tag:hwi.nd.edu,2005:/news-events/newsCommunity Health and Clinical Partnerships | News2023-07-31T16:00:00-04:00tag:hwi.nd.edu,2005:News/1554912023-07-31T16:00:00-04:002023-09-01T11:37:56-04:00Michiana Community Health Coalition addresses health disparities in South Bend-Elkhart <p>Who has their finger on the pulse of public health? One could argue it’s community health workers (CHWs).</p> <p>Some CHWs work in clinics and others are mobile, moving through city neighborhoods and rural areas, sometimes going door to door or hosting resource tables at community events. The workers…</p><p>Who has their finger on the pulse of public health? One could argue it’s community health workers (CHWs).</p>
<p>Some CHWs work in clinics and others are mobile, moving through city neighborhoods and rural areas, sometimes going door to door or hosting resource tables at community events. The workers serve as a link between health and social services and people facing barriers that threaten good health.</p>
<p>“These individuals are working on the front line of health, listening and building trust within our community to improve our system of care. Their work is critical in understanding the needs that exist and in helping develop solutions,” <a href="https://research.nd.edu/people/jessica-brookshire/">Jessica Brookshire</a>, senior program director in the<a href="https://hwi.nd.edu/about/office-of-clinical-partnerships/"> Office of Clinical Partnerships</a> at Notre Dame, said.</p>
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<p><span style="color: #000000;">To join the Michiana Community Health Coalition, contact: Jessica Brookshire at <a href="mailto:jbrooksh@nd.edu">jbrooksh@nd.edu </a> or (574) 631-5829</span></p>
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<p>What CHWs and others in similar roles learn on the ground is not just of interest to the public health sector, but also to those who study social determinants of health.</p>
<p>That’s why the University of Notre Dame convened the Michiana Community Health Coalition, a coalition of community health workers, community navigators and certified addiction peer recovery coaches with the goals to improve public health in the South Bend-Elkhart community, advance University research, and provide education opportunities for Notre Dame students.</p>
<h3>Monthly meetings</h3>
<p>The MCHC meets once per month to share knowledge and resources and pursue solutions to issues that commonly contribute to disparate health outcomes in the U.S., from lack of access to quality, affordable housing and transportation to poverty, educational inequality and mental health.</p>
<p>The group discusses issues and learns from each other as well as guests, including community experts and Notre Dame researchers. These conversations are also invaluable for researchers to truly understand on-the-ground issues and collaborate with community partners.</p>
<p>Coalition members serve as liaisons between the community and local health systems, helping to facilitate access to care and improve the quality and cultural competency of individual organizations and providers.</p>
<h3>A growing coalition</h3>
<p>Brookshire, along with<a href="https://shaw.nd.edu/people/administration/jen-burke-lefever-ph-d/"> Jennifer Lefever</a>, managing director of the<a href="https://shaw.nd.edu/"> William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families</a>, and<a href="https://iei.nd.edu/initiatives/people/jill-pentimonti-0"> Jill Pentimonti</a>, director of research advancement and<a href="https://federalrelations.nd.edu/"> Federal Relations</a>, organized the group. Initially, it started with four organizations — Beacon Health System, Saint Joseph Health System, St. Joseph County Department of Health and Oaklawn. The coalition now counts more than 20 organizations from across St. Joseph, Elkhart and Marshall counties in northern Indiana.</p>
<p>According to Brookshire, this growth speaks to the needs that exist. From the perspective of health organizations, it also speaks to the importance of outreach, cultural competency and health literacy, as well as the need to engage with and learn from individuals who are trusted members of the community.</p>
<p>Already, the coalition has developed a network to improve access to care and resources across all segments of the community. This includes things such as housing, mental health care, food programs, advance care planning and chronic disease management.</p>
<h3>A Beacon for expectant mothers</h3>
<p>Charrise Gray is a community navigator at <a href="https://uwsjc.org/community-impact/southeast-neighborhood-center/">1Roof Southeast</a>, a neighborhood center built by the United Way and opened about a year ago. It’s her job to connect clients who come into the center looking for help with housing, food and other needs with community resources. She’s been working on a database of resources since even before 1Roof opened.</p>
<p>“So if a client comes in and it’s housing she needs, our database shows all the resources in the community that help with housing. That way, we’re able to serve that person quickly and not take up a lot of her day.”</p>
<p>Gray attended her first MCHC meeting in July.</p>
<p>“Coming to this meeting, I discovered there are a lot more resources that I have not tapped into yet that I am going to add to our database as soon as I get back,” she said.</p>
<p>Gray’s favorite piece of new information was learning about <a href="https://impact.beaconhealthsystem.org/priority-health-needs/maternal-infant-health/">Beacon Health System’s Family and Infant Support Program.</a></p>
