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Associate Professor David Dallas has been selected as the new endowed director of the Moore Family Center for Whole Grain Foods, Nutrition and Preventive Health.
The Women's Sport Foundation released a report, "Thriving Through Sport: The Transformative Impact on Girls' Mental Health," led by Associate Professor Will Massey.
Read the report and discover how when girls participate in programs that elevate their voices, prioritize personal growth and build strong relationships they thrive. Thanks, Will, for leading this important study!
Louisa Ramirez Forney, a nutrition-dietetics student graduating this June, recently received the Oregon Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2024 Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award.
Hailey Zhou recently received the Oregon Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2024 Outstanding Graduate Student Award. Hailey is currently in Oregon State University's dietetic internship program.
Kathleen “Kae” McCarty, PhD ’22, is being recognized as a Changemaker by the OSUAA for the impact she’s made on her field. Kae is a first-generation college graduate and has an innate passion for disability justice and health equity.
Professor Chunhuei Chi is featured in a MoneyGeek article that looks into the variations in healthcare quality in different states. These questions focus on the causes of uneven health care quality, cost, and access across different states, and explore potential solutions and strategies to address these disparities.
Professor Chunhuei Chi is featured in a MoneyGeek article that looks into the nature of health insurance. These questions explore how health insurance providers function in various contexts, including serving rural communities, addressing administrative costs, impacting consumer options within the market, and influencing marketplace exchanges.
Public health alumna Diana Govier, faculty epidemiologist Yumie Takata, and Professor Denise Hynes, along with a team of collaborators, recently published Risk of Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations After SARS-CoV-2 Infection in JAMA Network Open.
Professor Chunhuei Chi was featured in WalletHub's article about Personal Injury Protection (PIP). Read the article.
For IMPACT participants who may feel overwhelmed during gym activities, the new sensory room offers a quiet space to self-regulate with individualized sensory input. This has proven effective, as participants who have used the space have shown a significant improvement in their ability to engage and participate in the planned IMPACT sessions.
A group of Oregon State athletic training students successfully defended their quiz bowl championship at the annual NWATA meeting and symposium in Boise, Idaho on April 6.
On April 3, over 100 people gathered in person and online for OSU's Science Pub to hear an exciting presentation by Kinesiology Associate Professor Sean Newsom. His talk, titled "Promoting metabolic health via inhibition: Discovering new benefits of existing medications," took the audience on a fascinating journey through exercise physiology research.
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