related events planned for April 6-12<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2026\/03\/24\/national-public-health-week-2026\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Screenshot-2026-03-24-112139-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Screenshot-2026-03-24-112139-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Screenshot-2026-03-24-112139-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2026\/03\/24\/national-public-health-week-2026\/\">National Public Health Week 2026<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The Department of Public Health at URI along with the entire College of Health Sciences will be celebrating National Public Health Week beginning on Monday, April 6th and continuing through Sunday, April 12th with a week full of fun and engaging activities across campus. We are inviting all of our campus community members to participate [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2026\/03\/04\/summer-internships-for-chs-students\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/CHS-Summer-Internships-2026-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/CHS-Summer-Internships-2026-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/CHS-Summer-Internships-2026-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2026\/03\/04\/summer-internships-for-chs-students\/\">Summer Internships for CHS Students!<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The College of Health Sciences is now offering\u00a0summer internships\u00a0for undergraduate and master\u2019s students.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2026\/02\/27\/dr-molly-richards-research-featured-in-miami-herald\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Miami-Homeless-Article-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Miami-Homeless-Article-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Miami-Homeless-Article-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2026\/02\/27\/dr-molly-richards-research-featured-in-miami-herald\/\">Dr. Molly Richard&#8217;s research featured in Miami Herald<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Molly Richard\u2019s research on doubled-up homelessness was recently featured in the Miami Herald. Their measure of doubling up\u2014defined as staying with others due to economic hardship or housing loss\u2014was used to estimate the number of people experiencing this often \u201chidden\u201d form of homelessness. The article highlights how this approach helps quantify the full scope [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2026\/02\/11\/dr-molly-richard-recently-published-op-ed-in-the-providence-journal\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"72\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Screenshot-2026-02-11-151548-150x72.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2026\/02\/11\/dr-molly-richard-recently-published-op-ed-in-the-providence-journal\/\">Dr. Molly Richard recently published op-ed in the Providence Journal<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Molly Richard, Assistant Professor of Public Health, recently published an op-ed in the&nbsp;Providence Journal&nbsp;arguing that rent stabilization is a critical tool for preventing homelessness in Rhode Island. In the piece, titled &#8220;Stabilizing Rents can Reverse Rise in Homelessness,&#8221; Dr. Richard challenges the narrative that homelessness is a personal failure, instead framing it as a [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/12\/former-uri-baseball-pitcher-is-going-bananas\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Levesque-Trystan-Bananas-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Levesque-Trystan-Bananas-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Levesque-Trystan-Bananas-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/12\/former-uri-baseball-pitcher-is-going-bananas\/\">URI Public Health Alum is going &#8220;Bananas&#8221;!<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2025\/12\/08\/dr-richards-new-paper-shows-how-structural-racism-contributes-to-homelessness\/\">Dr. Richard&#8217;s new paper shows how structural racism contributes to homelessness.<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Homelessness isn\u2019t just a housing issue\u2014it\u2019s a racial equity issue, according to new research from the University of Rhode Island\u2019s Department of Public Health. A national study by Assistant Professor Molly Richard finds that Black people in the U.S. are five times as likely to experience homelessness as White people\u2014and Black families with children are [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/homelessness-rates-vary-sharply-by-race-uri-paper-shows\/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR5CKIR402xN-2GrdRtv56x1ufJbiJXTKLs2BDKY9qRAfhq-xnXCspTiZpR3-g_aem_ZnEG4T3gdaZ64AsSWKpSMw\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Richard-Molly-web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Richard-Molly-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Richard-Molly-web.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/homelessness-rates-vary-sharply-by-race-uri-paper-shows\/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR5CKIR402xN-2GrdRtv56x1ufJbiJXTKLs2BDKY9qRAfhq-xnXCspTiZpR3-g_aem_ZnEG4T3gdaZ64AsSWKpSMw\">Homelessness rates vary sharply by race, URI paper shows<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Public Health Assistant Professor Molly Richard\u2019s latest paper published in national journal<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2025\/09\/08\/dr-nekehia-quashie-awarded-who-grant\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/NTQ_passport-size300-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/NTQ_passport-size300-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/NTQ_passport-size300-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2025\/09\/08\/dr-nekehia-quashie-awarded-who-grant\/\">Dr. Nekehia Quashie Awarded WHO Grant<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Nekehia Quashie, an assistant professor in Public Health, along with Dr. Flavia Andrade and doctoral student Ting Hu from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, were recently awarded a grant from the World Health Organization (WHO). This grant will fund research focusing on unmet care needs of older adults in the Americas.&nbsp;The project,&nbsp;Quantifying unmet need [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2025\/08\/19\/uri-public-health-welcomes-new-faculty-member-dr-molly-richard\/\">URI Public Health welcomes new faculty member, Dr. Molly Richard<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The Public Health Department is pleased to welcome Dr. Molly Richard to our group of esteemed faculty this Fall! Dr. Richard comes to us from Boston University with a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University&#8217;s Community Research and Action Department.&nbsp; Molly Richard is a community-engaged researcher focused on homelessness, housing, and the social determinants of health. Dr. [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2025\/08\/14\/uri-public-health-welcomes-new-faculty-member-dr-wenhui-feng\/\">URI Public Health welcomes new faculty member, Dr. Wenhui Feng<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The Public Health Department is pleased to welcome Dr. Wenhui Feng to our group of esteemed faculty this Fall! Dr. Feng comes to us from Tufts University with a Ph.D. in Public Administration and Policy from University at Albany, State University of New York. Dr. Feng is a public policy researcher focused on food and [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/www.kmuw.org\/news\/2025-05-16\/how-one-rural-kansas-town-is-bringing-kids-and-nursing-home-residents-together__;!!Jh1S!kqrwWT7gs6dTJiMLrfxsLvPcUpD2YbS8ksoiLC-DOK4B0tTZX0LKM5pS-aYNPmTChwoZpdPmJ9JLi37IHBaH$\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/www.kmuw.org\/news\/2025-05-16\/how-one-rural-kansas-town-is-bringing-kids-and-nursing-home-residents-together__;!!Jh1S!kqrwWT7gs6dTJiMLrfxsLvPcUpD2YbS8ksoiLC-DOK4B0tTZX0LKM5pS-aYNPmTChwoZpdPmJ9JLi37IHBaH$\">Dr. Cohen discusses aging in rural communities in Kansas Public Radio story<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2025\/05\/20\/payton-wozny-receives-academic-excellence-award\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/IMG_9415-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/IMG_9415-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/IMG_9415-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2025\/05\/20\/payton-wozny-receives-academic-excellence-award\/\">Payton Wozny Receives Academic Excellence Award<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The University Academic Excellence Awards are presented each year to graduating seniors who have proven to be exceptional students. Each student is selected by their respective department as the most outstanding in their chosen field. The recipient receives a certificate of student excellence and a University of Rhode Island medallion. The Public Health Excellence Award [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2025\/05\/05\/public-health-students-present-at-chs-research-night\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Berg-Hayley-and-President-Parlange-CHS-Research-Night-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Berg-Hayley-and-President-Parlange-CHS-Research-Night-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Berg-Hayley-and-President-Parlange-CHS-Research-Night-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2025\/05\/05\/public-health-students-present-at-chs-research-night\/\">Public Health Students Present at CHS Research Night<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">On April 22, 2025, the College of Health Sciences hosted their second annual Student Research Night in the Memorial Union Ballroom. This event included presentations on various health topics with participation from all the departments within the College of Health Sciences. Three Public Health students, Kelly Ahern, Hayley Berg, and Katherine Paras, presented their research [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/public-health-week-events-at-uri-promote-physical-and-mental-health\/\">Public Health Week at URI<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2025\/03\/31\/national-public-health-week-2025\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Photo-2-Faculty-Staff-Photo-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Photo-2-Faculty-Staff-Photo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Photo-2-Faculty-Staff-Photo-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2025\/03\/31\/national-public-health-week-2025\/\">National Public Health Week 2025<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The URI Department of Public Health will be celebrating National Public Health Week beginning on Monday, April 7th with a week-long series of activities concluding on Sunday, April 13th. We hope everyone across campus will join us in some of the events we have planned in the schedule posted here!