The School of Nursing faculty and staff wish the spring graduating class of 2020 congratulations and best wishes. Several faculty have provided special video messages for you. Take a look!
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NIU faculty ramp up COVID-19 research
Several NIU faculty, including Josephine Ebomoyi, Paul Priester, M. Courtney Hughes, Kari Hickey, and Janet Olson have pivoted their research to take on COVID-19-related studies. Learn more.
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Professor named Fellow by Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Henna Muzaffar, assistant professor, nutrition and dietetics, has been named a Fellow by The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. This designation recognizes Muzaffar’s commitment to the field of dietetics and celebrates her professional
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Public health professor part of Earth Day panel discussion
A Virtual Earth Day Dialogue hosted by Evanston, Illinois, Mayor Stephen Hagerty, will include Tomoyuki Shibata, NIU associate professor, public health, and Institute for the Environment, Sustainability, and Energy at NIU. He joins a group of panelists noon, Friday, April 24. Register.
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Director of Public Health program speaks about coronavirus on Chicago radio
Beth Squires, NIU Public Health program coordinator and instructor, was recently featured on Chicago public radio WBEZ, discussing the public health aspects of containing the coronavirus in China and the U.S. Listen here.
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Faculty publications list for in 2019
Congratulations to our College of Health and Human Sciences faculty who have had publications in 2019. Milijana Buac, Assistant Professor, Speech-Language Pathology Gross, M. C., Lopez, E., Buac, M., & Kaushanskaya, M. (2019). Processing of code-switched sentences by bilingual children: Cognitive and
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Huskie Spotlight: Charles Pudrith, assistant professor, audiology
Assistant professor Charles Pudrith is hoping to identify why some people lose more of their hearing as they age than others do. Pudrith, who teaches in the College of Health and Human Science’s audiology department and has been tasked with running the NIU Hearing Conservation Center and Human
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CHHS welcomes research development specialist
CHHS welcomes Claire Mogren, Research Development Specialist for the College. Claire will assist CHHS faculty and staff in finding funding opportunities and preparing and submitting their applications. With Increasing external funding as part of our strategic plan, having a research development specialist
Read moreNursing professor earns fellowship
Elizabeth Moxley, an assistant professor of nursing at NIU, has been named one of 19 Nurse Educator Fellows by the Illinois board of Higher Education. Moxely was one of 30 nominees from across Illinois who were selected for their commitment to quality
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Faculty present at West Suburban Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
NIU was represented at the West Suburban Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics quarterly meeting recently by several faculty and staff. Health Sciences Professor Melani Duffrin presented her FoodMaster program while Director of the Dietetic Internship program, Nancy Prange and graduate student Kelly
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Research development specialist joins CHHS team
The College of Health and Human Sciences welcomes Claire Mogren, Research Development Specialist. Mogren will assist CHHS faculty and staff in finding funding opportunities and preparing and submitting their applications. “We are very happy that Claire is joining the College of Health
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Chung providing hearing tests to hundreds
NIU Audiology Professor King Chung is making good use of her Fulbright Scholarship Award. She and a team in Brazil have provided hearing tests for over 500 people in three different populations in two months. She has moved on to Natal, where
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