<p>Kimberly Green Reeves, executive director of community impact for Beacon, explained the program this way: “We walk alongside at-risk expectant mothers as well as postpartum up to a year after the baby is born to ensure they have access to all the available resources and support they may need.”</p>
<p>The program offers women assistance to women whether they are patients of Beacon or not.</p>
<p>“If the woman happens to be a patient of one of Beacon’s OB/GYN offices, we can work with the medical team to ensure the patient is able to get to her appointments. We’re also happy to do home visits and make sure they have everything they may need for a successful birth.</p>
<p>“If they are not a patient of Beacon’s we still provide great services, ensuring they have access to food and housing, child care and transportation and we offer parenting and car seat education. We also offer peer to peer support through our Beyond the Bump program where expectant and new moms can share their best practices with each other.”</p>
<h3>Funding</h3>
<p>The coalition is funded by the<a href="https://lucyinstitute.nd.edu/"> Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society</a>, which recognized the potential of the group to establish collaborations within and between community partners. In fact, after conversations during MCHC meetings, the Lucy Family Institute, the <a href="https://leadinfo.nd.edu/">Notre Dame Lead Innovation Team</a> and various community partners proposed and were awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to develop new tests and technologies to reduce childhood lead exposure in the South Bend-Elkhart region. Beyond the grant, the<a href="https://civicinnovation.nd.edu/"> Center for Civic Innovation</a> and<a href="https://reilly.nd.edu/"> John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology and Values</a> has collaborated with the MCHC on student projects to support the coalition and benchmark work across the United States.</p>
<p>Ultimately, the group plans to work with a variety of campus and community partners to engage in conversations to improve the health and well-being of the community, including securing funding sources that connect needs with resources.</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Erin Blasko and Gwen O'Brien, Office of Public Affairs and Communications</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://publicaffairs.nd.edu/news/michiana-community-health-coalition-addresses-health-disparities-in-south-bend-elkhart/">publicaffairs.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">July 31, 2023</span>.</p>Erin Blasko and Gwen O'Brien, Office of Public Affairs and Communicationstag:hwi.nd.edu,2005:News/1554932023-07-05T16:00:00-04:002023-09-01T11:48:40-04:00Health Equity Data Lab awards launch data science innovations at Notre Dame in addressing healthcare disparities<p><a href="https://lucyinstitute.nd.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society (LFIDS)</a> has announced the first round of Health Equity Data Lab (HEDL) awards to four new research projects led by multidisciplinary teams of researchers and community stakeholders.…</p><p><a href="https://lucyinstitute.nd.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society (LFIDS)</a> has announced the first round of Health Equity Data Lab (HEDL) awards to four new research projects led by multidisciplinary teams of researchers and community stakeholders.</p>
<p>The Health Equity Data Lab was <a href="https://news.nd.edu/news/notre-dame-partners-with-accenture-to-grow-health-equity-data-and-analytics-to-improve-health-care-for-vulnerable-populations/">launched</a> in late 2022 to identify and address healthcare disparities, and to enable equitable community health and well-being. With support from Accenture, a <a href="https://lucyinstitute.nd.edu/about/funding-opportunities/2023-request-for-proposals-for-health-equity-data-lab-grants/">request for proposals</a> from LFIDS faculty affiliates was announced to advance interdisciplinary research with the goal of addressing projects in health literacy, health access, precision social determinants of health, and health equity indicators.</p>
<h3>The four projects that were selected for the first Health Equity Data Lab grants are:</h3>
<p><strong>1. Indigenous Cancer Disparities: Multi-Modal Data Integration of Social and Biological Determinants of Health</strong> led by <a href="https://engineering.nd.edu/faculty/meenal-datta/">Meenal Datta</a>, Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and <a href="https://mendoza.nd.edu/mendoza-directory/profile/margaret-traeger/">Margaret Traeger</a>, Assistant Professor in the Department of IT, Analytics, and Operations.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;">Dr. Datta and Dr. Traeger are actively recruiting and will co-mentor an <a href="https://apply.interfolio.com/126980">Institute postdoctoral fellow</a> to study the role of racial disparities and social determinants of health in cancer incidence and outcomes using a variety of data science techniques including social network analysis, bioinformatics, and machine learning.</p>
<p><strong>2. Emergency Room Usage and Hospitalization Study of Motels4Now Low-barrier Shelter Program Participants</strong> led by <a href="https://theology.nd.edu/people/margaret-pfeil/">Margaret Pfeil</a>, Teaching Professor in the Department of Theology and the Center for Social Concerns, with community partners Donald Zimmer, MD, Memorial Hospital Emergency Department, Katharine Callaghan, MD, Associate Director of Family Medicine Residency Program at Memorial Hospital, and Sheila McCarthy, Director of Motels4Now at Our Lady of the Road.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;">The team will partner with the Institute’s Center for Social Science Research to measure the impact of the emergency low-barrier housing program Motels4Now on participant Emergency Room usage and hospitalization rates at Memorial Hospital.</p>
