HHS Alumni Awards

2025 Alumni Awards

The College of Health and Human Sciences (HHS) is proud to recognize alumni for their outstanding career development, achievements and …
Chang Geun Lee poses for a picture with welding protective equipment.

Purdue Health Sciences researchers spark importance for welder safety from toxic particles in fumes

Instead of taking samplers, respirators and other pieces of equipment to manufacturing facilities to show the importance of wearing respirators …
Train your brain. Dice form the words train and brain.

Purdue Psychological Sciences researcher explains ‘brain training,’ multitasking and attention research for $4.5 million Office of Naval Research study

Tom Redick’s work recently caught the attention of the Office of Naval Research. The professor of psychological sciences was pulled …
Kiana Skobel poses with a mannequin displaying the logo for Kiki Thrifts.

Purdue retail management senior’s upcycled, thrifted clothing business fueled by HTM studies, Fashion Institute of Technology experience in NYC

Kiana Skobel’s retail management expertise grew when she spent her junior year studying at the Fashion Institute (FIT). Students in …

Animals as medicine: Purdue Nursing researcher connects nature to care for older adults

Nancy Edwards, professor and head of the Purdue University School of Nursing, has always been interested in the ways people …

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 …