Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) coauthored an article, "Motivations for Treatment Engagement in a Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program: A Qualitative Study" in the journal Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment in collaboration with coauthors from University of Memphis, Harvard/MGH Center on Genomics, and…

Sanae El Ibrahimi (Environmental and Occupational Health) and colleagues from Comagine Health, the Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine at the Oregon Health & Science University and Pharmacy College at the Oregon State University recently published "A Comparison of Trends in Opioid Dispensing Patterns between Medicaid Pharmacy…

Manoj Sharma (Environmental and Occupational Health) was selected to receive the 2020 Mayhew Derryberry Award from the Public Health Education & Health Promotion section of the American Public Health Association (APHA). It will be awarded to him during the virtual APHA annual meeting in October.  The award honors…

Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) has published an article on application of the multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior change to intentional outdoor nature contact behavior in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) has published a book, Foundations of Mental Health Promotion (2nd ed.)," with Paul Branscum of Miami University through Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Chia-Liang Dai, Ching-Chen Chen, Ezgi Yesilyurt, Samantha Godbey (Education) and Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) published an article "Yoga as an Alternative Therapy for Weight Management in Child and Adolescent Obesity: A Systematic Review and Implications for Research" in Alternative Therapies in Health and…

Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) has co-authored two articles in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences on his fourth-generation multi-theory model (MTM) of health behavior changes' applicability to physical activity promotion among upper elementary school children in India and the other one for smoking cessation in Nepal.

Manoj Sharma (Environmental & Occupational Health) published a book chapter with Ram Lakhan (Berea College) and Chizoba Anyimukwu (Jackson State University) titled, "Substance Abuse in Dual Diagnosis" in the Handbook of Dual Diagnosis. Assessment and Treatment in Persons with Intellectual Disorders, part of the Autism and Child Psychopathology…

Lung-Wen Antony Chen, Lung-Chang Chien (both Environmental and Occupational Health), and Ge Lin (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) recently published an article, "Nonuniform Impacts of COVID-19 Lockdown on Air Quality over the United States," in Science of the Total Environment. This paper analyzes data from long-term air quality…

June Cho (Nursing) and Lung-Chang Chien (Environmental and Occupational Health) published an article, “Associations Between Hormonal Biomarkers and Preterm Infant Health and Development During the First 2 Years After Birth," on Biological Research for Nursing.

Erika Marquez (Environmental & Occupational Health) recently was selected as a 2020 NIMHD Health Disparities Research Institute scholar. This competitive program aims to support the research career development of promising early-career minority health/health disparities research scientists, and stimulate research in the…

Lung-Chang Chien and Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Environmental & Occupational Health) published an article on "Meteorological Impacts on the Incidence of COVID-19 in the U.S." in the journal Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. This study aims to carry out an epidemiological investigation to establish the association between…