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Drs. David Lohrmann, Dong-Chul Seo, and Lloyd Kolbe work with Indiana University alumni Nancy Hudson and Tami Benham Deal on a National Institute of Health grant proposal.
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Research Projects & News
- 2008 spring – Mohammad Torabi received the 2009 Alliance Scholar Award, which is the highest honor for research bestowed by the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. Each year only one Alliance Scholar is chosen from within the organizations that form the Alliance. Dr. Torabi is only the fifth health educator to receive this honor.
- 2008 spring – March 27 Herald Times features a front page article on the local rise in teen STD’s quoting Dr. Catherine Sherwood-Laughlin.
- 2008 spring – Dr. Brian Dodge was selected as one of three recipients for the School of HPER Faculty Research Support Program grants. He will serve as Co-Principal Investigator of “A Pilot Study to Evaluate Field Collection of Rectal Samples for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Diagnostics,” together with Dr. Barbara Van Der Pol of the Department of Infectious Disease at the Indiana University School of Medicine. The project is a collaborative effort among the Center for Sexual Health Promotion, the Indiana University School of Medicine, and The Bell Flower Clinic of the Marion County Health Department. The data from this pilot study will be directly integrated into a developing grant proposal to the National Institutes of Health.
- 2008 spring – Dr. Brian Dodge was designated as a grantee of the “U.S.-Russia Global Healthcare Award” from the U.S. Department of Education. In addition to language and cultural training, the grant includes funding for a two-week public health travel study in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, in May 2008. The overall goal of this project is to strengthen ties between sexual health and HIV/AIDS researchers at the Center for Sexual Health Promotion and Russian universities, public health providers, and other community-based organizations.
- 2008 spring - Dr. Brian Dodge has been invited as a keynote speaker for "Discussions on HIV/AIDS Among Gay and Nongay Identifying African American Men Who Have Sex with Men & Men Who Have Sex with Both Men and Women: Addressing Pertinent Psychosocial Issues" at the University of California at Los Angeles in May 2008. This community collaborative think tank event (co-sponsored by The UCLA AIDS Institute, The UCLA Center for Culture, Trauma & Mental Health Disparities, and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science) is hosted by Gail E. Wyatt, Ph.D., (Director, The UCLA AIDS Institute) and funded by Gilead Pharmaceuticals.
- 2008 spring – Dong-Chul Seo, Carolin Requiz, and Mohammad R. Torabi present their study entitled "Impact of Black and Minority Health Fair and 15-Month Delayed Follow-Up Health Counseling on Health Behavior" at the 2008 Annual Conference of the American Academy of Health Behavior.
- 2008 spring – Maresa Murray is one of recipients of Summer Instructional Development Fellowships. The grant will allow her to expand the existing pilot research project titled "Media Usage as a Pedagogical Strategy for Building Classroom Resiliency among Ethnic Minority Professors." This instructional research project examines the perceptions and negotiations of ethnic minority professors in university classrooms.
- 2008 spring – Center for Sexual Health Promotion has entered into a unique 3-year agreement with one of the world's leading sexual health products companies, Church & Dwight, maker of Trojan brand condoms. The agreement establishes the center as a strategic research, education and consulting partner with Trojan.
- 2008 spring – Center for Sexual Health Promotion collaborates with the Damien Center, Bethlehem House, and the Bellflower Clinic on UNISON project to respond to the lack of academic-community partnerships focused on HIV prevention and care in Indiana.
- 2008 spring – Center for Sexual Health Promotion has new partnership with industry partners in the Netherlands, Germany, England, Slovenia, Belgium, and Malaysia associated with advancements in condom manufacturing.
- 2008 spring – Indiana University and its partner, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, have been selected as one of eight new education centers to provide training for the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Cheryl Holmes will be the program director for the new Heartland Safety and Health Education Center which is required to offer OSHA's Outreach Education Program in construction and general industry standards but also can expand to address other safety and health topics.
- 2008 spring – "Conversations in the Abbey: Senior Monks of Saint Meinrad Reflect on Their Lives," by Ruth Clifford Engs, Prof. Emeritus, is coming out in early January. Dr. Engs interviewed 11 monks, born before 1931, who discuss their early years at the monastery, their work and spiritual experiences, and their view of various changes in society over the past sixty years.
