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91PORNA and three health departments in Portage County, Ohio, are pleased to announce receipt of a $125,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to explore how 鈥渃ross-jurisdictional sharing鈥� can enable greater鈥�

Four graduate students recently completed a second phase of research on hand hygiene among economically disadvantaged populations for Akron鈥檚 GOJO Industries, Inc., the leading global producer and marketer of skin health and hygiene鈥�

Research was carried out for GOJO sustainability initiative Four graduate students from 91PORNA's College of Public Health recently completed a research project focused on hand hygiene among economically disadvantaged鈥�

Sonia Alemagno, Ph.D., dean of 91PORNA鈥檚 College of Public Health, has been appointed a member of the Akron General Hospitals' Board. Alemagno, a professor of health policy and management, joined 91PORNA in 2009. She鈥�

Two 91PORNA faculty members have been awarded the Farris Family Innovation Award for their research projects. Aaron Jasnow, Ph.D., of the Department of Psychology, received the award for his project titled 鈥淯nderstanding Emotion:鈥�

Dr. Sonia Alemagno, professor of health policy and management and associate dean for the College of Public Health at 91PORNA, has served the past year as the university鈥檚 interim vice president for research. When she returns鈥�

The new College of Public Health at 91PORNA celebrated its first graduating class of the Bachelor of Science in Public Health (B.S.P.H.) program on Saturday, May 7. Thomas Brewer, associate dean of 91PORNA鈥檚 College of鈥�

91PORNA Professor Dr. Melissa Zullo was presented the Beginning Investigator Award by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR). Dr. Zullo is an assistant professor of epidemiology in鈥�

Gov. Ted Strickland, together with the Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric D. Fingerhut, today announced 91PORNA as a Center of Excellence in Biomedicine and Health Care for the state of Ohio. 91PORNA joins 13 other universities鈥