<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/03\/17\/uri-introduces-new-masters-of-public-health-program\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Public-health1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Public-health1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Public-health1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2025\/03\/17\/uri-introduces-new-masters-of-public-health-program\/\">URI introduces new Master\u2019s of Public Health program<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">College of Health Sciences offers only public MPH in Rhode Island, helping enhance healthcare workforce in state and beyond<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/fall-2024\/we-are-one\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/fa24_network_closeup_hero2-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/fa24_network_closeup_hero2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/fa24_network_closeup_hero2-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/fall-2024\/we-are-one\/\">We Are One<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">For Shade Olowookere &#8217;17, global public health begins at home.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2024\/06\/18\/news-events-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-125x125.png 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2024\/06\/18\/news-events-2\/\">Alumni Receives 10 Under 10 Award<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Craig Snow, who graduated with a BS in Health Studies in 2014, was one of the\nrecipients of this year's 10 Under 10 Award.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2024\/06\/18\/news-events\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-1-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-1-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2024\/06\/18\/news-events\/\">Dr. Cohen named Editor-in-Chief of Health Care Analysis<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Health Studies Associate Professor, Dr. Steve Cohen has been named the new\nEditor-in-Chief of the journal Health Care Analysis<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc6.com\/department-of-public-health-created-in-uri-college-of-health-sciences\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/thumbnail-uri-1024x576-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/thumbnail-uri-1024x576-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/thumbnail-uri-1024x576-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc6.com\/department-of-public-health-created-in-uri-college-of-health-sciences\/\">Department of Public Health created in URI College of Health Sciences<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">KINSTON, R.I. (WLNE) \u2014 The University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences has introduced a new Department of Public Health to help address the increased need for public health care workers. The program will kick off with its first students for the fall 2024 semester.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2024\/03\/28\/national-public-health-week\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-125x125.png 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-e1664471854611.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2024\/03\/28\/national-public-health-week\/\">National Public Health Week<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The Department of Public Health community celebrated National Public Health Week\n(April 1-7, 2024) with a week-long series of events. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/01\/racial-disparities-in-obesity-widen-in-rural-areas-across-country\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Steve-Cohen-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Steve-Cohen-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Steve-Cohen-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/01\/racial-disparities-in-obesity-widen-in-rural-areas-across-country\/\">Racial disparities in obesity widen in rural areas across country<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI Health Studies Professor Steve Cohen examines urban-rural divide, a growing disparity in health care KINGSTON, R.I. \u2014 Jan. 8, 2024 \u2014 Racial disparities in health and health care throughout the lifespan are pervasive and well-documented, and culminate in a life expectancy for Black people that is about four years shorter than for white people.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/health-studies-professor-wins-national-innovative-teaching-award-for-class-work-research-on-social-issues\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Natalie-Sabik-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Natalie-Sabik-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Natalie-Sabik-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/health-studies-professor-wins-national-innovative-teaching-award-for-class-work-research-on-social-issues\/\">Health Studies professor wins national Innovative Teaching Award for class work, research on social issues<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Natalie Sabik honored by American Psychological Association for her use of Intersectionality Toolbox to identify disparities\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/12\/05\/exciting-news-in-health-studies-public-health\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"115\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Capture-2-150x115.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/12\/05\/exciting-news-in-health-studies-public-health\/\">Exciting news in Health Studies (Public Health)!<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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&nbsp;should not&nbsp;take HLT201. HLT101G is being offered for the first time in the spring 2024 [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/11\/17\/health-studies-career-connections-event\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/PXL_20231023_214606337-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/PXL_20231023_214606337-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/PXL_20231023_214606337-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/11\/17\/health-studies-career-connections-event\/\">Health Studies Career Connections Event<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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. &nbsp;&nbsp;Each speaker presented an overview of their career path and spoke of how they began their career, decided when it was time to [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/11\/09\/what-can-a-health-studies-degree-do-for-you\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Capture-6-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Capture-6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Capture-6-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Capture-6-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Capture-6-364x366.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Capture-6.jpg 486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/chs\/2023\/11\/09\/what-can-a-health-studies-degree-do-for-you\/\">What can a Health Studies Degree do for you?<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Graduates from the URI College of Health Sciences program continue to make significant impacts on health in multiple settings<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/11\/01\/dr-quashie-invited-speaker-at-the-university-of-maryland-baltimore-county-umbc-gerontology-doctoral-program\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/image_6487327-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/image_6487327-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/image_6487327-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/image_6487327-1024x1014.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/image_6487327-768x761.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/image_6487327-500x495.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/image_6487327-1000x990.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/image_6487327.jpg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/11\/01\/dr-quashie-invited-speaker-at-the-university-of-maryland-baltimore-county-umbc-gerontology-doctoral-program\/\">Dr. Quashie-Invited Speaker at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Gerontology Doctoral Program<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">On October 27, 2023, Dr. Nekehia Quashie was invited to present her research, &#8220;Family Ties and Late Life Health: International Perspectives&#8221; at the UMB\/UMBC Gerontology Program doctoral program in Gerontology.