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Eun Lye Lee, a postdoctoral scholar at the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, received the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Korean American Social Work Educators Association (KASWEA). KASWEA is one of the standing Asian caucus groups of Council on Social Work…

Staff members from the American Public Health Association with Darcy Freedman (second from right) Darcy Freedman, associate director of the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, received the Sarah Samuels Memorial Award during the American Public Health Association annual…

Despite the high prevalence of multi-morbidity among older adults with cognitive impairment, little is known about how the specific combinations of conditions that constitute multi-morbidity relate to the leading causes of death by level of cognitive impairment. Siran Koroukian, associate…

While the prevalence of tobacco use has declined over the past decade among some demographic groups, smoking rates have remained steady—and even increased—among some socially and economically disadvantaged populations. Disparities remain in the use of supports for quitting. Susan Flocke, associate…

The campus community is invited to join the 2016 PEER Fellows, faculty mentors, and Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods (PRCHN) staff in celebrating the graduation and research of the third cohort of PEER Fellows.  PEER Fellows take part in a rigorous 15-month research training…

How does a community development corporation (CDC) help transform vacant lots into farmland? Hear from Sherita Mullins and Jeff Sugalski of Burten, Bell, Carr Development Inc. at the next Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods seminar as they discuss how their CDC led to the creation…

Epilepsy affects approximately 3 million Americans and is associated with substantial disability, reduced quality of life, heavy stigma burden, and premature mortality. In addition, mental illness is disproportionately common in people with epilepsy and contributes to the complications and…

Erika Trapl, associate director of the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, was awarded the Ohio Public Health Association (OPHA) Public Health Policy Award. Each year, the Ohio Public Health Association presents a series of awards that recognize excellence among our members and…

In three adjoining inner-city Cleveland neighborhoods, residents have an average life expectancy that is 15 years shorter than that of nearby suburbs. Sandra Byrd Chappelle, founder and principal of Strategic Solutions Partners LLC, addresses similar community health disparities through strategic…

Nicotine is the primary addictive component of tobacco products that leads to the learned behavior of tobacco use and, for many, chronic dependence. The ability to measure nicotine dependence is important for informing the development and implementation of interventions to reduce dependence…