Simon Gottschalk (Sociology) has published a chapter, "Click to Disable: Infantilizing Trends in Terminal Interactions at Work," in the edited volume: Like a Child Would Do: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Childlikeness in Past and Current Societies (Universitas Press). This chapter examines the infantilizing dispositions prompted by…

Dr. Jay D. Fisher (Medicine) and Deb Kuhls delivered a virtual poster presentation at the American Academy of Pediatrics annual meeting Oct. 8 entitled "Evaluating the MCI Preparedness of U.S. Pediatric Emergency Departments".                   …

Benjamin Burroughs (Journalism and Media Studies) presented his work "Kū KiaʻI Kahuku: Indigenizing Social Media and Sociospatial Symmetry" with Tēvita O. Kaʻili at the "Vā Moana: Space And Relationality In Pacific Thought And Identity" conference held Nov. 23-24.

Gabriela Buccini (Social and Behavioral Health) presented at the 11th Brazilian Congress of Epidemiology Nov. 25.  Her presentation was part of the panel to discuss the 2030 Agenda for Child Health and Nutrition challenges. Buccini's session was titled "Monitoring the indicators of the Nurturing Care Framework (WHO/UNICEF)."

Angela Amar (Nursing) was one of the featured speakers at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Diversity Symposium. The virtual November event focuses on advanced diversity and building more inclusive learning environments to help address health care inequities.

Hal Berghel, (Computer Science) has published an article, "The Online Disinformation Opera" in the December issue of IEEE Computer. This article looks at how the Internet and social media feed disinformation and fake news to nonreality-based communities.   

Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) has received a grant of $281,778 from Pfizer entitled, “Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of an Educational Intervention for Health Care Professionals to Improve Management of Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis in Children” as co-principal investigator along with Dr. Robert T. Brodell and Dr…

Qing Wu (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) and Xiangxue Xiao (Public Health) published an article on "Multiple polygenic scores improve bone mineral density prediction in an independent sample of Caucasian women" in the Postgraduate Medical Journal. The study aims to determine if multiple genetic risk scores improve bone mineral density …

Hyelin Kim (Hospitality) recently co-authored an article published in the Tourism Review International. The study explores Chinese tourists' perceived travel constraints in selecting second-tier travel destinations.