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A member of Forbes’ 2022 “30 Under 30” list in science, Malinda McPherson, a new speech, language, and hearing sciences assistant professor, analyzes how people differentiate and remember harmonic sounds. Speech and other musical sounds have harmonic structure, or pitch, as words go up and down in frequency.

Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu Malinda McPherson had harmony in her head when she first picked up a viola at age 8 and has helped guide her through her academic research. As a Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology PhD...

Understanding the role head and neck muscles play in eating and talking for children with cerebral palsy is a research effort led by Georgia Malandraki, professor in the Purdue University Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, and her I-EaT Lab.

Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu Understanding the role head and neck muscles play in eating and talking for children with cerebral palsy (CP) is a research effort led by Georgia Malandraki, professor in the Purdue University Department of Speech, Language,...

Ulrike Dydak, professor of health sciences in the Purdue University School of Health Sciences, is the recipient of the 2024 Christine M. Ladisch Faculty Leadership Award.

Written By: Rebecca Hoffa, rhoffa@purdue.edu Ulrike Dydak, professor of health sciences in the Purdue University School of Health Sciences, is the recipient of the 2024 Christine M. Ladisch Faculty Leadership Award. Established in 2018, the award is presented annually to...

The Purdue Center for Rural and Migrant Health debuted in 2023 and is looking to grow in 2024. Already, it received a $2.4 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration for the center’s Community Health Workers Training Program at Purdue. The center will hold its first in-person event with a fall symposium on Purdue campus.

Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu In concert with Purdue University’s land-grant mission of providing for Indiana residents, Randy Hubach, associate professor and department head for the Department of Public Health, saw a pressing need for advancing the health of Indiana’s...

Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is a statistic that Miriam Delphin-Rittmon, a two-time Purdue University Department of Psychological Sciences alumna, is working to change.

Written By: Rebecca Hoffa, rhoffa@purdue.edu Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is a statistic that Miriam Delphin-Rittmon, a two-time Purdue University Department of...

More than 38 million Americans, or roughly 11.6% of the U.S. population, have diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the disease has considerable symptoms throughout the body — including tendon issues.

Written By: Rebecca Hoffa, rhoffa@purdue.edu More than 38 million Americans, or roughly 11.6% of the U.S. population, have diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the disease has considerable symptoms throughout the body — including tendon...