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/10\/25\/dr-natalie-sabik-to-present-at-virtual-conference-hosted-by-the-berlin-institute-of-health-quest-center-for-responsible-research\/\">Dr. Natalie Sabik to present at Virtual Conference hosted by the Berlin Institute of Health QUEST Center for Responsible Research<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The conference, &#8220;The Impact of Diversity on Research Quality: Exploring the Knowledge Gap&#8221; will be held October 31, 2023 and November 1, 2023.&nbsp; Her presentation &#8220;Leveraging Intersectional Theory to Investigate Representation in Social Science Research&#8221; focuses on how intersectional theory can be applied to highlight broader trends in social science methods that impact visibility and [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/10\/25\/dr-natalie-sabik-awarded-2023-innovative-teaching-award-from-the-society-for-the-psychological-study-of-social-issues-spssi\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Capture-3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/10\/25\/dr-natalie-sabik-awarded-2023-innovative-teaching-award-from-the-society-for-the-psychological-study-of-social-issues-spssi\/\">Dr. Natalie Sabik receives 2023 Innovative Teaching Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">This award recognizes effective courses addressing social issues.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; More information about Dr. Sabik&#8217;s work can be found here.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/10\/25\/dr-natalie-sabik-panelist-for-iaphs-webinar-the-nuts-and-bolts-of-using-an-intersectionality-framework-in-population-health-research\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/sabik_headshot-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/sabik_headshot-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/sabik_headshot.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/10\/25\/dr-natalie-sabik-panelist-for-iaphs-webinar-the-nuts-and-bolts-of-using-an-intersectionality-framework-in-population-health-research\/\">Dr. Natalie Sabik-Panelist for IAPHS Webinar &#8220;The Nuts and Bolts of Using an Intersectionality Framework in Population Health Research&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Sabik was an invited panelist at the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) webinar.&nbsp; The event had 250+ registrants and the webinar was recorded and shared in the IAPHS archives available to members of the organization.&nbsp; The webinar can be found by clicking&nbsp;here.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/09\/06\/dr-nekehia-quashie-appointment-to-the-journal-of-global-ageing\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/NQ-profile-pic-2-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/NQ-profile-pic-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/NQ-profile-pic-2.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/09\/06\/dr-nekehia-quashie-appointment-to-the-journal-of-global-ageing\/\">Dr. Nekehia Quashie appointed to the Journal of Global Ageing as Regional Liaison for Latin America and the Caribbean<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">&nbsp;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.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/09\/06\/dr-nekehia-quashie-appointed-an-associate-editor-of-the-journal-of-gerontology-social-sciences\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/NQ-profile-pic-2-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/NQ-profile-pic-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/NQ-profile-pic-2.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/09\/06\/dr-nekehia-quashie-appointed-an-associate-editor-of-the-journal-of-gerontology-social-sciences\/\">Dr. Nekehia Quashie appointed an Associate Editor of the Journal of Gerontology Social Sciences<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Nekehia Quashie has been appointed an Associate Editor of the Journal of Gerontology Social Sciences. &nbsp;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/09\/06\/wealth-inequalities-in-physical-and-cognitive-impairments-across-japan-and-europe-the-role-of-health-expenditure-and-infrastructure\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"115\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Capture-2-150x115.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/09\/06\/wealth-inequalities-in-physical-and-cognitive-impairments-across-japan-and-europe-the-role-of-health-expenditure-and-infrastructure\/\">Wealth inequalities in physical and cognitive impairments across Japan and Europe: the role of health expenditure and infrastructure<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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 [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/09\/06\/neighborhood-socioeconomic-position-living-arrangements-and-cardiometabolic-disease-among-older-puerto-ricans-an-examination-using-prehco-2002-2007\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"115\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Capture-2-150x115.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/09\/06\/neighborhood-socioeconomic-position-living-arrangements-and-cardiometabolic-disease-among-older-puerto-ricans-an-examination-using-prehco-2002-2007\/\">Neighborhood socioeconomic position, living arrangements, and cardiometabolic disease among older Puerto Ricans: An examination using PREHCO 2002\u20132007<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Nekehia Quashie and a team of US and Puerto Rico based researchers recently published a study&nbsp; -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 [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/05\/17\/aidan-boving-is-the-recipient-of-the-2023-academic-excellence-award\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/IMG-5845-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/IMG-5845-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/IMG-5845-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/05\/17\/aidan-boving-is-the-recipient-of-the-2023-academic-excellence-award\/\">Aidan Boving is the recipient of the 2023 Academic Excellence Award for Health Studies<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The University Academic Excellence Awards are presented each year to graduating seniors who have proven to be exceptional students.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/05\/04\/the-college-of-health-sciences-research-forum-presentations\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"115\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Capture-2-150x115.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/05\/04\/the-college-of-health-sciences-research-forum-presentations\/\">Health Studies Professors present at the College of Health Sciences Research Forum<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Natalie Sabik presenting her research examining stress, body image, and women&#8217;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.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/04\/18\/journal-of-health-population-and-nutrition-published-article\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"115\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Capture-2-150x115.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/04\/18\/journal-of-health-population-and-nutrition-published-article\/\">Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition-Published Article<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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.&nbsp; Results of the study showed that while as income inequality increased, life expectancy [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/02\/02\/health-studies-major-receives-10-under-10-award\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Carrier_James13-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Carrier_James13-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Carrier_James13-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Carrier_James13-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Carrier_James13-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Carrier_James13.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2023\/02\/02\/health-studies-major-receives-10-under-10-award\/\">Former Health Studies Major receives 10 Under 10 Award<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The Department of Health Studies recognizes James Carrier &#8217;13 as a 2023 recipient of a 10 Under 10 Award.&nbsp; The 10 Under 10 Awards highlight young leaders who embody the true spirit and values of the University.&nbsp; As a health studies major, Carrier interned in the Division of Infectious Disease and Epidemiology at the Rhode [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/10\/19\/career-event-career-chats-with-health-studies-grads\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"115\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Capture-2-150x115.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/10\/19\/career-event-career-chats-with-health-studies-grads\/\">Career Event-Career Chats with Health Studies Grads<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Please join us on Tuesday, October 25th at 6:00pm in the Higgins Welcome Center for a Health Studies career chat.&nbsp; Our guest speakers include 6 graduates from the Health Studies major at the University of Rhode Island.&nbsp; This is a great opportunity to ask questions about your career options. Our guest speakers include: Julia Broccoli, [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/08\/10\/having-a-partner-more-important-than-children-to-staving-off-loneliness-during-pandemic-new-study-finds\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/NQ-profile-pic-2-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/NQ-profile-pic-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/NQ-profile-pic-2.