Category: Faculty Partner Research

August 26, 2023

The Mental Health Consequences of Sexual Identity Discrepancies

Trent Mize

Sexualities scholars have long been interested in situations in which a person’s sexual identity and behavior are mismatched—e.g., when a gay or lesbian-identified person remains “closeted” and only dates different-gender partners. We argue that this mismatch represents a useful proxy...

August 24, 2023

Nursing, Education faculty collaborate on U.S. Health and Human Services grant to improve graduate nursing education

Karen J. Foli (PI), and Wanju Huang (Co-PI), will collaborate on the project “Advanced Practice NuRses’ Opioid Use Disorder Education Through a Massive, Open, Online Course (APROUD-MOOC).”

August 23, 2023

Couples and concealable chronic illness: Investigating couples’ communication, coping, and relational well-being over time

Rosie Shrout

Couples managing chronic illnesses—the leading causes of death and disability in the United States—can experience challenges in their daily lives and relationships. Both couple members have reported lower satisfaction, greater burden, and communication difficulties. Many of these illnesses are nonvisible...

August 15, 2023

Maternal smoking cessation study reveals ‘inheritable’ impacts on child development

In 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that in the United States “5.5% of all births were to women who reported smoking cigarettes at any time during pregnancy.” That translates to almost 200,000 children who were at...

August 13, 2023

Can we please stop calling it ‘mom brain’?

It’s beyond time to rebrand the concept of “mom brain”. The reductive term has too many negative connotations and isn’t even accurate. Instead, it’s important to focus on the positive changes in our brains after we become mothers, a recent...

August 7, 2023

Intimate Partner Violence and Inflammaging: Conflict Tactics Predict Inflammation Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults

Rosie Shrout

In long-term relationships, conflict is inevitable, but physical and psychological aggression is not. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a known risk factor for age-related disease onset, and inflammation likely links the two. This study explores relationships between frequency of constructive...

August 7, 2023

Goldilocks and the home mathematics environment: Parents’ rate activities‘too easy,’‘just right,’or‘too hard’ across early development

David Purpura

Research focusing on the home mathematics environment has shown mixed results across age groups. Using data from a large online survey, we explored parents' perceptions of the age appropriateness of home mathematics activities for their children

August 1, 2023

Palliative care needs and preferences of older adults with advanced or serious chronic illnesses and their families in rural communities of Indiana, USA

Nasreen Lalani

Rural family caregivers experience several social inequities and disparities causing a lack of access to and low utilization of palliative care. All these disparities cause several challenges for patients and their families trying to manage serious illnesses and die in...

July 27, 2023

Neurofluid coupling during sleep and wake states

A.J. Schwichtenberg

In clinical populations, the movement of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) during sleep is a growing area of research with potential mechanistic connections in both neurodegenerative (e.g., Alzheimer's Disease) and neurodevelopmental disorders. However, we know relatively little about the processes that influence...

July 21, 2023

Globalization, Diet and Child Health in Three Latin American Indigenous Populations

Amanda Veile

This chapter provides an introduction to the nutrition transition and its effects on diet, growth, and health of very rural Latin American indigenous infants and children. Case studies are drawn from fieldwork in communities of Tsimane forager-farmers in the Bolivian...