<p><strong>3. Bridging the Data Gap Between Parental Adversity and Infant Health Outcomes</strong> led by <a href="https://preventsuicide.nd.edu/">Theodore Beauchaine</a>, William K. Warren Foundation Professor in the Department of Psychology, with community partners <a href="https://medicine.iu.edu/faculty/4780/fox-mark">Mark Fox</a>, MD, Associate Dean of the Indiana School of Medicine South Bend and Deputy Health Officer at the St. Joseph County Department of Health, Kimberly Green Reeves, Executive Director of Community Impact at Beacon Health System, and Cassy White, Lead Project Specialist at Beacon Community Impact.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;">The team will work to more efficiently address health-related social needs and risks for pregnant individuals, infants, and families in St. Joseph County by integrating new and existing data between various local healthcare providers and building predictive models for identifying parental social determinants of health.</p>
<p><strong>4. Housing - Health Equity Nexus: Better Housing as Health Risk Mediator (HOUSE4HEALTH)</strong> led by <a href="https://www.minghuarch.com/">Ming Hu</a>, Associate Professor in the School of Architecture and <a href="https://cse.nd.edu/faculty/chaoli-wang/">Chaoli Wang</a>, Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;">Dr. Hu and Dr. Wang will partner with South Bend community organizations to develop a machine learning-aided model to evaluate built environment indicators concerning climate change-accelerated health risks, specifically focusing on housing conditions.</p>
<p>“We are excited that these projects have the potential to be truly transformative for community health and well-being in the South Bend/Elkhart region and beyond,” said Nitesh Chawla, the Institute’s founding director and the Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science and Engineering. He added, “they also represent a wonderful opportunity for trainees to be co-mentored at interdisciplinary interfaces.”</p>
<p>For more information about the Health Equity Data Lab, please visit the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society <a href="https://lucyinstitute.nd.edu/">website</a>. </p>
<p><strong><br>Contact:</strong></p>
<p>Christine Grashorn, Communications Specialist<br>Notre Dame Research / University of Notre Dame<br>cgrashor@nd.edu / 574.631.4856<br>research.nd.edu / @UNDResearch</p>
<p><strong>About the Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society</strong></p>
<p>The Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society is a hub for students, faculty, postdoctoral and visiting scholars, and staff to explore how data can be harnessed for societal benefit. We act as an incubator for data research as well as a liaison to the government and business communities. Our mission is to enable a positive impact on society and individual lives through innovative domain-informed and data-driven methods and applications.</p>
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<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Christine Grashorn</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://lucyinstitute.nd.edu/news-events/news/health-equity-data-lab-awards-inspire-data-science-innovations-at-notre-dame-in-addressing-healthcare-obstacles/">lucyinstitute.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">July 05, 2023</span>.</p>Christine Grashorntag:hwi.nd.edu,2005:News/1554922023-05-25T16:00:00-04:002023-09-01T11:38:39-04:00Notre Dame-led coalition aims to address health disparities in the South Bend-Elkhart community<p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The Michiana Community Health Coalition (MCHC) meets once per month to share knowledge and resources and pursue solutions to issues that commonly contribute to disparate health outcomes in the U.S.</span></p><figure class="image-default"><img src="https://news.nd.edu/assets/261450/fullsize/campus_and_dtsb_feature_1200x675.jpg" alt="Campus and Downtown South Bend" width="1200" height="675"></figure>
<p style="margin-bottom: 13px;">The University of Notre Dame has convened a coalition of community health workers, community navigators and certified addiction peer recovery coaches to advance research, provide opportunities for student education and improve public health in the South Bend-Elkhart community.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 13px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The Michiana Community Health Coalition (MCHC) meets once per month to share knowledge and resources and pursue solutions to issues that commonly contribute to disparate health outcomes in the U.S., from lack of access to quality, affordable housing and transportation to poverty, educational inequality and mental health.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 13px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The group discusses issues and learns from each other as well as guests, including community experts and Notre Dame researchers. These conversations are also invaluable for researchers to truly understand on-the-ground issues and collaborate with community partners.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 13px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">As trusted members of the community, coalition members serve as liaisons between the community and local health systems, helping to facilitate access to care and improve the quality and cultural competency of individual organizations and providers.