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/08\/10\/having-a-partner-more-important-than-children-to-staving-off-loneliness-during-pandemic-new-study-finds\/\">Having a partner more important than children to staving off loneliness during pandemic, new study finds<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">A new study released in the&nbsp;European Journal of Ageing&nbsp;found that having a partner had a greater impact than having children in helping to stave off loneliness among older adults during the pandemic\u2019s first wave. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/08\/09\/new-health-studies-class-to-be-offered-in-spring-2023\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-125x125.png 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-e1664471854611.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/08\/09\/new-health-studies-class-to-be-offered-in-spring-2023\/\">New Health Studies class to be offered in Spring 2023<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Professor Nash will be offering a new grand challenge class in the spring:&nbsp;<strong>HLT 400G: Public Health: Social Justice and Advocacy.<\/strong><\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/08\/09\/dr-cohen-elected-chair-elect-of-the-american-public-health-association-aging-public-health-section\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/08\/09\/dr-cohen-elected-chair-elect-of-the-american-public-health-association-aging-public-health-section\/\">Dr. Cohen elected Chair-Elect of the American Public Health Association Aging &amp; Public Health Section<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Cohen was recently elected to become the Chair-Elect of the American Public Health Association (APHA) Aging &amp; Public Health Section.  <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/08\/09\/congratulations-to-dr-greaney-on-her-promotion\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Mary_Greaney_web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Mary_Greaney_web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Mary_Greaney_web-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Mary_Greaney_web-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Mary_Greaney_web.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/08\/09\/congratulations-to-dr-greaney-on-her-promotion\/\">Congratulations to Dr. Greaney on her promotion<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Greaney was promoted to full Professor in July. Congratulations! She will continue to serve as department chair, teaching classes, advising students, and conducting research.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/08\/08\/lily-rosa-is-the-recipient-of-the-2022-academic-excellence-award\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-125x125.png 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-e1664471854611.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/08\/08\/lily-rosa-is-the-recipient-of-the-2022-academic-excellence-award\/\">Lily Rosa is the recipient of the 2022 Academic Excellence Award<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Lily Rosa of Wakefield, RI received the 2022 Academic&nbsp; Excellence award for Health Studies.&nbsp;&nbsp; Lily has been an outstanding representative of the Department of Health Studies. She graduated in December 2021 with a B.S. in health studies and a B.A. in Italian. During her time at URI, Lily worked to promote health and well-being. She [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/08\/08\/dr-cohen-to-serve-as-deputy-editor-of-the-journal-of-public-health-policy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/08\/08\/dr-cohen-to-serve-as-deputy-editor-of-the-journal-of-public-health-policy\/\">Dr. Cohen to serve as Deputy Editor of the Journal of Public Health Policy<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Associate Professor of Health Studies Dr. Steve Cohen has recently been asked to serve as a Deputy Editor of the&nbsp;<em>Journal of Public Health Policy,&nbsp;<\/em>a journal focusing on&nbsp;the major epidemiologic and social foundations of public health policy.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/08\/04\/dr-sabik-awarded-a-sabbatical\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/sabik_headshot-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/sabik_headshot-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/sabik_headshot.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/08\/04\/dr-sabik-awarded-a-sabbatical\/\">Dr. Sabik awarded a sabbatical<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Natalie Sabik was awarded a sabbatical for this upcoming fall semester. During this time, she will work to further her research on chronic stress and the impact on body image and women&#8217;s health.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/05\/04\/dr-nicholas-asselin-speaker-at-annual-symposium\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Asselin-Headshot-4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Asselin-Headshot-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Asselin-Headshot-4-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/05\/04\/dr-nicholas-asselin-speaker-at-annual-symposium\/\">Dr. Nicholas Asselin, Speaker at Annual Symposium<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">On April 13, 2022 we were honored to have Dr. Nicholas Asselin, Medical Director, Lifespan EpiCenter and Assistant Professor at Brown University, speak to the faculty and students at the annual Health Studies Symposium.&nbsp; Dr. Asselin is an ER physician who helped direct Rhode Island&#8217;s COVID efforts, including developing the field hospital at the Rhode [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/04\/21\/interactive-qa-discussion-with-graduates\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/IMG_20220330_215955_656-2-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/IMG_20220330_215955_656-2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/IMG_20220330_215955_656-2-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/04\/21\/interactive-qa-discussion-with-graduates\/\">Interactive Q&amp;A Discussion with Graduates<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">An Interactive Q&amp;A Discussion with Graduates was held on April 19 in Pharmacy 170. The returning Health Studies graduates discussed their current jobs and graduate education, provided great advice regarding internships, job searches, and excelling in the workforce. &nbsp;They spoke of the benefit of using the free elective courses to strategically build their career paths [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/04\/20\/follow-us-on-twitter\/\">Follow Us On Twitter!<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The URI Department of Health Studies now has an official Twitter account. We will share news about our department, feature scholarly activities of our faculty and students, and research or events on all areas related to population health. Follow us @URIHStudies.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/04\/05\/dr-steve-cohen-participated-in-national-public-health-week-webinar\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/04\/05\/dr-steve-cohen-participated-in-national-public-health-week-webinar\/\">Dr. Steve Cohen Participated in National Public Health Week Webinar<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Steve Cohen, Associate Professor of Health Studies, served as a panelist on the Rhode Island Public Health Association webinar \u201cEpidemiology and Using Evidence to Address Racism\u201d on April 4, 2022.&nbsp; &nbsp;Other panelists included Dr. Patricia Risica of Brown University and Dr. Soumyadeep Mukherjee of Rhode Island College, and the discussion was moderated by Dr. [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/04\/04\/alumni-return-to-discuss-careers\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/alumni-return-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/04\/04\/alumni-return-to-discuss-careers\/\">Alumni Return to Discuss Careers<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The Department of Health Studies hosted a roundtable discussion, Career Conversations with Health Studies Graduates, at the Higgins&nbsp;Welcome Center on March 30, 2022. Each graduate provided a brief overview of his\/her career and then hosted two roundtable discussions. It was a valuable opportunity for students to ask questions about their major, graduate school, and job [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/01\/28\/__trashed\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/NQ-profile-pic-2-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/NQ-profile-pic-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/NQ-profile-pic-2.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2022\/01\/28\/__trashed\/\">Department of Health Studies Welcomes Dr. Nekehia Quashie<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Quashie brings a wealth of global health experience. Her research focuses on population aging, family,&nbsp; health, wellbeing, and social inequality in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, Africa, and Europe.&nbsp; Dr. Quashie has a PhD in Sociology and has completed postdoctoral research positions in Germany and Thailand. You can learn more about Dr. Quashie and [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2021\/10\/26\/thank-you-dr-donna-schwartz-barcott\/\">Thank You Dr. Donna Schwartz-Barcott!<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">We would like to congratulate Dr. Donna Schwartz-Barcott, Professor, College of Nursing, on her retirement.