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Dietetics Grad Students Serve Up Taste of the Tropics

Dietetics Grad Students Serve Up Taste of the Tropics | Featured Story

5/7/2018
Graduate students in the Master’s in Public Health with a focus on dietetics spent the semester interning on campus with University Dining Services, learning about everything from food prep and safety to knife skills and food waste composting.
Department News
Big Data Project Receives $10K IDEA Grant

Big Data Project Receives $10K IDEA Grant | Department News

5/4/2018
An interdisciplinary team led by Manning School Assoc. Prof. Asil Oztekin and Zuckerberg College Assoc. Prof. Margaret Knight received a $10,000 IDEA grant from the Office of the Provost to collaborate with the Lowell Community Health Center and use Big Data analytics to model health outcomes for risk groups.
Department News
Margaret Quinn Recognized for Safe Home Care Research

Margaret Quinn Recognized for Safe Home Care Research | Department News

4/30/2018
The American Industrial Hygiene Association named Margaret Quinn as the recipient of the Alice Hamilton Award, which is presented to an outstanding woman who has made a lasting achievement in the field of occupational and environmental hygiene.
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‘Exercise is Medicine’ Supports Students’ Well-being

‘Exercise is Medicine’ Supports Students’ Well-being | Featured Story

4/24/2018
A collaboration between Campus Recreation, the Wellness Center and the Exercise Physiology department, the Exercise is Medicine program teaches students how exercise can improve their overall well-being by providing them with 16 personal training sessions – free of charge.
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UML Leads the Way in Preventing Sexual Assault

UML Leads the Way in Preventing Sexual Assault | Featured Story

4/17/2018
UML is working hard to educate students in sexual violence prevention in the classroom, on playing fields, in student clubs and through residence life. Faculty are also doing cutting-edge research in the field.
Department News
New Tool, Developed at UML, Expected to Speed Up Diagnoses of Tuberculosis

New Tool, Developed at UML, Expected to Speed Up Diagnoses of Tuberculosis | Department News

3/21/2018
UMass Lowell public health and computer science researchers are launching the pilot of a new tool in Peru that aims to speed up the diagnosis of people afflicted with tuberculosis.
In The News
Cleaning Products Tied to Lung Function Decline in Women Says New Study

Cleaning Products Tied to Lung Function Decline in Women Says New Study | In The News

3/5/2018
Fox News

“There’s an idea that clean equals good and healthy, but this should broaden our idea of what cleaning work is and what the chemical hazards are in particular,” said Margaret Quinn of UMass Lowell.
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Researchers Discover Safer Solution for Paint Stripping Products

Researchers Discover Safer Solution for Paint Stripping Products | Featured Story

1/12/2018
UMass Lowell researchers have developed a paint-stripping solvent that they say provides a safer alternative to the toxic, potentially deadly products available for purchase at local hardware stores.
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Students Show They Care with Teddy Bears

Students Show They Care with Teddy Bears | Featured Story

11/17/2017
Students are collecting new teddy bears and other stuffed animals to give to children in Lowell and hurricane-ravaged areas for the holidays. The Student Alumni Ambassadors are collecting in Fox Hall and also taking online donations of money.
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Alum Shares Front Line Disaster Response Experience

Alum Shares Front Line Disaster Response Experience | Featured Story

10/5/2017
Maura Walsh '80, health care administration alumna and former leader of a 15-hospital health care system in Texas, returned to campus recently to share her experience managing a command center during and after Hurricane Ike.
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Faculty Teaching Methods Raise the Grade

Faculty Teaching Methods Raise the Grade | Featured Story

9/18/2017
Faculty Teaching Circle Fellows integrate innovative teaching methods in classes to help students succeed.
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Biologist Looks Beyond the Bones for Clues to Evolution

Biologist Looks Beyond the Bones for Clues to Evolution | Featured Story

9/12/2017
Biologist Nicolai Konow studies the structure and movements of backboned animals, including fish, bats, birds and axolotls, to understand how they evolved and how they fit into the ecosystem. A recent study looks at fish that eat coral.
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Students Teach Healthy Eating

Students Teach Healthy Eating | Featured Story

7/31/2017
Students studying dietetics gain valuable work experience during their summer community internships.
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Public Health Prof Wins $2.1M Grant for Parkinson's Research

Public Health Prof Wins $2.1M Grant for Parkinson's Research | Featured Story

7/7/2017
The National Institutes of Health awarded Asst. Prof. of Public Health Natalia Palacios a $2.1 million, five-year grant to study the relationship between gut bacteria and the risk of Parkinson’s disease.
Press Release
UMass Lowell Unveils Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences

UMass Lowell Unveils Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences | Press Release

5/18/2017
UMass Lowell officially dedicated its College of Health Sciences to alumnus Roy Zuckerberg in recognition of his support for the university and its students.
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Students Dig Up Dirt at Campus Bike Shop

Students Dig Up Dirt at Campus Bike Shop | Featured Story

2/16/2017
Students working in the TURI Lab helped the campus bike shop adopt cleaning products that are safer for the environment and workers.
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Students Find Collaborative Care is the Best Care

Students Find Collaborative Care is the Best Care | Featured Story

1/4/2017
A new “Interdisciplinary Experiential Learning” course gives students from five different majors — nursing, medical laboratory science, nutritional sciences, exercise physiology and public health — experience working in teams at Summit ElderCare in Lowell.
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University Assesses Health Needs in Greater Lowell

University Assesses Health Needs in Greater Lowell | Featured Story

11/10/2016
Prof. David Turcotte and a team of students carried out a community health needs assessment for Lowell and surrounding towns—and made some surprising findings.
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Students Help Boy’s Hoop Dream Come True

