May 23, 2023
Research out of UC examines the impact of stress during pregnancy on natal neurodevelopment. Spectrum News interviewed Anna Ruehlmann, PhD, of the Department of Environmental Health and Public Health Sciences at the UC College of Medicine about the study which she led.
May 24, 2023
Too many women and children in the Cincinnati region who qualify for federal nutrition benefits are missing out on receiving them — in many cases because of the application process and language barriers. Now a team led by Cincinnati Children’s pediatrician Chidiogo Anyigbo, MD, MPH, and University of Cincinnati pediatric psychologist Cathleen Stough, PhD, has funding to do something about that.
November 28, 2022
A new study from the University of Cincinnati examined the impact of workplace stress and provided insights for organizations to explore ways to reduce workplace stress for a better and healthier working environment. The study had two parts: a survey in which respondents described their experiences of workplace stress during the COVID-19 pandemic and a quantitative study using saliva cortisol as a biomarker of stress along with a stress diary to find out where and when workplace stress commonly occurred.
December 13, 2022
Initial data from a University of Cincinnati clinical research study aimed at increasing diet quality and decreasing cardiovascular risk shows positive results. The study, called Supermarket and Web-Based Intervention Targeting Nutrition (SuperWIN), was a randomized, controlled trial that promotes a heart-healthy diet through nutrition counseling provided by a supermarket-based, registered dietitian within one of each participant’s home grocery stores.
December 6, 2022
The University of Cincinnati's Daniel Arendt has published new research that shows a self-service vending machine filled with harm reduction supplies such as naloxone helped prevent overdoses and contributed to Hamilton County’s overdose deaths decreasing in 2021.
January 18, 2023
Research from the University of Cincinnati shows people who wear tefillin, leather bands used in a Jewish religious practice which involves the tight wrapping of an arm with the bands, may receive cardiovascular health benefits. The study suggests those benefits are the result of ischemic or reduced blood flow preconditioning which produces protection from the damage caused by heart attacks.
July 21, 2023
New research by Wendy Calaway shows that half of arrests lead to dismissals, not convictions, but defendants still wait behind bars until the case is decided. Calaway is a practicing attorney and assistant professor of criminal justice at the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College.
July 17, 2023
Researchers from the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have received federal funding to develop user-friendly enrollment tools for Greater Cincinnati residents eligible for WIC, the federal assistance program called the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
January 10, 2024
The University of Cincinnati has led a three-year project to monitor COVID-19 in wastewater for the Ohio Department of Health. The surveillance project has helped health officials make early interventions to prevent sick students from spreading the virus across campus.
May 29, 2024
Samantha Boch, PhD, RN, assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing and affiliate faculty of the James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence at Cincinnati Children's Hospital is one of 16 nurse scientists accepted to the fifth cohort of the Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators. The fellowship program, funded by grants from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, recognizes and advances early-to-mid-career nursing scholars and innovators with a high potential to accelerate leadership in nursing research, practice, education, policy and entrepreneurship