&nbsp; Dr. Schwartz-Barcott was instrumental in developing the health studies&nbsp; major and has been a vital member of the Health Studies Internal Advisory Board. Our heartfelt thanks to Dr. Schwartz-Barcott for being such an essential board member, mentor, and friend. She [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2021\/10\/18\/alumni-return-to-discuss-life-after-uri\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/IMG_1728-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/IMG_1728-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/IMG_1728-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2021\/10\/18\/alumni-return-to-discuss-life-after-uri\/\">Alumni Return to Discuss Life After URI!<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The Department of Health Studies hosted a roundtable discussion, Life After URI!, featuring five health studies graduates on October 12 at the Higgins Welcome Center. Each of the returning graduates provided a brief overview of their careers and then hosted two roundtable discussions. It proved to be an informative and enjoyable evening, providing health studies [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2021\/10\/05\/dr-cohen-quoted-in-bloomberg-news\/\">Dr. Cohen Quoted in Bloomberg News<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">An article by Anushree Dave titled \u201cHalf-Million Excess U.S. Deaths in 2020 Hit Minorities Worse\u201d appeared on Bloomberg Invest Global on October 4, 2021.&nbsp; The article reports the findings recently published in the&nbsp;Annals of Internal Medicine.&nbsp; Associate Professor of Health Studies, Dr. Steve Cohen, was interviewed for the article to provide commentary.&nbsp; Dave\u2019s article and [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2021\/09\/30\/congratulations-dr-cohen\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2021\/09\/30\/congratulations-dr-cohen\/\">Congratulations Dr. Cohen!<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">We are pleased to congratulate Dr. Steve Cohen for his recent promotion!&nbsp; Dr. Cohen is now an Associate Professor of Health Studies with tenure, effective July 1, 2021.&nbsp; He will continue to teach HLT 200 (Interdisciplinary Approaches to Health) and PHP 405 (Fundamentals of Epidemiology) as well as continuing his research into the impacts of [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2021\/02\/22\/department-of-health-studies-welcomes-sue-oppenheim\/\">Department of Health Studies welcomes Sue Oppenheim<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The Department of Health Studies extends a warm welcome to Sue Oppenheim, who will serve as the departmental administrator.&nbsp; Sue comes to us from Communicative Disorders where she has had 17 years of experience.&nbsp; Sue&#8217;s role will be to support the Department in a number of capacities, including welcoming new students and connecting them with [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2021\/02\/22\/health-studies-senior-owen-manahan-wins-national-award\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Owen-M-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2021\/02\/22\/health-studies-senior-owen-manahan-wins-national-award\/\">Health Studies Senior Owen Manahan wins national award<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Congratulations to Owen Manahan for being recognized by the American Public Health Association (APHA) and the Rhode Island Public Health Association (RIPHA)! The Council of Affiliates at APHA awarded Owen the Outstanding Student of the Year award at the APHA Annual Meeting. Owen also was recognized by RIPHA by having an award named after him, [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2021\/02\/20\/covid-19-panel-discussion-personal-experiences-from-the-front-lines\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/shannonRourke-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/shannonRourke-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/shannonRourke-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2021\/02\/20\/covid-19-panel-discussion-personal-experiences-from-the-front-lines\/\">COVID-19 Panel Discussion: Personal Experiences from the Front Lines<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Health studies graduate, Shannon O\u2019Rourke \u201920, was part of the COVID-19 Panel Discussion: Personal Experiences from the Front Lines held on online October 7th. Shannon spoke about her experience working at Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH). When the pandemic began Shannon was completing an internship at a RIDOH and made the decision to continue [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2021\/02\/18\/cassidy-fries-receives-health-studies-academic-excellence-award\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/CassidyFries-e1632489114115-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/CassidyFries-e1632489114115-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/CassidyFries-e1632489114115.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2021\/02\/18\/cassidy-fries-receives-health-studies-academic-excellence-award\/\">Cassidy Fries receives Health Studies Academic Excellence Award<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Cassidy Fries, a native of Philadelphia, has been an outstanding student and representative of health studies. She was a member of the health studies action board, served as a peer adviser to majors, was an active member of Dr. Sabik\u2019s lab, and has been a co-author on several published papers. Cassidy also was a member [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2019\/07\/17\/rhode-island-life-expectancy-project\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/RIHealth-Topics-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/RIHealth-Topics-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/RIHealth-Topics-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2019\/07\/17\/rhode-island-life-expectancy-project\/\">Rhode Island Life Expectancy Project<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The website for the Rhode Island Life Expectancy Project is now live! The Project is a landmark effort, developed by researchers at URI to highlight how health and well-being are influenced by where we live and work. It provides population and health data to Rhode Island researchers, policymakers, educators, and all current and future Rhode Island residents.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2019\/03\/22\/3238\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-125x125.png 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-e1664471854611.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2019\/03\/22\/3238\/\">Pathways to Health Careers<\/a> <span class=\"category-display\"><span class=\"category-display-label\">Posted in:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/tag\/events\/\">events<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">On April 3, Pathways to Health Careers, will be held at 6-8:00 PM at the Welcome Center! Each speaker gave a brief (3-5 minute talk) and then hosted an interactive roundtable conversation.&nbsp; Speakers included:&nbsp; Peter Blanpied, PhD, PT, OCS, FAAOMPT,&nbsp;Professor and Interim Chair,&nbsp;Department of Physical Therapy,&nbsp;University of Rhode Island Gloria Figueroa, MS\/CCC-SLP,&nbsp;Speech and Language Pathologist,&nbsp;South [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2019\/01\/09\/alumna-alex-cole-awarded-prestigious-fellowship\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Alex-in-Kansas-sunflower-field-225x3001-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2019\/01\/09\/alumna-alex-cole-awarded-prestigious-fellowship\/\">Alumna, Alex Cole, awarded prestigious fellowship<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Congratulations to health studies graduate, Alexandra (Alex) Cole, MHA! Alex is starting an an 18-month competitive training program, Emory Healthcare\u2019s Operations Development Program, in Atlanta, GA. This prestigious program is designed to help participants gain the skills, experience, and business knowledge of operations in academic faculty practices. Alex graduated from University of Missouri in 2016 [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2019\/01\/07\/dr-cohens-research-is-featured-in-uris-research-magazine\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2019\/01\/07\/dr-cohens-research-is-featured-in-uris-research-magazine\/\">Dr. Cohen\u2019s research is featured in URI\u2019s research magazine!<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Steve Cohen, an assistant professor in the Health Studies was profiled in the fall issue of Momentum: Research and Innovation, the University of Rhode Island\u2019s journal that presents highlights of the university. Dr. Cohen is a&nbsp;social epidemiologist and applied public health demographer, studying the impacts of aging on health and health care delivery. His [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2019\/01\/01\/faculty-present-research-at-national-conferences\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-125x125.png 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2019\/01\/01\/faculty-present-research-at-national-conferences\/\">Faculty present research at national conferences<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Health Studies faculty presented their research at national conferences held in November. The&nbsp;Gerontological Society of America (GSA)&nbsp;annual conference was held in Boston, MA and attended by Health Studies faculty, Drs. Cohen, Meucci, and Sabik.&nbsp; Dr. Cohen oral presentation at GSA entitled&nbsp;\u201cChallenges and Barriers to Aging in Alaska:&nbsp;Disparities in Health Outcomes, Quality of Life, and Health [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2018\/11\/07\/health-studies-alumni-return-to-campus\/\">Health Studies alumni return to campus!