HHS student-athletes named Academic All-Big Ten honorees for fall 2024

Congratulations to the Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences (HHS) student-athletes who earned Academic All-Big Ten honors this fall …
Purdue HHS students interact with children during a recent edition of the Curiosity Clinic.

Purdue Curiosity Clinic provides future nurses, audiologists and speech-language pathologists clinical experience with kids

The joint program between the School of Nursing and the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences encourages kids to …
A picture of a cat on a cell phone resting on a table

Purdue Psychological Sciences researcher explores brain’s reaction to pet pics, positive stimuli while examining neurological effects of depression

Dan Foti, professor in the Purdue University Department of Psychological Sciences, has researched the brain’s reaction to such positive visual …

Purdue Nutrition Science researcher wraps up experience on 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee with scientific report release

From sugars to proteins to fats, the foods people use to fuel their bodies have a direct impact on their …

Purdue Public Health researcher part of $2.4 million NIH-funded national research initiative to improve, innovate syphilis diagnostics

Randy Hubach, professor and head of the Purdue University Department of Public Health, is part of the study “A Triad …

250 falls, no tears: New Purdue Health and Kinesiology study examines how young toddlers fall during play, how they recover

Laura Claxton, associate professor of health and kinesiology, has been examining fall recovery in walking toddlers for years. The latest …

2024 HHS Highlights

With so much to celebrate, it was difficult to narrow down our list of College of Health and Human Sciences …

Purdue expert: Use the indoors, AI for winter break fitness

Jason Chrapek, clinical assistant professor in the Purdue University Department of Health and Kinesiology and director of the A.H. Ismail …

Nine Students Earn Top Awards for HHS Research at 2024 Fall Undergraduate Research Conference

Congratulations to the following students who received awards at the 2024 Fall Undergraduate Research Conference.  …
Two Purdue students in 1990 wait for calls in the Crisis Center

Former Purdue Psychological Sciences professor, 90, publishes book on suicide prevention hotlines 60 years after starting Lafayette Crisis Center

Don Hartsough retold the history of the Crisis Center but in a universal way. The book details effective ways to …

Award-winning Purdue HHS researcher utilizes expertise in human behavior genetics and epigenetics in her work

Choices such as smoking or regular exercise have been suggested to lead to epigenetic changes that may be passed on …
Man with red clothes celebrating the Christmas holidays suffering from pain in shoulder for having made an effort on yellow background

From turkey carving mishaps to consumed poinsettias, Purdue Nursing faculty reflect on emergency room experiences during the holidays

With centuries of clinical, intensive care unit and emergency room experience between them, Purdue University School of Nursing faculty find …