Two Penn State students are the first recipients of the Mockingbird Award, supported by the family of William H. Denton, who died in January while a Penn State student studying health policy and administration.
Penn State alumnus Keith Benson is wrapping up his year as board chair of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration as the organization holds its 2018 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.
Outside of the classroom and research lab, many Penn State faculty members, including those in the College of Health and Human Development, act as thought leaders in their respective fields by serving on national and international councils and boards.
Penn State students interested in human resource management and health care recently had a unique opportunity to immerse themselves in the Swedish culture and explore the country’s human resource management and health care systems.
Young children with early vocabulary difficulties in turn often have difficulty with reading during the primary grades. Penn State researchers will investigate if these oral vocabulary difficulties also lead to math and sciences difficulties throughout elementary school in a three-year, $1.5 million National Science Foundation-funded research project.
Erika Exton, daughter of Ralph Erik Exton and Debra Exton, both of Horsham, Pennsylvania, will be the Health and Human Development college marshal for the spring 2018 commencement ceremony.
Shane Flickinger, who earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in health policy and administration in 2010 through a five-year, dual-degree option; and his wife, Mallory Flickinger, have pledged a gift to the College of Health and Human Development, which will support a health policy and administration undergraduate student who is completing an internship involving rural health initiatives and shows exemplary promise in the field.
Nicolas Jacoubs, an undergraduate student in the Penn State Department of Health Policy and Administration (HPA), is the recipient of the 2018 Jennifer S. Cwynar Community Achievement Award. The award recognizes community achievement by a HPA senior undergraduate student who has demonstrated service and commitment to a community or an underserved population, preferably in a rural area of Pennsylvania.
As the leader of the student club that manages a food pantry for Penn State students is set to graduate in May, she is calling on underclassmen to step up and ensure the critical service remains intact well into the future.
Susan Robinson, business adviser, TED Talk speaker and Penn State alumna, will present "Dis-labeled: You are not who they say you are" as part of the Health and Human Development Alumni Society Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series.
Dr. David Nash, a board-certified internist who is internationally recognized for his work in public accountability for outcomes, physician leadership development, and quality-of-care improvement, will present the 21st Annual Stanley P. Mayers Endowed Lecture, “Educational leadership for population health.”
The Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health has received a $50,000 grant to fund a project entitled “Oral Health Status of Low-income Children in Pennsylvania: A Rural/Urban Comparison,” designed to improve the oral health of children in rural Pennsylvania. The project is funded by the Center for Rural Pennsylvania, a legislative agency of the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
Sen. Bob Casey recently received the Rural Health Legislator of the Year Award, presented by the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health. This award recognizes an outstanding legislator from Pennsylvania for their work and support of rural health initiatives that address an identified need in their district or across the state.
The College of Health and Human Development announced recipients of its 2017 Faculty and Staff Awards. A reception honoring the awardees was held Nov. 15 in the Bennett Pierce Living Center in Henderson Building at Penn State University Park.
Three Penn State researchers and their colleague replicated an earlier but provocative study that found that minority children are less likely to be identified as having disabilities as they attend U.S. schools.
