Department of Public Health Sciences

At the 2024 New England Rural Health Association Conference, our department had the privilege of leading a session titled Obstetric Life Support: Preparing Healthcare Workers to Optimize Equitable Treatment of Maternal Medical Emergencies in Rural New England. Guided by Dr. Andrea Shields, Principal Investigator and Associate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at UConn, the session... Continue reading→

Dr. Angela Bermúdez-Millán, an associate professor-in-residence in the Department of Public Health Sciences at UConn, has built her career around direct, community-focused engagement. Her research addresses critical public health challenges like food insecurity and its related health impacts, with a particular focus on vulnerable populations. Central to her work is a community-based participatory framework that... Continue reading→

Dr. Jenn Cavallari, Associate Professor in Public Health Sciences and Co-Director of the Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW), a NIOSH Total Worker Health® (TWH) Center of Excellence, (Co-I) has been newly awarded a five-year grant in collaboration with CPWR: The Center for Construction Research and Training from the... Continue reading→

Dr. Megan O’Grady (PI), Assistant Professor in Public Health Sciences and Courtney Sheehan (Co-PI), LPC, Senior Program Director, at Community Health Resources (CHR), a community-based behavioral health provider in Connecticut, have been newly awarded a one-year grant from the University of Connecticut Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP) titled “Identifying Barriers and... Continue reading→

Grant Awarded for National Assessment of Parent Training for Women with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Dr. Shayna Cunningham, Assistant Professor in Public Health Sciences (Co-PI), Dr. Mary Beth Bruder, Professor in Child and Family Studies and Director of the UConn University of Connecticut Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service (UCEDD) (PI)... Continue reading→

Mayte Restrepo-Ruiz, Assistant Professor in Public Health Sciences was selected to be part of the next cohorts of a 2-year Pre-K Junior Faculty Career Development Award Program: Data-to-Action Approach to Prevent Youth Exposure to Violence and Mental Health Adverse Outcomes.  The objective of this study is to examine the relationships between several Social Determinants of... Continue reading→