<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">We were very excited to welcome back nine Health Studies graduates to participate in our fall career event, a round table discussion,&nbsp;What to do After Graduation?!&nbsp; Nearly 80 majors attended the event that was held in the new URI Welcome Center from 6:15-8:00 PM on October 30.&nbsp;&nbsp; The evening was filled with conversations between the [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2018\/09\/10\/new-program-health-studies-in-perth\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Capture-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Capture-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Capture-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2018\/09\/10\/new-program-health-studies-in-perth\/\">New Program: Health Studies in Perth!<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Go to the land down under and take three classes and complete an internship in Perth! In partnership with the University of Western Australia, &amp; TEAN, Health Studies majors can combine an educational semester abroad with a professional internship. Located in Perth on Australia\u2019s west coast, you\u2019ll experience wonderful weather, beautiful beaches and a laidback [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2018\/05\/21\/congratulations-graduates\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/rhody_with_grad_cap_and_gown-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/rhody_with_grad_cap_and_gown-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/rhody_with_grad_cap_and_gown-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2018\/05\/21\/congratulations-graduates\/\">Congratulations, graduates!<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Over 100 majors were awarded their BS in Health Studies at the College of Health Sciences ceremony held at the Ryan Center on May 19th. A diverse group\u00a0of majors graduated with\u00a0 40% identifying as racial or ethnic minorities. &nbsp; Majors completed internships at the RI Department of Health, South County Hospital, URI SNAP-ed, nursing homes, [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2018\/05\/20\/ana-talamas-receives-excellence-award\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/20180519_133233-e1526935316865-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/20180519_133233-e1526935316865-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/20180519_133233-e1526935316865-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2018\/05\/20\/ana-talamas-receives-excellence-award\/\">Ana Talamas receives excellence award<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Ana Talmas &#8217;18 was the recipient\u00a0of the 2018 Excellence Award for Health Studies. She was selected to receive this award due to\u00a0her desire\u00a0to\u00a0learn and strong initiative in class, on the Action Board.\u00a0 Ana integrates new ideas quickly and effectively and\u00a0demonstrates\u00a0tremendous potential for leadership in health science.\u00a0 She participated in research\u00a0work with Drs. Sabik and Cohen [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2018\/05\/04\/majors-implement-a-program-in-the-community\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-125x125.png 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-e1664471854611.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2018\/05\/04\/majors-implement-a-program-in-the-community\/\">Majors implement a program in the community<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Health Studies majors, Elecia Cardarelli \u201818, Emily Ciano \u201918, and Shannon O\u2019Rourke \u201921, implemented three sessions of the F.I.T (Framework for Integrated Teaching) Club\u00a0 at Champagne Heights, a subsidized family housing site in South Kingstown\u00a0 The students joined members of the 3rd and 4th grade Homework Skills Club,which is run by Ms. Karen Buetens, LICSW, [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2018\/04\/10\/2017-graduate-to-intern-at-cdc-this-summer\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Shade_Olowookere-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Shade_Olowookere-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Shade_Olowookere-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Shade_Olowookere-125x125.png 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Shade_Olowookere-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Shade_Olowookere.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2018\/04\/10\/2017-graduate-to-intern-at-cdc-this-summer\/\">2017 graduate to intern at CDC this summer<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Shade\u00a0Olowookere, a 2017 Health Studies graduate will be an intern this summer at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2018\/04\/03\/major-to-attend-prestigious-summer-program\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/gina-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/gina-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/gina-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2018\/04\/03\/major-to-attend-prestigious-summer-program\/\">Major to attend prestigious summer program<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Georgina Miranda, a junior Health Studies major, from Pawtucket, RI, will be a part of the prestigious Future Public Health Leaders Program at the University of Michigan,\u00a0Ann Harbor.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2018\/04\/03\/new-research-from-dr-sabik\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Natalie_Sabik_web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Natalie_Sabik_web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Natalie_Sabik_web-151x150.jpg 151w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Natalie_Sabik_web-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Natalie_Sabik_web-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Natalie_Sabik_web.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2018\/04\/03\/new-research-from-dr-sabik\/\">New research from Dr. Sabik<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Sabik and colleagues from Brandeis University found that chronic stress mediated the association between body image and depressive symptoms which suggests that self-image can negatively affect health.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2018\/03\/24\/new-research-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-125x125.png 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2018\/03\/24\/new-research-2\/\">New research<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Greaney and colleagues from the University of Massachusetts, Harvard School of Public Health, and the University of Guelph\u00a0 just published an article,\u00a0Social Support for Changing Multiple Behaviors: Factors Associated With Seeking Support and the Impact of Offered Support\u00a0, in\u00a0\u00a0Health\u00a0Education\u00a0&amp; Behavior\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0doi.org\/10.1177\/1090198117712333<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2018\/02\/06\/health-studies-colloquium\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-125x125.png 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2018\/02\/06\/health-studies-colloquium\/\">Health Studies Colloquium<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Lisa Quintiliani, PhD, RD, an Assistant Professor at Boston\u00a0University School of Medicine,\u00a0will be our featured speaker. Dr.\u00a0Quintiliani will be discussing a\u00a0Weight Management Intervention among Low-Income Public Housing Residents.\u00a0The colloquium is\u00a0Tuesday, March 27 from\u00a04:00 \u2013 5:00 pm in\u00a0Washburn Hall room 308.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2018\/01\/24\/qa-with-health-studies-graduates\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-125x125.png 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2018\/01\/24\/qa-with-health-studies-graduates\/\">Q&amp;A with Health Studies graduates<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Our spring career event will be a Q&amp;A session with Health Studies graduates!\u00a0 the\u00a0event will be on April 2 at 6 p.m. in room 170 in the Pharmacy Building.\u00a0Come and ask questions to learn about how best to capitalize on your time at URI, landing your first job, attending graduate school, etc.!<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2018\/01\/23\/graduate-quoted-in-the-providence-journal\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Kayla-e1469015807672-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Kayla-e1469015807672-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Kayla-e1469015807672-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2018\/01\/23\/graduate-quoted-in-the-providence-journal\/\">Graduate quoted in the Providence Journal<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Kayla Mudge, a 2016 Health Studies graduate and Communications Coordinator at the Hospital\u00a0Association of Rhode Island (HARI), was recently quoted in the Providence Journal regarding the\u00a0Governor\u2019s proposed hospital payment cuts in the 2019 state budget.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/12\/08\/new-faculty-research\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-125x125.png 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-e1664471854611.