Workplace flexibility associated with lower risk of cardiovascular disease
Increasing workplace flexibility may lower employees’ risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study led by researchers from Penn State and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. In workplaces that implemented interventions designed to reduce conflict between employees’ work and their…
A Conceptual Framework for Optimizing the Equity of Hospital-Based Emergency Care: The Structure of Hospital Transfer Networks
By Charleen Hsuan, PhD; Brandan Carr, PhD; David Vanness, PhD; Yinan Wang, PhD; Douglas Leslie, PhD; Eleanor Dunham, PhD; Jeannette Rogowski, PhD Emergency care includes two key components: initial stabilization and transfer to a higher level of care. Significant work has…
Kathleen Keller receives the Evan G. and Helen G. Pattishall Outstanding Research Achievement Award
SSRI cofund Kathleen Keller was recently awarded the Evan G. and Helen G. Pattishall Outstanding Research Achievement Award. The award recognizes research contributions occurring or culminating within the past several years and is endowed by Evan Pattishall, dean emeritus, of the former College of…
Black bisexual women in rural areas are at highest risk for suicidal behaviors
Non-Hispanic and Hispanic Black bisexual women who live in rural areas have the highest prevalence of experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviors, according to a study led by researchers at Penn State. The researchers said this “first-of-its-kind study,” published in JAMA Psychiatry, revealed…
Mixed-reality technology may improve research on eating behaviors
In 2020, more than four-in-10 people in the United States had obesity, an increase from three-in-10 people in the year 2000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To better understand eating behaviors and food choices that may contribute to obesity, researchers…
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SSRI Welcomes Three New Co-Funded Faculty Members
The Social Science Research Institute welcomes three new co-funded faculty members to Penn State: Cleothia Frazier, asistant professor of sociology in the College of Liberal Arts. Frazier completed her Ph.D. in sociology at Vanderbilt University and MPH at Michigan State University.…
$4M NIH grant to fund 10 more years of daily stress research in national study
The National Study of Daily Experiences (NSDE), a national study led by David Almeida, professor of human development and family studies at Penn State, has received an additional $4 million of funding from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health. NSDE is…