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2026 LaunchPad Award Recipients

Project title: “Visualizing risk: AI-enhanced reflective assessment of problematic gaming and social isolation among first-year college students”

Dr. Enrico Gandolfi, Emerging Media and Technology, Dr. Tang Tang, Media and Journalism & Dr. Ruoming Jin, Computer Science

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Project title: “Hospital efficiency, rural health disparities, and community spillover effects: A transdisciplinary pilot study”

Dr. Dambar Uprety, Information Systems and Business Analytics & Dr. Madhav Bhatta, Public Health

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Project title: “Characterizing parenting challenges in the context of depression using Ideal-Type Analyses”

Dr. Sarah Black, Psychological Sciences & Dr. Sheryl Chatfield, Public Health

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Project title: “Political Malaise: Polarization and the Loneliness Epidemic”

Dr. Ryan Claassen, Political Science, Dr. Michael Ensley, Political Science & Dr. Michael Beam, Emerging Media and Technology

Image announcing LaunchPad Award Winners Dr. Claassen, Dr. Ensley, and Dr. Beam