A completely revised fourth edition of the Handbook of Sexuality-Related Measures has been published. Dr. Bill Yarber, Provost Professor from the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington, is the co-editor and founder of the handbook.
Applied Health Science
Dr. Slates named ASSP’s 2019 Outstanding Safety Educator
Dr. Kevin Slates, a clinical associate professor at the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington, has been named the 2019 William E. Tarrants Outstanding Safety Educator by the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP). He has been a member of the ASSP for 14 years.
Prevention Insights partners with Fayette County family services program to address opioid overdoses
Prevention Insights will work with agencies in the rural Indiana county of Fayette to plan the groundwork for improved access to opioid-related prevention services. The project will focus on reducing morbidity and mortality associated with opioid overdoses by improving the county’s prevention infrastructure and available services.
Prevention Insights partners with Franciscan Alliance to improve opioid addiction treatment
Public health researchers at Indiana University have partnered with Franciscan Alliance to improve opioid addiction treatment at hospitals in Marion and Lake counties. Experts at Prevention Insights, an addiction research center based at the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington, will work with clinicians and administrators at Franciscan Alliance to support, expand and evaluate Franciscan’s use… Read more »
Joyce Arthur celebrates 56 years at IU School of Public Health-Bloomington
In 1963, Joyce Arthur was a Bloomington High School senior when she accepted a job as a secretary in the then-IU Department of Health and Safety. That launched a career spanning six decades. At the time, the department — now the Department of Applied Health Science — had six faculty members, plus Arthur. Now, the… Read more »
Green and Uchal win People’s Choice Award at CEWiT Research Poster Competition
Samantha Green and Kate Uchal, two undergraduate students from the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington, have won the People’s Choice Award at the 6th annual Women’s Research Poster Competition organized by the IU Center of Excellence for Women in Technology (CEWiT).
Shakira Smith awarded prestigious President’s Diversity Dissertation Fellowship
Shakira Smith has been awarded the prestigious President’s Diversity Dissertation Fellowship for 2019-2020. She is a dual-Ph.D. student in the Health Behavior program in the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington and the Counseling Psychology program in the School of Education.
SPH Ph.D. student Grace Karikari awarded prestigious Edwards Fellowship
IU School of Public Health-Bloomington Ph.D. student Grace Karikari has been selected as a recipient of the John H. Edwards Fellowship for 2019-2020.
Adoption of Dr. Yarber’s human sexuality textbook continues to expand worldwide
Dr. William Yarber from the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington has recently returned from Taiwan where his widely-used textbook, Human Sexuality: Diversity in Contemporary Society, was prominently featured at the 2019 Taipei International Book Exhibition. During the book exhibition, Dr. Yarber presented forums on human sexuality. His textbook continues to receive worldwide acclaim from professors… Read more »
With new name, Prevention Insights expands reach across U.S.
The Indiana Prevention Resource Center (IPRC) at the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington has officially changed its name to Prevention Insights and launched a new website: https://Prevention.iu.edu.