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/12\/08\/new-faculty-research\/\">New faculty research<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Drs. Cohen and Sabik recently published a study examining the associations\u00a0between place-based characteristics and rural-urban status among older adults:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/29193298<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/11\/15\/health-studies-grad-presents-at-apha\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-125x125.png 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/11\/15\/health-studies-grad-presents-at-apha\/\">Health Studies graduate presents at APHA<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Ariana Azzoli,\u00a0 a 2017 Health graduate, presented the results of her independent study at the annual\u00a0meeting of the American Public Health Association\u00a0 (APHA) in Atlanta, GA. Ariana&#8217;s research,\u00a0conducted with Dr, Cohen, was a\u00a0 cross-sectional study using data\u00a0from the National Health and\u00a0Aging Trends study. Her study analyses revealed a significant association\u00a0between older adults with low vision [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/11\/09\/1386\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-125x125.png 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/11\/09\/1386\/\">Kudos for Health Studies faculty<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr.\u00a0Cohen along\u00a0with Drs. Sabik and Greaney presented their paper, Assessment of dietary patterns, physical activity, and obesity from a national survey:\u00a0Rural-urban health disparities in older adults, at the annual meeting of the\u00a0American Public Health Association (APHA) in Atlanta, GA. The paper received the\u00a0 2017 Aging and Rural Health Research\u00a0Award and examined\u00a0differences in obesity rates in [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/11\/01\/new-research\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-125x125.png 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-e1664471854611.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/11\/01\/new-research\/\">New research<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Greaney and colleagues from Duke University, Georgetown University, and Boston University recently published new research examining the impact of a weight gain prevention intervention on physical activity. &nbsp; https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/29037247<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/10\/05\/health-studies-career-event-is-a-success\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-125x125.png 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/10\/05\/health-studies-career-event-is-a-success\/\">Health Studies career event is a success!<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">!25 students attended the Health Studies Fall career event, Exploring non-Clinical Health Careers on October 4, 2017. The event that began with a panel presentation that was followed by interactive breakout sessions hosted by the speakers. This was the first Health Studies career event to feature graduates of the program! We would like to thank [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/09\/29\/major-studies-abroad-in-ireland\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-125x125.png 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/images-1.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/09\/29\/major-studies-abroad-in-ireland\/\">Major studies abroad in Ireland<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Chandler Lemay \u201817, a health Studies major from Narragansett, RI spent last in Ireland where she lived in Cork and attended the University College Cork. According to Chandler, \u201cthe best part of studying abroad was that every day was an adventure and there was always something new to explore. It was an amazing experience to [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/09\/28\/dr-cohen-to-participate-in-apha-webinar\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/SC_12thfloor.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/09\/28\/dr-cohen-to-participate-in-apha-webinar\/\">Dr. Cohen to participate in APHA webinar<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Cohen will be a featured\u00a0speaker in a webinar presented by the\u00a0Aging and Public Health Section of the American\u00a0Public Health Association (APHA).\u00a0Dr. Cohen and colleagues\u00a0will speak about career development, and will discuss: \u2022 strategies and skills to develop a successful career \u2022\u00a0real-world experiences \u2022\u00a0 mentoring Register\u00a0Now! Brought to you by: Aging and Public Health Section [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/09\/28\/health-studies-faculty-publishes-new-research\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Natalie_Sabik_web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Natalie_Sabik_web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Natalie_Sabik_web-151x150.jpg 151w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Natalie_Sabik_web-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Natalie_Sabik_web-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Natalie_Sabik_web.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/09\/28\/health-studies-faculty-publishes-new-research\/\">Health Studies faculty publishes new research<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Sabik recently published a cross-sectional study (n=225) \u00a0in the Journal of Adult Development. As women grow older, physical changes accompanying the aging process may impact self-perceptions of body image and age. Data were collected from 115 European American and 100 African American aging 65+ and results demonstrated that for African American aging women, perceptions [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/09\/27\/faculty-examines-social-support-and-behavior-change\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Ram-for-Homepage.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/09\/27\/faculty-examines-social-support-and-behavior-change\/\">Faculty examines social support and behavior change<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Greaney and colleagues from\u00a0the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, University of Massachusetts, and the University of Guelph conducted a study examining the role of social support in changing multiple risk\u00a0behaviors. For more information about the study, see https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/28683577<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/06\/28\/two-majors-drafted-in-the-mlb-draft\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Ram-for-Homepage.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/06\/28\/two-majors-drafted-in-the-mlb-draft\/\">Two majors signed in the MLB draft!<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Two Health Studies majors and members of the URI baseball team, Chris Hess and Martin Figueroa, were signed in the MLB draft! \u00a0Chris was signed by the New York Yankees and Martin Figueroa by the Houston Astro! Congratulations, Chris and Martin! Go Rhody! 2017 MLB Draft: Rhody&#8217;s Chris Hess Taken in 17th Round by New [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/06\/07\/two-majors-earn-certificates-of-completion-for-the-uri-peace-corps-prep-program\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/independence-square-150x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Independence Square\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/06\/07\/two-majors-earn-certificates-of-completion-for-the-uri-peace-corps-prep-program\/\">Two majors earn certificates of completion for the URI Peace Corps Prep program<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Jamie Lavoie and Shade Olowookere are part of the first group of graduates to earn certificates of completion for the URI Peace Corps Prep program. Congratulations, Jamie and Sade! \u00a0We are proud of you! Peace Corps Prep allows undergraduate students to combine targeted coursework with hands-on experience and equips students with the tools needed to [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/05\/31\/congratulations-2017-graduates\/\">Congratulations, 2017 Graduates!<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">On May 20th, 2017, \u00a0105 Health Studies majors were awarded their Bachelor of Science in Health Studies degrees! \u00a0The celebration\u00a0took place at the Ryan Center and\u00a0was followed by the graduation\u00a0ceremony on Mat 22. Congratulations to all our new graduates. We are so proud of your accomplishments! Keep in touch!<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/05\/31\/aleia-grader-receives-excellence-award\/\">Aleia Gardner receives Excellence Award<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Aleia Gardner,\u00a0the recipient of the Health Studies Excellence Award, is a dedicated scholar with an outstanding academic\u00a0record.\u00a0 She has excelled in all her class and graduated with a\u00a0\u00a0near perfect GPA.\u00a0Aleia is committed to a career to reduce health disparities and\u00a0improve health care access, especially among individual with\u00a0Alzheimer\u2019s Disease and related dementias. \u00a0Aleia will be attending [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/05\/08\/majors-present-their-honors-projects\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Ram-for-Homepage.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/05\/08\/majors-present-their-honors-projects\/\">Majors present their Honors Projects<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Three Health Studies majors who are in the Honors College recently presented the results of their honors projects to the URI community on May 3.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/05\/04\/major-receives-award-psychology\/\">Major receives award from Psychology<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Meredith Lemek, a Health Studies major from Richmond, RI,  was one of several seniors awarded the Outstanding Contributions to Psychology \u2013 Senior Award from the Department of Psychology. