Public Health
IN A FLASH: Mobile Flashes Roll Out!
A mobile unit from Kent State's College of Public Health is providing education, screening and wellness services to the community.
Kent State Today
A ‘NEAT’ Way to Stay Healthy
Non-exercise activity thermogenesis – otherwise known as NEAT – is an easy way to stay healthy as we age. Colleen Novak, Ph.D., associate professor of biological sciences at Kent State, spoke to Will Stone of NPR’s “All Things Considered” about this highly underrated way to fight the ongoing battle with sedentary lifestyles.
Kent State Today
Research Finds Promising Workplace Hand-Hygiene Intervention
Kent State researchers recently completed a pioneering office-based hand-hygiene improvement intervention which reduced common communicable illness by close to a third. This was the first U.S. pilot randomized cluster trial of its kind, and findings were published in the prominent Journal…
College of Public Health
High-Risk Adolescents have an Advocate in Alemagno
Ask Dean Sonia Alemagno to name her research passion, and you won’t wait a millisecond for the answer: substance abuse in society’s most vulnerable adolescents who are also at high risk for mental illness, homelessness and a host of other problems. Despite the dean’s jam-packed schedule …
College of Public Health