The IU School of Public Health-Bloomington has received a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for a workshop and yearlong process titled Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency (RRT) at the Interdisciplinary Interface. The application was prepared by Dean David Allison, Justin Otten, and Andrew Brown from within the SPH and includes multiple IU Bloomington collaborators… Read more »
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Dean Allison’s winter graduation remarks contrast doing well with doing good
As we sit here today, our university approaches its bicentennial celebration. Very few universities in the United States have existed for 200 years, and it is one of the many reasons why IU is a special place. But merely existing for so long is not what makes us special — it is because we have… Read more »
Study finds yo-yo dieting increases lifespan in mice compared to staying obese
A new study co-led by Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington found that mice who repeatedly lost and regained weight, also known as weight cycling or “yo-yo dieting,” lived significantly longer than their obese counterparts — and in some cases even lived longer than mice who lost weight and kept it off permanently. The study, published in… Read more »
Researchers and collaborators demonstrate that chemicals which clear senescent cells from the body can make mice live longer and healthier lives
A research team including David B. Allison, Ph.D. Dean of the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington and led by James L. Kirkland, M.D., Ph.D., of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, found that injecting even a small number of senescent (older) cells into young, healthy mice causes damage that can result in physical dysfunction…. Read more »
David B. Allison awarded the 2018 Harry V. Roberts Statistical Advocate of the Year by the American Statistical Association
David B. Allison, Dean of the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Distinguished Professor and Provost Professor, was awarded June 19th with the 2018 Harry V. Roberts Statistical Advocate of the Year Award by the American Statistical Association for distinguished and longstanding contributions in sound methodology, research integrity, and clear exposition of complex statistical concepts,… Read more »
School of Public Health researchers help reveal social stress is associated with shortened lifespan in mice
The work will help researchers study the role of psychosocial stress on cardiovascular disease and shortened lifespan in people. Indiana Researchers have discovered that animals who became dominant in a social relationship lived significantly longer than those who became subordinate. The study, in collaboration with the University of Minnesota, represents the first rodent model assessing… Read more »
Doubt and truth take center stage in Dean Allison’s remarks to IUSPH graduating students
Three quarters of a century ago, in 1944 to be precise, the beautiful organ you see on my right was installed at Indiana University. In that same year, a bit to the east at another university, Charles Burwell, the Dean of the Harvard Medical School, addressed his School’s students and spoke these words: “Half of what… Read more »
IU Bloomington scientists examine reproducibility of research issues and remedies in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Sackler Colloquium series
Reproducibility of scientific findings has long been an important indicator of the validity of data gleaned from research, a process deemed even more critical in this age of ever-changing technologies and methods. At the Sackler Colloquium focused on “Reproducibility of Research: Issues and Proposed Remedies,” David B. Allison, dean of the IU School of Public… Read more »