The Society for Prevention Research recently recognized Penn State researchers Max Crowley and Taylor Scott for their significant impacts in the field of prevention science, at its annual meeting in San Francisco.
More than 200 researchers, educators, practitioners and policymakers gathered recently for the Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse Conference, held on the University Park campus.
The Penn State Summit on the Opioid Epidemic will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 12, at 122 Heritage Hall, HUB-Robeson Center on the University Park campus. Registration ends on Jan. 4.
Penn State’s Social Science Research Institute and the Population Research Institute recently hosted the symposium, “Sleep across the Lifespan: Family Influences and Impact,” to promote new research directions on sleep and how it affects human health and well-being.
First-time parents are only somewhat satisfied with their sex lives according to Penn State health researchers who checked in with parents regularly after their baby was born. And one factor that appears to be reducing their sexual satisfaction is mothers' stress as a new parent.
A Penn State intervention program for youth facing chronic stress from problems such as discrimination and poverty is being expanded with new funding from the National Institute of Mental Health.
The Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center will host the inaugural Lecture on Compassion in April. The lecture is inspired by the concept of researching and teaching mindfulness. Presenting is Richard J. Davidson, professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Public health policies targeted at smokers may actually have the opposite effect for some people trying to quit, according to new evidence released Nov. 2. Research indicates that stigmatizing smoking can, in some cases, make it harder for people to quit because they become angry and defensive and the negative messages lead to a drop in self-esteem.
Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Courtney Sale Ross Professor of Globalization and Education in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, New York University, will be the 2015 Bennett Lecturer in Prevention Science. The lecture will be held Oct. 29, in the Ruth Pike Auditorium, 22 Biobehavioral Health Building.
New grant from the NIH will allow prevention researchers to examine effectiveness on Communities That Care model in Pennsylvania youth.
