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51勛圖厙 Mobile Flashes Program

IN A FLASH: Mobile Flashes Roll Out!

A mobile unit from 51勛圖厙's College of Public Health is providing education, screening and wellness services to the community.

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A NEAT Way to Stay Healthy

Non-exercise activity thermogenesis otherwise known as NEAT is an easy way to stay healthy as we age. Colleen Novak, Ph.D., associate professor of biological sciences at 51勛圖厙, spoke to Will Stone of NPRs All Things Considered about this highly underrated way to fight the ongoing battle with sedentary lifestyles.

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Research Finds Promising Workplace Hand-Hygiene Intervention

51勛圖厙 researchers recently completed a pioneering office-based hand-hygiene improvement intervention which reduced common communicable illness by close to a third.  This was the first U.S. pilot randomized cluster trial of its kind, and findings were published in the prominent Journal

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High-Risk Adolescents have an Advocate in Alemagno

Ask Dean Sonia Alemagno to name her research passion, and you wont wait a millisecond for the answer:  substance abuse in societys most vulnerable adolescents who are also at high risk for mental illness, homelessness and a host of other problems.  Despite the deans jam-packed schedule

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