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 13px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">“You’re swimming across the river and swimming and swimming, and the health coalition comes along and says, ‘Here’s your boat and paddle’ and helps you get across.”</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 13px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">“These individuals are working on the front line of health, listening and building trust within our community to improve our system of care. Their work is critical in understanding the needs that exist and in helping develop solutions,” said <a href="https://research.nd.edu/people/jessica-brookshire/">Jessica Brookshire</a>, senior program director in the <a href="https://hwi.nd.edu/about/office-of-clinical-partnerships/">Office of Clinical Partnerships </a>at Notre Dame.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 13px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Brookshire, along with <a href="https://shaw.nd.edu/people/administration/jen-burke-lefever-ph-d/">Jennifer Lefever</a>, managing director of the <a href="https://shaw.nd.edu/">William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families</a>, and <a href="https://iei.nd.edu/initiatives/people/jill-pentimonti-0">Jill Pentimonti</a>, director of research advancement and <a href="https://federalrelations.nd.edu/">Federal Relations</a>, organized the group in December 2021. Initially, it started with four organizations — Beacon Health System, Saint Joseph Health System, St. Joseph County Department of Health and Oaklawn — that had begun using community health workers and certified addiction peer recovery coaches. These organizations recognized the importance of such work and the opportunity to learn from those on the front lines of community health. The coalition now counts more than 20 organizations from across St. Joseph, Elkhart and Marshall counties in northern Indiana.</span></p>
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<figcaption>Jessica Brookshire</figcaption>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 13px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">According to Brookshire, this growth speaks to the needs that exist. From the perspective of health organizations, it also speaks to the importance of outreach, cultural competency and health literacy, as well as the need to engage with and learn from individuals who are trusted members of the community.</span> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 13px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Already, the coalition has developed a network to improve access to care and resources across all segments of the community. This includes things such as<strong> </strong></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">housing, mental health care, food programs, advance care planning and chronic disease management.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 13px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Vanessa Coutee is a community health worker with Beacon Health System in South Bend, where she focuses on COVID issues and COVID vaccination. Participating in the coalition, she said, has provided her with the knowledge to better serve her clients.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 13px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">“Before I started attending the coalition it was like, ‘Oh, I wonder what organization can help us do this?’ But once I started attending the health coalition, it was like bridging the gap,” she said.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 13px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In that sense, she compared the organization to a lifeboat.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 13px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">“You’re swimming across the river and swimming and swimming,” she said, “and the health coalition comes along and says, ‘Here’s your boat and paddle’ and helps you get across.”</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 13px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">She said she spends less time now tracking down resources and more time engaging directly with her clients.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 13px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">“Having so much information so accessible is a big thing for us,” she said. “It makes our job so much easier and allows us to focus on more important things rather than, ‘Oh, I’ve got to find resources for housing or this and that.’ If you already have it you can say, ‘OK, what else can I help you with?’”</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 13px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The coalition is funded by the <a href="https://lucyinstitute.nd.edu/">Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society</a>, which recognized the potential of the group to establish collaborations within and between community partners. In fact, after conversations during MCHC meetings, the Lucy Family Institute, the Notre Dame Lead Innovation Team and various community partners proposed and were awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to develop new tests and technologies to reduce childhood lead exposure in the South Bend-Elkhart region. Beyond the grant, the <a href="https://civicinnovation.nd.edu/">Center for Civic Innovation </a>and <a href="https://reilly.nd.edu/">John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology and Values </a>has collaborated with the MCHC on student projects to support the coalition and benchmark work across the United States.