Accomplishments: School of Integrated Health Sciences
Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Chris Heavey congratulates faculty who have received tenure commencing July 1. The tenure recommendations were approved at the Board of Regents meeting on March 5.
Those faculty are:
Scott Abella, College of Sciences
Stephen Benning, College of Liberal Arts
Maile Chapman, College of…
The CSUN Faculty Achievement Award recognizes faculty members for outstanding dedication to students through advising, classroom instruction, mentorship, or special events. Those receiving the award in 2020 are:
William Ramsey, College of Liberal Arts, department of philosophy
Caitlin Saladino, Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, Lincy…
Jeffrey Cummings (Brain Health) and co-authors recently published an article proposing brain health be considered a global public health concern that rises to the level of international diplomacy. Their novel approach called brain health innovation diplomacy (BIND) acknowledges the many issues affecting brain health including diet, aging, trauma,…
Chad Hensley (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) is this year’s recipient of the Outstanding Educator Award from the Association of Collegiate Educators in Radiologic Technology (ACERT). Presented at the organization’s national conference in early February, this singular recognition for educators is based on several factors including a…
Dr. Jeffrey Cummings (Brain Health) recently published an article, “The Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI): Development and Applications,” in the Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology. The article reviews the development of the NPI assessment tool since Dr. Cummings first introduced it 25 years ago and which has been used in…
Neeraj Bhandari (Health Care Administration and Policy) recently published an article on "Trends in Mental Well-Being of Non-Hispanic White Children of Midlife Parents with Low Education" in the journal Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology.
John Mercer (Kinesiology) gave a presentation at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan, titled "Bridging the Gap Between Research and Application."
Samantha John (Brain Health) gave a talk at the National Academy of Neuropsychology 2019 annual conference in San Diego earlier this month. The presentation, "Diagnosis of Posterior Cortical Atrophy Through Inter-Departmental Collaboration," highlighted best practices in the syndromic and pathologic diagnosis of a rare visual variant of Alzheimer'…
John Mercer, Boram Lim, Cordero Roche, and Andrew Craig-Jones (all Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) presented a symposium on their research “Physics and Physiology of Endurance Sports: Swim, Bike, and Run” at the 2019 Southwest American College of Sports medicine annual meeting. This was the first conference presentation for the…
Dharini Bhammar (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) published a paper titled "Quantification of Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Children with Obesity" in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. This paper identifies methods of quantifying cardiorespiratory fitness in children with obesity that are less…
Janet S. Dufek (Integrated Health Sciences) recently was invited to the University of Oregon as a scholar lecturer for the department of human physiology in the College of Arts and Sciences. Her lecture, titled "The Effects of Strategies and Variability on Research Outcomes," was attended by faculty, students, and administrators from the…
Robert Salatto, Dustin Davis, Jacquelyn Sertic, Peyton Cater, Brenna Barrios, and Bryson Carrier (all Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) presented at the recent Southwest American College of Sports Medicine conference in Newport Beach, California. Their research relates to the validity of wearable technology devices in an applied setting. These…