Students Help Boy’s Hoop Dream Come True | Featured Story

11/10/2016
Students from the eNABLE Lowell group fitted 8-year-old Liam Haggerty with a custom-made artificial hand at the South Campus basketball court.
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Improving Health Starts Here

Improving Health Starts Here | Featured Story

11/7/2016
From improving rehabilitation for stroke survivors to reducing inflammation through diet in older adults, faculty members in the College of Health Sciences are conducting studies that have the potential to make a powerful impact on people’s lives.
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University Researchers Partner with City on Opioid Addiction

University Researchers Partner with City on Opioid Addiction | Featured Story

10/7/2016
University researchers helped the Lowell Police Department win two major grants totaling nearly $1.3 million over three years to study factors contributing to opioid addiction and come up with solutions.
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CPH-NEW Secures $6.3 Million Worker Health Grant

CPH-NEW Secures $6.3 Million Worker Health Grant | Featured Story

9/30/2016
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health awarded the Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace a five-year $6,357,027 grant.
In The News
‘Safety Net’ Profession Prevents Epidemics, Diseases

‘Safety Net’ Profession Prevents Epidemics, Diseases | In The News

8/19/2016
Boston Magazine

Increases in chronic diseases, obesity rates, virus threats and an aging baby-boom population are fueling the need for more public health professionals.
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Peace and Conflict Graduate Networks Job with Startup

Peace and Conflict Graduate Networks Job with Startup | Featured Story

5/24/2016
Before he graduated, Peace and Conflict Studies student Kevin Copson lined up a job with a start-up that supports Weave open-source software, created by university researchers.
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Turning Students into Public Health Professionals

Turning Students into Public Health Professionals | Featured Story

5/24/2016
Public health students created campuswide campaigns to raise awareness about global health issues.
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Center for Community Research and Engagement Helps Local Agencies

Center for Community Research and Engagement Helps Local Agencies | Featured Story

4/22/2016
The Center for Community Research and Engagement helps local agencies, links faculty research with community needs and provides graduate students with research experience.
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Earth Day Festivities Grow in Scope, Ambition

Earth Day Festivities Grow in Scope, Ambition | Featured Story

4/7/2016
Thanks to Prof. John Wooding's creative economy grant, the university is partnering with more than two dozen community groups for the monthlong Lowell Earth Day Celebration 2016.
Department News
New Research Links Stress at Work to Unhealthy Lifestyles

New Research Links Stress at Work to Unhealthy Lifestyles | Department News

2/2/2016
Stress at work is linked to unhealthy lifestyle habits such as smoking, obesity and lack of exercise, according to two research studies conducted by the Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW).
Featured Story
The New England Consortium Lands $7.6M Grant

The New England Consortium Lands $7.6M Grant | Featured Story

1/29/2016
The National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences has awarded The New England Consortium a $7.6 million grant to protect the health and safety of workers responding to hazardous-materials and climate-change crises.
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The New England Consortium Lands $7.6M Grant

The New England Consortium Lands $7.6M Grant | Featured Story

1/29/2016
The National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences has awarded The New England Consortium a $7.6 million grant to protect the health and safety of workers responding to hazardous-materials and climate-change crises.
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What Lies Ahead for 2016?

What Lies Ahead for 2016? | Featured Story

1/13/2016
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New Grad Degrees Focus on Arts, Management, Data Analysis

Humanities, Management Skills and Data Analysis are Focus of New Graduate Degrees | Featured Story

1/11/2016
New graduate degrees combine specialized knowledge in humanities and sciences with business management, data analysis and leadership skills.
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$2M Grant Trains Public Health Grad Students

$2M Grant Trains Public Health Graduate Students | Featured Story

1/6/2016
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health awarded UMass Lowell a $2M grant that supports graduate students in their public health and occupational health and safety studies.
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Researchers Use Smartphones to Improve TB Diagnosis in Peru

Researchers Use Smartphones to Improve TB Diagnosis in Peru | Featured Story

12/8/2015
A team of researchers led by UMass Lowell faculty is using smartphone technology to help improve the diagnosis of people afflicted with tuberculosis.
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Researchers Receive $3M to Improve Health of Farmers

Researchers Receive $3M to Improve Health of Farmers | Featured Story

11/12/2015
UMass Lowell and Mahidol University in Thailand have been awarded a National Institutes of Health $3 million, five-year grant to establish a center of excellence to improve agricultural health in Southeast Asia.
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Students Take Charge in Health Sciences Internships

Students Take Charge in Health Sciences Internships | Featured Story

8/17/2015
Health Sciences students challenged themselves this summer by working in laboratories, nursing homes and exercise facilities locally and across the country – all to help them gain experience and make an impact.
Department News
Improving the Health and Productivity of Massachusetts Employees

Improving the Health and Productivity of Massachusetts Employees | Department News

6/25/2015
UMass Lowell's CPH-NEW and UMass Medical School were awarded a $500,000 two-year grant to measure the effectiveness of a new state worksite wellness program.
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University Green-Lights Energy Savings

University Green-Lights Energy Savings | Featured Story

4/24/2015
With $27 million in upgrades to 32 buildings through the Accelerated Energy Program, the university expects to save millions in energy and water costs.
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Health and Safety Expert Earns Prestigious Award

Health and Safety Expert Earns Prestigious Award | Featured Story

4/15/2015
Prof. Emeritus Michael Ellenbecker of Work Environment has been honored for going above and beyond in contributing to the improvement of the public’s welfare.
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Researchers Win $1M Grant to Protect Construction Workers

Researchers Win $1M Grant to Protect Construction Workers | Featured Story

3/15/2015
The National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH) awarded a five-year, $1 million grant to Assoc. Prof. Dhimiter Bello and Prof. Susan Woskie, both of the Department of Work Environment, to study ways to keep construction workers safe from harmful chemicals.

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