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CRF Student Scholar Receives National Institute of Health National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship

Might revisiting personal memories of strength and resiliency increase emotional well-being in older adults during times of distress? Healthy older adults report greater emotional well-being than younger adults, but the mechanisms underlying late-life emotional resiliency remain unknown. We are excited to announce that Irina Orlovsky, a PhD candidate in Clinical Psychology and participant in our 2019 Graduate Grant Writers Program, has received a National Institute of Health National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship, a 3-year $117,696 grant to study this question. 

Ning Zhang (FRS 2017-2018), Assistant Professor, Public Health has received a two-year, $181,000 grant from the National Institute on Aging

Ning Zhang (FRS 2017-2018), Assistant Professor, Public Health has received a two-year, $181,000 grant from the National Institute on Aging to investigate the burdens of multi-morbidity on hospitalization and mortality in nursing home residents with obesity. Zhang’s grant proposal was developed during her time as a Family Research Scholar with our Center.

Krishna Poudel (FRS 2018-19) Named Co-Director of Institute for Global Health

Former CRF Family Research Scholar, Krishna Poudel (FRS 2018-19), has been named Co-Director of the Institute for Global Health. Dr. Poudel will work alongside the many CRF affiliated faculty who are associated with the institute in furthering the mission "to protect and promote the health of people across the globe". Of the appointment, Dr. Poudel stated "As a co-director, I will work to strengthen our strategic partnerships both within the campus and outside, and to provide opportunities for students to explore multidisciplinary issues in global health through education and engagement in global health activities". Learn more the Dr. Poudel's appointment here.

Alicia Timme-Laragy, FRS 2020-2, Named as Member of NIH Peer Review Section

Alicia Timme-Laragy, Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and current Family Research Scholar, has been named as a member of NIH Cancer Etiology Study Section. The Cancer Etiology Study Section is part of the NIH's larger Oncology Basic Translational Integrated Review Group (OBT IRG), which considers applications involving basic and translational investigations that encompass cancer initiation, promotion, progression, and metastasis. Click here to learn more about this exciting new role for Dr. Timme-Laragy.

Brenda Bushouse (FRS 2006-07) Receives Grant Funding to Study the Effects of COVID-19

Brenda Bushouse (FRS 2006-07) proposal seeks to investigate the effects of COVID-19 relief programs on nonprofit arts and cultural organizations in New York City. Bushouse will work alongside recent School of Public Policy alumna Tamara Keshecki using surveys and interviews, to document arts organizations’ experiences with federal pandemic-relief programs such as the Paycheck Protection Program, including looking at which organizations took part in which programs and their experience with the process. The team will consider is factors such as an organization’s size and borough location affect their participation and will put special emphasis on the experiences of organizations led by people of color, in light of the pandemic’s disproportionate effect on that demographic. 

Former CRF Family Research Scholars Named as ADVANCE Fellows

Three former Family Research Scholars have been named 2020-2021 ADVANCE Faculty Fellows. Devon Greyson (FRS 2019-20), Linda Tropp (FRS 2009-10) and Laura Vandenberg (FRS 2015-16) will join the ADVANCE Faculty Fellowship program which focuses on equity for women faculty in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) by gender, race/ethnicity, sexuality, gender identity, nationality, and other statuses. 

Former CRF Scholar, Tatishe Nteta FRS 2014-15, cited in WCVB article discussing MA election

Tatishe Nteta, Associate Professor, Political Science, Family Research Scholar 2014-15, director of polling at UMass Amherst, was cited in an article on WCVB detailing the polling results of the US Senate race in Massachusetts. Nteta and his team found there is a shift in voter's support of the 2020 Democratic Senate primary. Read more here.

 

Former CRF Scholar Paula Pietromonaco, FRS 2003-04 & 2015-16, Discusses Relationship During COVID-19 Pandemic

Paula Pietromonaco, FRS 2003-04 & 2015-16, recently contributed to an article in "American Psychologist", a journal of the American Psychological Association, discussing how existing relationship science can be applied to the current stressors placed on couples during the COVID-19 pandemic. Research shows some couples are more susceptible to adverse reactions to external factors, such as economic hardship, demanding jobs natural disasters. This research has proven useful in predicting the functionality and security of couples during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about this here.

Devon Greyson, FRS 2019-20, Warns of COVID Misinformation in Recent Research Brief

Accurate, timely information regarding the response to COVID-19 has become something we all have come to rely on when making decisions in the current climate. But how accurate is the information we are taking in?  Dr. Devon Greyson, FRS 2019-20, co-authored a brief that details how true/false and multiple-choice survey questionnaires “risk planting seeds of confusion in those unaware of the misleading information. The brief discusses how open-ended questions and the subsequent reporting can be misleading. Learn more here.

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