CALC Faculty Associates Libby Richards and Vicki Simpson to be inducted into American Academy of Nursing.
June 25, 2024
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Fellow status recognizes extraordinary contributions to improve health locally and globally.
ARTICLECALC graduate student Mallory Bell elected as ASA student representative.
June 17, 2024
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Leadership appointment in the American Sociological Association Aging and the Life Course section offers service and professional development opportunities.
ARTICLECALC Faculty Associate Laura Murray-Kolb recognized with Walk the Talk Award.
June 11, 2024
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Award from the Office of the Vice President for Ethics and Compliance honors commitment to ethics and integrity.
ARTICLECALC Faculty Associate Laura Murray-Kolb receives Purdue University's Kinley Award.
June 11, 2024
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Award funds social science research to explore methods for improving the human condition.
ARTICLECALC Faculty Associate Elliot Friedman elected Fellow of the Society for Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine.
June 5, 2024
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Fellow status recognizes sustained excellence in scholarship and commitment to the society.
ARTICLECALC Faculty Associate Uma Aryal receives Zoetis award.
May 10, 2024
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Purdue VetMed award recognizes the generation of new knowledge through basic and clinical research.
ARTICLECALC Faculty Associate Satya Ambike explores the biomechanics of Parkinson's disease.
April 19, 2024
CALC Faculty Associate Nasreen Lalani receives Lorene Burkhart Award for Excellence in Research about Families.
April 19, 2024
CALC Faculty Associate Chad Carroll's NIH-sponsored research to focus on tendon health in individuals with diabetes.
April 15, 2024
CALC alum Megan Gilligan interviewed by NPR.
April 8, 2024
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Gilligan's research examines the impact of the quality of sibling relationships on loneliness and depression.
ARTICLEALC Faculty Associate Sydney Trask nets $2 million R01 grant.
March 29, 2024
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National Institute of Mental Health funds will sponsor research into behavior and neural processes that improve fear- and anxiety-related symptoms.
ARTICLECALC Faculty Associate Preeti Sivasankar appointed Vice President for Research Innovation.
March 21, 2024
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Dr. Sivasankar will head the division of Strategic Interdisciplinary Research effective May 1.
ARTICLECALC Faculty Associate Wayne Campbell shares insights on the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.
March 18, 2024
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Purdue Nutrition Science faculty contribute to report providing independent advice for HHS and USDA to consider when creating guidelines.
ARTICLECALC Faculty Associate Libby Richards explains why we are seeing an increase in respiratory illness and hospitalizations.
March 13, 2024
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Reduced vaccinations and protective measures is resulting in a spike in serious illness in a broader age range of people.
ARTICLECALC Faculty Associate Ed Bartlett leads team to address the impact of hearing loss on health and cognition.
February 9, 2024
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Untreated hearing loss is not merely a matter of diminishing auditory senses but serves as a potent marker for broader health concerns.
ARTICLECALC Faculty Associate Ellen Kossek listed among the 2023 Most Read and Cited authors.
January 30, 2024
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The Academy of Management Annals listed two of Kossek's papers as the fourth-most cited and the sixth-most cited.
ARTICLECALC Faculty Associate Brandon Pitts appointed to Provost Advisory Committee.
November 7, 2023
CALC Faculty Associate Robbee Wedow named research fellow in AnalytiXIN.
November 1, 2023
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Purdue University's Office of Research has named nine faculty as research fellows in the academic-industry initiative based in Indianapolis.
ARTICLECALC Faculty Associate Robbee Wedow leads project selected for funding at the Purdue Life and Health Sciences Summit.
October 30, 2023
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Dr. Wedow's project, “Using across-phyla methods to increase genomic prediction accuracy to improve health and food security,” was one of only four awarded funding from the 48 research teams that submitted to present at the summit, which was sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Office of Research. Of the project, the summit sponsors said, “The idea of a comparative, cross-phyla, omics-based approach to heath and food security is a worthwhile moon-shot goal.“
ARTICLECALC Faculty Associate Satyajit Ambike elected to board of International Society of Motor Control.
October 30, 2023
CALC Faculty Associate Uma Aryal receives $600,000 grant from NIH.
October 16, 2023
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A trapped ion mobility time of flight (timsTOF) mass spectrometer (MS) will be deployed at the Purdue Proteomics Facility.
ARTICLECALC Faculty Associate Daniel Hirai receives research award from American Heart Association.
September 12, 2023
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The $300,000 grant will enable the study of home-based heat therapy as a way to improve functional performance in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).
ARTICLECALC Faculty Associate Shirley Rietdyk and team examine what causes young adults to fall on stairs.
July 26, 2023
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Neglecting to look at one's feet while going down the stairs is a particular indicator of risk.
ARTICLECALC director Ken Ferraro recognized with Distinguished Career Contribution to Gerontology award.
July 13, 2023
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The Gerontological Society of America Behavioral and Social Sciences Section named Dr. Ferraro the 2023 recipient of this prestigious award.
ARTICLECALC Faculty Associate Marian Liu selected as 2023-24 Health and Aging Policy Fellow.
July 7, 2023
CALC Faculty Associate Jason Cannon talks about “forever chemicals” in our blood.
July 6, 2023
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CALC Faculty Associate Robbee Wedow is leading the way in Purdue's new sociogenomics focus.
June 29, 2023
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Dr. Wedow investigates how genes interact with the environment to affect complex human behavior
ARTICLECALC Faculty Associates named to new positions in the Purdue Office of Research.
June 27, 2023
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Dr. Jennifer Freeman and Dr. Pretti Sivasankar appointed to Assistant Vice President roles.
ARTICLEDual-title PhD student Evans Appiah Osei researches palliative care and end-of-life decision making.
June 13, 2023
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With six publications on cervical cancer and cancer screenings under his belt, Osei's Purdue education is helping him to move toward a career in academia.
ARTICLEWei-Lin Xue and Marian Liu investigate the theft of medications in long-term care facilities.
May 10, 2023
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Drug theft in healthcare facilities is an ongoing issue that can lead to patient harm.
ARTICLECALC Faculty Associate Jiayun Xu facilitates end-of-life planning for patients with Parkinson's disease.
April 19, 2023
Robbee Wedow and Callie Zaborenko discuss Purdue's new sociogenomics research group.
March 29, 2023
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Sociogenomics is a new field that aims to explain the ways gene expression is determined by outside factors.
ARTICLECALC Faculty Associate Brandon Pitts featured in The Line by PRF.
March 9, 2023
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Pitts shares personal and professional insights with Purdue Research Foundation readers.
ARTICLEPurdue Researchers investigate best times to eat and exercise.
February 28, 2023
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Libby Richards examines temporal nutrition intake and optimal times for physical activity.
ARTICLECALC Faculty Associate Ellen Ernst Kossek appointed to expert committee.
February 16, 2023
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Ellen Ernst Kossek, the Basil S. Turner University Distinguished Professor of Management, has been appointed to an expert committee by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
ARTICLECALC Faculty Associate named director of the Center for Families.
January 31, 2023
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Melissa Franks, PhD, steps into new role with the esteemed research and engagement entity.
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