Penn State researchers recently attended the Consortium of Social Science Association’s 2019 Social Science Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C., taking part in a full schedule of events to bring awareness to social and behavioral sciences.
Jessica Popp gained a love of research during her pursuit of a degree in human development and family studies at Penn State York. Popp will reach her goal as she graduates during Penn State York's 49th commencement at 6 p.m. on May 3.
Sleep and exercise are vital to the wellbeing of new parents, but these essentials affect new moms differently than new dads, according to researchers.
A $3 million grant from the National Institute of Aging will fund Penn State researchers to study the relationship between sleep and cognitive decline and impairment.
Yo Jackson, associate director of the Child Maltreatment Solutions Network and professor of psychology at Penn State, recently provided testimony on strengthening prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect to the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor’s subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services.
Penn State’s Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse recently announced the first three recipients of its Community Fellows Program awards, designed to provide release time for faculty members to develop community collaborations and build sustainable, evidence-based or evidence-informed programs, policies and practices that can effectively address substance use and related issues within a targeted community in Pennsylvania.
Nilam Ram, professor of human development and family studies, will present “Analysis of Experience Sampling and Ecological Momentary Assessment Data: Part 3: Using Differential Equation and Data Mining Algorithms” at the next Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design Recent Topics in Research Methods Seminar Series. The seminar will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9, in 116 Henderson Building at University Park.
Spousal caregivers can face increased health risks, such as high blood pressure and heart disease, possibly due to the stress of caring for an ailing spouse. To evaluate this stress in daily life situations, researchers Stephanie Wilson, postdoctoral fellow at Ohio State's Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, and Lynn Martire, professor of human development and family studies at Penn State, led a pilot study that measured spousal cardiovascular changes in response to patient pain expression via in-home assessments.
Penn State World Campus student Amanda Nelson will travel from Florida to University Park on March 31 to share her story of overcoming addiction.
Penn State York students in the human development and family studies program will be conducting research and helping at stations during the second annual Diabetes Expo from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 23, on campus.
Penn State researchers recently contributed to the “The State of Health Equity in PA” report, compiled by the Pennsylvania Department of Health through the Office of Health Equity.
Penn State’s Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse will host “Envisioning a Future Free from Addiction: Research, Programs, and Practice to Prevent Substance Abuse” from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 29 in the HUB-Robeson Center at University Park.
Puberty is a distinct developmental period with unique research opportunities, according to a group of current and former Penn State researchers who collaborated on several papers that comprise a special section on puberty in the current Journal of Research on Adolescence.
Self-confidence is critical for teens as they prepare for the challenges of adulthood, and both families and schools may together play a vital role in boosting adolescents’ confidence even in the face of difficulties with family, according to researchers.
Three investigators from the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State have been recognized by the Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging for their innovative research in aging. Award winners include Nilam Ram, Lesley Ross and Lizbeth Benson.