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 13px;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Ultimately, the group plans to work with a variety of campus and community partners to engage in conversations to improve the health and well-being of the community, including securing funding sources that connect needs with resources.</span></p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Erin Blasko</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://news.nd.edu/news/notre-dame-led-coalition-aims-to-address-health-disparities-in-the-south-bend-elkhart-community/">news.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">May 26, 2023</span>.</p>Erin Blaskotag:hwi.nd.edu,2005:News/1518332023-03-20T16:00:00-04:002023-03-20T19:13:31-04:00Partnership between Notre Dame, IU, and Purdue receives $38 million to advance health research in Indiana<p>The <a href="https://indianactsi.org/">Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI)</a> has secured nearly $38 million in renewed funding from the National Institutes of Health for the next seven years — the fourth consecutive successful grant submission for the statewide research…</p><p>The <a href="https://indianactsi.org/">Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI)</a> has secured nearly $38 million in renewed funding from the National Institutes of Health for the next seven years — the fourth consecutive successful grant submission for the statewide research enterprise.</p>
<p>The Indiana CTSI is a partnership among Indiana’s top research universities — Indiana University, Purdue University, and the University of Notre Dame — and the Regenstrief Institute Inc. The Indiana CTSI provides resources, education, training and funding opportunities to researchers across the state. These efforts span the translational research spectrum, from basic science to the clinic and into the community. The institute also facilitates opportunities for the community to inform further research in labs and hospitals.</p>
<p>“Through the Indiana CTSI, Notre Dame is able to bring many of its research strengths — fighting rare diseases, promoting global health, preventing lead poisoning and more — to the service of healthcare systems and community health partners throughout our state," said Notre Dame President <a href="https://president.nd.edu">Rev. John I. Jenkins</a>. “We are grateful for the NIH’s continued support of the Indiana CTSI, which enables Notre Dame faculty members to identify shared research interests and opportunities for collaborative projects with fellow researchers at Purdue and Indiana University.”</p>
<p>The Indiana CTSI is led by its co-directors, IU School of Medicine’s <a href="https://medicine.iu.edu/faculty/4976/moe-sharon">Sharon Moe, MD</a>, associate dean for clinical and translational research, and <a href="https://medicine.iu.edu/faculty/16722/wiehe-sarah">Sarah Wiehe, MD, MPH</a>, associate dean for community and translational research. Under their leadership, the institute has seen growing success, including expanded educational and training opportunities to build a broader array of translational researchers, such as medical, undergraduate and high school students. It has also developed engaging collaborations with public-private partnerships, as well as individuals and community-based organizations, such as the <a href="https://indianactsi.org/community/monon-collaborative/">Monon Collaborative</a>, which includes <a href="https://indianactsi.org/community/monon-collaborative/wise-indiana/">Wellbeing informed by Science and Evidence (WISE) Indiana</a> and <a href="https://indianactsi.org/news_/research-study-evaluates-healthy-indiana-plan-and-shows-promise-of-monon-collaboratives-community-impact-hubs/">Community Impact Hubs</a>.</p>
<p>Since 2008, Indiana CTSI-supported research has also led to the publication of more than 4,100 scientific papers, including:</p>
<ul>
<li>A drug delivery system to <a href="https://research.nd.edu/news-and-events/news/notre-dame-researchers-backpacks-restore-damaged-stem-cells/">restore damaged stem cells, which could help babies born from complicated pregnancies</a>, led by Notre Dame researchers</li>
<li>A collaborative research project to <a href="https://indianactsi.org/news_/new-research-project-brings-mobile-just-in-time-stress-intervention-to-breast-cancer-survivors/">bring mobile stress interventions to breast cancer survivors</a> led by IU researchers</li>
<li>A microrobot device that <a href="https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2022/Q2/microrobot-device-removes-brain-hemorrhages-due-to-strokes-or-aneurysms.html">removes brain hemorrhages from strokes or aneurysms</a> led by Purdue researchers</li>
<li>A mobile app to <a href="https://indianactsi.org/news_/mobile-app-to-monitor-premature-babies-advances-at-innovation-conference/">monitor premature babies born in both Kenya and Indiana</a> led by IU School of Medicine researchers</li>
</ul>
<p>“As one of the nation's premier research universities, IU has world-class researchers who drive innovation,” IU President Pamela Whitten said. “The Indiana CTSI collaboration will continue to play a pivotal role in transforming and growing our statewide research ecosystem.”</p>
<p>Indiana CTSI leadership has bold goals to transform our statewide research ecosystem over the next seven years, with deliberate attention to diversity and inclusion in partnerships, workforce development and research engagement. These efforts will accelerate innovation and rapidly implement evidence into practice to advance health equity across the state. The institute will also work to harmonize health system data through informatics and develop innovative solutions for effective health care.</p>
