HHS News

A dozen mice keeping pace on a half-pint treadmill could be a key to prolonging the lives of cancer patients and others with chronic diseases.

When you crisscross the country, you make a lot of connections. April Albritton ’06 traveled to Seattle and back to Greensboro as she explored the connection between sports and business.

Part of the job of a physical therapist is asking patients about their goals. “I can’t arbitrarily make up goals if that’s not what is important to them,” says Dr. Kelly Oschwald ’12. “I’m focusing the treatment on what’s important to the patient.”

Peace and Conflict Studies Associate Professor Dr. Jeremy A. Rinker, who recently received a Fulbright-Nehru Scholar Program Award, spent the spring semester 2023 teaching and researching on caste conflict in Pune city, Maharashtra State, India.

“Everyday there’s something going on in our world that will need attention from public health workers. I want to be a part of helping,” says Jasmine Riddle, who will receive her bachelor of science in community health education this May.

GCSTOP is a partnership program between UNC Greensboro and Guilford County that began in 2018, and is focused on harm reduction. This includes supplying participants with naloxone to reverse an opioid overdose, providing clean syringes, the distribution of safe supplies for injections, handing out condoms, and distributing food and clothing.

Margaret JoAnne “Jo” Safrit was known for her intelligence, loyalty, and kindness. She was also known for her longtime love of UNCG. Safrit was a pioneer and an expert in the profession, writing two books on quantitative measurement that have been used for decades.

The baffling discrepancies in severity of COVID-19 infections just caught a break thanks to two UNCG researcher-led studies published this winter. Though separate in scope and methods, each came to a conclusion that supports the other’s work: the level of dietary selenium intake is directly related to immune response to COVID.

“The greatest job to me is to be able to be curious about something and to pursue it,” says Dr. Nicole Perry ’13, ’16. That curiosity is what led her to research children’s emotional control. It’s what attracted her to the work that UNC Greensboro’s research professors were doing in Human Development and Family Studies…

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Rajendra Roopchan says finding someone to talk to is more important to a college student than finding someone who has all the answers. “Having a person or a community to suggest, ‘You can do this’ or ‘These are your options’ is a phenomenal resource to have.”

The hallway on the second floor of the Ferguson Building is no longer a drab entrance with old posters. Assistant Professor Dr. Elise Eifert created a new way to draw attention to how engaged senior citizens can be while adding color to the building.

“Greensboro feels like home,” says alumnus Phil Fleischmann ’05 MS, who recently returned to Greensboro in his new role as the City of Greensboro Parks and Recreation Director. “I’ve spent most of my adult life here, and I value the diversity of our city and the variety of available opportunities.”

“The hiking program continues to be a welcome part of my social life. This is just a wonderful group of supportive friends,” says Nancy Ryckman ‘82 MEd, active member of UNC Greensboro’s hiking group Celebrate the Trail to Recovery (CTR).