inCHIP
Allied Health Sciences Professor Tapped as Permanent Director of InCHIP
Tricia Leahey, Professor of Allied Health Sciences, will take the helm of UConn’s Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy
September 5, 2023 | Danielle Faipler
UConn Kinesiology Professor Explores Efficacy of Ride-On-Toy Navigation Training to Improve Motor Skills in Children with Cerebral Palsy
While ride-on-toys have been found to help improve movement, social skills, and participation for children who are non-ambulatory, how these tools may improve upper extremity mobility has not been studied
August 21, 2023 | Danielle Faipler
Industry Partnerships Create Policy Tools to Protect Outdoor Laborers in Extreme Heat
Korey Stringer Institute CEO Douglas Casa has worked with industry partners to develop heat safety policies that will protect workers who work in extreme heat
August 4, 2023 | Danielle Faipler
New Grant Evaluates Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island Initiative
UConn researchers are evaluating innovations Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island is implementing to determine their efficacy and provide data to support their expansion
Confronting America’s Gun Violence Epidemic(s)
UConn scholars edit first-ever issue of prestigious academic journal devoted entirely to examining the challenges of gun violence
July 11, 2023 | Tom Breen
UConn Psychology Professor Develops Tool to Measure Religious Coping During Trauma
'With this scale in hand, many research questions can be posed to advance our understanding of theodical struggling and how people engage in struggling'
July 10, 2023 | Danielle Faipler
Abortion Infodemic: Allied Health Science Researchers Describe a Troubling Information Landscape
A team of UConn researchers explores the disinformation landscape after Roe v. Wade was overturned
June 26, 2023 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
UConn Faculty Awarded $2M in Federal Funding to Support School Wellness in CT
'I’m very proud of the work we have been collectively doing at UConn to support the whole child'
June 16, 2023 | Carson Hardee, UConn Rudd Center
Diet Tracking: How Much is Enough to Lose Weight?
'You don't need to have perfect tracking every day to lose a clinically significant amount of weight'
June 8, 2023 | Elaina Hancock
InCHIP Award Supports Research on Migrant Experiences Traveling to the U.S.-Mexico Border
'In transit northward from Panama, where migrants lose contact with family members, experience bodily injury, sexual violence, malnutrition, disease, and mental health impacts, they face similar forces of violence based on policies that limit movement from southern Mexico to the U.S. border.'
June 7, 2023 | Danielle Faipler