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Mending a Broken Heart
June 5, 2013

Being sad can make you sick. How we deal with grief affects our health, says Toni P. Miles, director of the Institute of Gerontology at the University of Georgia. She's spearheading a research project studying the connection between loss and health—and how to deal with it.

Miles believes grief can get some of the blame for our problems such as depression, obesity, diabetes, smoking, and hospital visits.
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Environmental Chemistry 4350/6350
May 31, 2013
State, Region Rank Low in Senior Health
May 29, 2013

Georgia is ranked 43rd in a first-of-its-kind state ranking of seniors’ health status.

Overall, Southern states scored low in the report from the nonprofit United Health Foundation. Tennessee came in 41st, Alabama 44th, Kentucky 45th, Arkansas 46th, Louisiana 48th and Mississippi 50th.

The report focuses on 34 measures of senior health, including physical inactivity, obesity, self-reported health status, poverty, drug coverage, hospital readmission rates and flu vaccinations.
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Unresolved grief can be hidden health risk, experts say
May 29, 2013

Whether you lose a loved one to disease, war, or a natural disaster like the tornado that tore apart Moore, Okla., last week, grief is the unwanted visitor that comes knocking at your door.

How we wrestle with grief — and ultimately push ahead to a new life — varies among individuals. But many of us who need help to bounce back are not getting it, health experts warn, jeopardizing our mental and physical health.
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UGA faculty awarded innovative instruction grants
May 24, 2013

Twenty-six University of Georgia faculty projects designed to improve teaching were recently funded through grants provided by the Office of the Vice President for Instruction, in collaboration with the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost.
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Public health researcher connects rise in obesity to generational knowledge gap
May 20, 2013
Stroke patients respond similarly to after-stroke care, despite age difference
May 16, 2013

Age has little to do with how patients should be treated after suffering a stroke, according to new research from the University of Georgia.

Historically, younger stroke victims receive different after-stroke intervention strategies than those over a certain age. However, Neale Chumbler, a UGA professor and head of the department of health policy and management in the College of Public Health, found patients responded equally to care efforts. 
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Lab Safety Is Tackled as a Problem of Behaviors as Much as Standards
May 15, 2013

Safety advocates have been holding out hope that the unprecedented criminal prosecution of a University of California professor, Patrick G. Harran, might finally persuade researchers to take laboratory safety more seriously.
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Congratulations to all of our Spring 2013 graduating Certificate students!
May 10, 2013

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Position Available: Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management
May 3, 2013

 

Position Available

Assistant Professor

Department of Health Policy and Management
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