Juliana Byzyka (Transportation Research Center) attended the 2024 Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting on January 7-11 in Washington, D.C. TRB is one of the major program divisions of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine with a global impact in the transportation field. It links engineers, scientists, and…

On January 11th, Christopher D. E. Willoughby (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) presented on a panel on "Medical Reparations" at the University of California, Davis' African American Studies Winter Symposium on the theme of "Reimagining Repair." Willoughby's paper was titled "Learning from Human Remains: Medical Schools and the…

Celica Glenn Cosme, Philip Borsellino, Deanna Chea, Reese Krider, Nathan Rudig and Lisa Durette (all Medicine) published: "Prescribed psychotropic medication patterns among treated Foster Care enrollees: a single institution study."

Dr. Deborah Kuhl's (Medicine) work as a trauma surgeon and researcher is prominently is featured in a lengthy New York Times article about the disturbing increase in deaths and injuries from traffic crashes throughout the United States. The Times piece, "Why Are American Drivers So Deadly?" traces Kuhl's early career, operating on crash victims,…

Erika Marquez (Environmental and Occupational Health) co-authored a chapter on "The Community-Engaged Research Process" that is featured in a newly published book, Ground Truths: Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice. The book shows how community-engaged research makes unique contributions to environmental justice by centering…

Dr. Sonal Shah (Dental) accepted an invitation to join the American Dental Education Association’s (ADEA) task force for revising the competencies for the new general dentist. This document was last updated and approved by the ADEA House of Delegates in 2008. The yearlong project will culminate with pre-doctoral curriculum and competency…

Senior Director of Development, Heather Rappaport (Law), received the "Outstanding Contributions to Research and/or Literature" from the Association of Higher Education Parent Programming Professionals (AHEPPP) for her dissertation, "A Qualitative Exploration of Parent Involvement Programs in Higher Education."

Congratulations to the Intercollegiate and Professional Sport Management (IPSM) program on being selected as one of 12 sport programs in the nation to compete in the 2024 National Sports Forum (NSF) Case Cup Competition! The competition will take place at the 28th annual NSF Conference in Pittsburgh, …

Zahra Mojtahedi (Healthcare Administration and Policy) and Jay Shen (Healthcare Administration and Policy, Center for Health Disparities and Research) recently published a paper, "Telehealth Utilization and Good Care among Informal Caregivers: Health Information National Trends Survey, 2022," in Healthcare. Mojtahedi is a doctoral student.