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. (more…)
SPH alumnus Sandy Searcy named recipient of 2019 President’s Award
Sandy Searcy has been named a 2019 recipient of the President’s Award, the highest award the Indiana University Alumni Association (IUAA) bestows on volunteer leaders. The IUAA will honor Searcy during Cream and Crimson Weekend on June 6-8. (more…)
Dr. Rosenberg and Dr. Ludema garner equipment funding for research to improve campus sexual health and safety
An equipment proposal from Dr. Molly Rosenberg and Dr. Christina Ludema entitled “Developing an IU-based research program to improve campus sexual health and safety with wearable alcohol monitors” has been selected by the Office of the Provost for Research (OVPR) for funding. (more…)
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 of medication-assisted treatment strategies for patients with opioid use disorder.
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 department has nearly 80 faculty and staff members.
In her 56 years at IU, Arthur has had different job titles and more responsibilities. She’s currently the assistant to the department’s interim chair, David Koceja, and has worked for every department chair. Arthur has also worked with countless students and colleagues. In some cases, those students earned degrees and returned as colleagues.
And all from the same office suite on the first floor of the public health building.
“It was all in God’s plan for my life,” Arthur said of why she stayed at IU, raving about the people she works with and the cutting-edge research they do. This month marks her 56th year on the job.
Arthur is one of 324 university staffers who reached a milestone of 25 years or more or retired in 2018. They will be honored at the IU Bloomington Long Service and Retiree Recognition Program on May 7.
When she started, the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington was the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, or HPER. The school changed to its current name in 2012 and earned accreditation from the Council on Education for Public Health in 2015. Arthur said that seeing the school become accredited was one of the highlights of her career.
Another highlight is interacting with students, whether it’s problem solving or hearing about their accomplishments.
“Frequently Ph.D. students drop by my office following the final defense of their dissertation so I share this happy moment with them,” she said.
In one case, she even helped arrange air travel for a Ph.D. student who needed a heart transplant more than 30 years ago.
That student is still in the public health field and doing well, she said, adding that she regularly hears from alumni from across the decades.
“Some of them pop their head in and say, ‘Do you remember me?’ And I say, ‘Of course, I remember you, Joe,'” Arthur said, adding that she makes a point to remember names.
To mark her 50-year anniversary at IU, the Joyce F. Arthur Fellowship in Applied Health Science was created to support doctoral students pursuing a Ph.D. in health behavior.
Each day has new challenges, but Arthur said she keeps the strong work ethic that her parents taught her and the days seem to fly by.
“Joyce genuinely cares for the department, the school and this institution. She loves challenges, she cares for students, and she wants to make a difference in lives of others,” said Mohammad Torabi, Chancellor’s Professor who was previously the chair of applied health science and a former dean of the school.
Arthur said she never thought of leaving her job, even after being recruited for a job in Atlanta.
“Ultimately, my love for our department, school and Indiana University prevented me from moving,” she said. “I have never looked back.”
This article by MJ Slaby first appeared in the News at IU Bloomington on May 7, 2019.
Dr. Chusyd selected to receive CTSI Postdoc Challenge award
Dr. Daniella Chusyd from the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington has been selected to receive a 2018-2019 Postdoc Challenge award from the Indiana Clinical Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI). Her project is titled “Early life trauma and biological aging in a long-lived animal model” and focuses on the relationship between early life adversity and longevity using orphaned African elephants as a model organism. (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). (more…)
Dr. Beeker awarded grant to study J.D. Marshall shipwreck
Dr. Charles D. Beeker, director of the Center for Underwater Science and Academic Diving Program at the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington, has been awarded a NOAA and Indiana DNR grant for $15,568 to work on the Great Lakes shipwreck J.D. Marshall. (more…)
Rodrigo Armijos and Margaret Weigel named recipients of the IU President’s International Research Award grant
Rodrigo Armijos and Margaret Weigel of the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington have been named recipients of the IU President’s International Research Award grant for their epidemiologic study of the impact of prenatal cutaneous leishmaniasis infection on maternal-perinatal immune response, nutrition, and birth outcomes in a highly endemic area of Tabasco State, Mexico. The study findings are expected to provide important new insights into the pathophysiology of this disease, whose global incidence is expected to expand in the near future due to climate change, placing millions more pregnant women at risk. (more…)
Dean Allison’s graduation remarks emphasize the greater family and connections
As a dean, one of the greatest privileges and indeed, the honors, I have is that of welcoming you all here today – graduates, friends, families, supporters, allies, faculty, and staff. What we are doing here today is important. (more…)
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. (more…)
Cholera research pioneer and entrepreneur Rita Colwell to receive Indiana University honorary degree, visit with public health students and faculty
Indiana University President Michael McRobbie will confer an honorary Doctor of Science degree to Rita Colwell during the commencement ceremony on the flagship Bloomington campus on May 4. (more…)