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/05\/04\/majors-examine-sleep-impairment-among-college-students\/\">Examining sleep impairment among college students<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">They conducted a cross-sectional study and calculated frequencies and descriptives to describe the study sample and then ran Pearson's correlations and built hierarchical multiple regressions models to examine associations among mental illness, alcohol use, and sleep quality<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/04\/15\/major-participates-alternative-spring-break\/\">Major participates in alternative spring break<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The URI volunteers partnered with Habitat for Humanity and other local organizations to  build houses destroyed by flooding, work in a food bank, plant trees, and more. This trip was Maya's  third year of being part of an alternative spring break trip with the URI Service Corps, She has previously traveled to New Mexico and South Carolina.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/04\/12\/major-works-to-plan-2017-aids-walk-for-life\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Photo-e1492034219310-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Photo-e1492034219310-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Photo-e1492034219310-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/04\/12\/major-works-to-plan-2017-aids-walk-for-life\/\">Major works to plan 2017 AIDS Walk For Life<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Pasco is a member of the planning committee for the 2017 AIDS Walk For Life \"Fighting HIV One Step at a Time\" along with many other public health advocates from the Rhode Island community and local health organizations.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/03\/08\/jarolyn-fernandez-17-featured-on-uri-website\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/independence-square-150x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Independence Square\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/03\/08\/jarolyn-fernandez-17-featured-on-uri-website\/\">Jarolyn Fernandez \u201917  featured on URI website<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Jarolyn Fernandez \u201917, a triple major in health studies, communication studies and Spanish, is the first study to be profiled on the College of Health Sciences website.\n\n<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/03\/01\/major-organizes-international-volunteer-trip\/\">Major organizes international volunteer trip<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Portia explained that \" the public health impacts could as soon as we built a new stove that emitted little smoke right next to the old one which produced vast amounts of smoke\"<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/01\/30\/dana-shugar-colloquim\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Natalie_Sabik_web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Natalie_Sabik_web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Natalie_Sabik_web-151x150.jpg 151w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Natalie_Sabik_web-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Natalie_Sabik_web-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Natalie_Sabik_web.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2017\/01\/30\/dana-shugar-colloquim\/\">Dana Shugar Colloquim<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Sabik is the invited speaker for the Dana Shughar Colloquium: Lectures in Gender &amp; Women's Studies.  She will be speaking on the feminist approaches to the study of women's health and well-being.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2016\/12\/24\/majors-working-with-rhode-island-public-health-association\/\">Majors partnering with Rhode Island Public Health Association<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Health Studies seniors: Jarolyn Fernandez, Katherine Ryan, and Shade Olowookere are partnering with the Rhode Island Public Health Association (RIPHA) to investigate important public health issues impacting the health of Rhode Islanders. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2016\/12\/17\/majors-help-portrait-providence-a-success\/\">Major&#8217;s Help-Portrait Providence a success!<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Terry Rajsombath a member of the class of 2017 and a Health Studies worked to create and host a Help-Portrait event in Providence, Rhode Island. The event was a great success and profiled in The Providence Journal.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2016\/12\/16\/new-research-by-dr-sabik\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/independence-square-150x90.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Independence Square\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2016\/12\/16\/new-research-by-dr-sabik\/\">New research by Dr. Sabik<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Dr. Sabik recently published a cross-sectional study (n=123) \u00a0in the Journal of Women &amp; Aging. \u00a0Results of her study determined that specific age-relevant aspects of body satisfaction are linked to social behavior and depression among aging women, and reduced body satisfaction may lead to lower social engagement and, consequently, impact health and well-being. https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/labs\/articles\/27629232\/<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2016\/12\/07\/honors-project-coordinating-uri-volunteer-effort-in-my-honors-project-is-a-trip-with-the-global-village-program-to-retalhuleu-guatemala-this-january-9-19th-2017-i-am-bringing-7-passionate-uri-stu\/\">Honors Project: Coordinating URI volunteer efforts in Guatemala<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Portia Eastman, a Health Studies major, is coordinating a trip with with the Global Village Program to Retalhuleu, Guatemala this coming\u00a0January as her honors project. Portia \u00a0has identified 7 other URI students passionate about health and a \u00a0team leader from University College to participate in implementing and distributing Healthy Home Kits. Healthy Home Kits \u00a0include [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2016\/10\/26\/majors-present-at-regional-conference\/\">Majors present at regional conference<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Justyna Falat and Jessica Magagnos represented Health Studies and URI at the annual conference of the New England Psychological Association \u00a0held a Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts earlier in October. The research they presented examined whether self worth is contingent on social media feedback. Data for the study was gathered through an online survey, and [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2016\/08\/01\/gradute-co-authors-op-ed-with-senator-dipalma\/\">Gradute co-authors op-ed with Senator DiPalma<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Melissa Bann. a 2016 Health Studies graduate, served as a legislative intern for the Rhode Island State Government under the supervision of Senator Louis DiPalma. \u00a0Senator DiPalma and \u00a0Melissa examined five\u00a0key indicators in Rhode Island related to child health: evidence-based family home visiting, health insurance, immunizations, mental health, and special needs\/behavioral health. \u00a0The results of [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2016\/07\/20\/kayla-mudge-awarded-fellowship-position-at-hospital-association-of-rhode-island\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Kayla-e1469015807672-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Kayla-e1469015807672-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1261\/Kayla-e1469015807672-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/2016\/07\/20\/kayla-mudge-awarded-fellowship-position-at-hospital-association-of-rhode-island\/\">Major awarded fellowship at Hospital Association of Rhode Island<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">&nbsp; Kayla Mudge &#8217;16 was recently award the\u00a0Hospital Association of Rhode Island (HARI)\u00a0Health Care Policy and Communications Fellowship.\u00a0HARI &#8220;assists member hospitals in effectively meeting the health care needs of Rhode Island, through advocacy, representation, education and services.&#8221; &nbsp; Kayla&#8217;s efforts at HARI will focus on communication efforts around health care policies. \u00a0She will attend weekly [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/ww2.uri.edu\/big-stories\/some-problems-need-a-new-major\">URI Big Story: Some problems need a new major.<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI students and faculty are always offering up big ideas for the world\u2019s changing needs, and health care \u2014 one of the fastest growing industries in the nation \u2014 is no exception. Students here have the opportunity to participate in the most current curriculum and conversations about an issue affecting millions.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/news.uri.edu\/releases\/?id=5877\">URI Health Studies major is unique to public higher education in New England<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">With a truly interdisciplinary focus that taps into the strength of health resources and expertise at URI, the Health Studies major is unique to public higher education in New England and perhaps beyond.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2097,"featured_media":0,"parent":2261,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2515","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2097"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2515"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4435,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2515\/revisions\/4435"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/public-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}