Research & Science
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Research Review: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Custodial grandparents and their grandchildren are a unique and little-understood population as are the physical and social health challenges they face. Gregory Smith, EdD, professor and director of the Human Development Center in the School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences in ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s College of Education, Health and Human Services, has designed a program that could help assess the well-being of such families and provide resources to help them thrive.
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Research Review: Partners by Design
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State broke ground in April on the Design Innovation Hub, a $44.5-million renovation of the former Art Building on the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Campus. J.R. Campbell, MFA, appointed last year as the inaugural director of the Design Innovation (DI) Initiative, recently discussed how it fits into ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s broader research and innovation goals.
Collaboration Between ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State and Cleveland Aids in City Development
Terry Schwarz, director of the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC), home to ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s urban design graduate program, as well as public service activities of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, was recently featured on News 5 Cleveland.
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Research Review: Dynamic Duo
Two nationally known neuroscience researchers have joined ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State to continue their quest to uncover the brain’s complex functions—and to collaborate with researchers from a wide range of disciplines at the university and across the region to advance our knowledge of the human brain and translate those discoveries into new treatments and care for brain and nervous system diseases.
Researchers Discuss Drug Prevention Infrastructure for Three Ohio Counties
Researchers at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï were featured on Spectrum News 1 discussing the development and implementation of their drug prevention infrastructure for three Ohio counties.
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Healthcare Design Researcher Receives $2.47 Million to Design Safer and More Efficient Level I Trauma Rooms
Traumatic injuries are the third leading cause of death nationally and the first in Americans age 44 and younger, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Level I trauma rooms are intended to stabilize and save the lives of patients with the most severe traumatic injuries. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has awarded a $2.47 million grant to Sara Bayramzadeh, a ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï researcher, to help create trauma rooms that support staff in saving patients’ lives.
Collaborative ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Team Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Develop and Implement Drug Prevention Infrastructure in Three Ohio Counties
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s College of Public Health is teaming up with the Department of Computer Science to develop and implement drug prevention infrastructure in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties.
College Students to Compete in SkyHack Design Challenge at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s aviation design challenge, SkyHack, will take place Nov. 1-3. The event draws college students from around the nation, attracting 120 students from 14 universities in four states in its 2017 inaugural debut. ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering will serve as home base for this year’s event, which will span across other ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Campus buildings.
NIH Continues Support of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Alzheimer’s Researcher With New Two-Year Grant
Once it begins, Alzheimer’s disease progresses systematically and aggressively, attacking victims on multiple fronts. But scientists studying the disease operate the same way – like ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s own Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D.
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Researcher and Professor Elected to the European Academy of Sciences
One of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s most prolific and renowned researchers has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences. Quan Li, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow in ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, joins the prestigious Brussels-based organization that has about 660 members from 45 nations, including 65 Nobel Prize and Fields Medal winners.