<p>“The Indiana CTSI has helped Purdue biomedical engineers test new devices and make bold advancements in clinical and translational research to bring these technologies to patients,” Purdue University President Mung Chiang said. “We look forward to many more years of collaboration with our colleagues at the Indiana CTSI, Indiana University and Notre Dame. And Purdue University is committed to expand the scale and impact of our biomedical and health care discoveries.”</p>
<p>The Indiana CTSI will build on its strengths by expanding community-based efforts such as <a href="https://allinforhealth.info/">All IN for Health</a>, a program to engage the public in research and help them understand its value toward improving health in the state. Other initiatives include improving opportunities for donating specimens to the <a href="https://indianabiobank.org/">Indiana Biobank</a> to facilitate research, focusing on nuanced social issues in research through a bioethical lens, and developing a recruitment concierge service to help researchers enroll diverse participants in their studies.</p>
<p>The Indiana CTSI will also broaden the guest list for the popular <a href="https://indianactsi.org/news-events/podcasts/">Healthcare Triage podcast</a> series to include researchers from IU, Purdue and Notre Dame, showcasing the many areas of expertise of researchers from the statewide collaboration.</p>
<p>Since its founding in 2008, the Indiana CTSI has consistently been among the top five largest NIH research grants at IU School of Medicine—of which Regenstrief Institute is a supporting organization.</p>
<p>“We are committed to the Indiana CTSI and working together to build upon our institutional strengths, leverage our respective unique capabilities, and collaborate to accelerate discoveries relating to health and wellness,” said Rachel E. Patzer, incoming president and CEO of the Regenstrief Institute. “As a society, we invest in health care research with an expectation of the benefits we gain from it. I believe by harnessing the existing strengths of the CTSI and its partners we can improve not only health care, but ultimately the health of patients and populations.”</p>
<p>Contact:</p>
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<p>Notre Dame Research / University of Notre Dame</p>
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<p>The University of Notre Dame is a private research and teaching university inspired by its Catholic mission. Located in South Bend, Indiana, its researchers are advancing human understanding through research, scholarship, education, and creative endeavor in order to be a repository for knowledge and a powerful means for doing good in the world. For more information, please see research.nd.edu or @UNDResearch.</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Brett Beasley</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://research.nd.edu/news-and-events/news/partnership-between-notre-dame-iu-and-purdue-receives-38-million-to-advance-health-research-in-indiana/">research.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">March 20, 2023</span>.</p>Brett Beasleytag:hwi.nd.edu,2005:News/1366252022-01-10T09:30:00-05:002022-01-10T09:43:29-05:00Indiana CTSI offers project development team on structural and social determinants of health<p>The new PDT committee is chaired by the University of Notre Dame’s Nitesh Chawla, the Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and the founding director of the Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society.</p><p>The <a href="https://indianactsi.org/">Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute</a> (CTSI) has launched a <a href="https://indianactsi.org/researchers/services-tools/translational-research-development/pdt/">project development team</a> (PDT) for structural and social determinants of health. The PDT committee is chaired by the University of Notre Dame’s <a href="https://engineering.nd.edu/faculty/nitesh-chawla/">Nitesh Chawla</a>, the Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and the founding director of the <a href="https://lucyinstitute.nd.edu/">Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society</a>.</p>
<p>The structural and social determinants of health is one of eight PDTs available through the Indiana CTSI. The overall goal of the PDT program is to “increase the translation of health sciences research and health care delivery to the people of Indiana and beyond by facilitating an environment that enables the conduct of clinical and translational research.” Through the program, eligible researchers request expert advice to develop their ideas and hypotheses into strong research projects and/or apply for a pilot award of up to $15,000. </p>
<p>“Structural and social determinants of health, including conditions such as our built environment, natural environment, access to resources, socio-economic factors, lifestyle, and behaviors, play a critical role in shaping our health and well-being by providing a critical context about us as individuals and as a society,” said Chawla. “For this PDT, we want to imagine and inspire interdisciplinary and inter-institutional research programs that promote equitable opportunities for good health and well-being among all people by contextualizing and understanding where and how people live, learn, play, work, and age.”</p>
<p>The committee for the structural and social determinants of health PDT consists of multidisciplinary researchers who act as a soundboard to investigators as well as provide access to resources and data while helping them focus their research programs. The committee features 15 experts from Indiana University, IUPUI, Notre Dame, Purdue University, and the <a href="https://www.regenstrief.org">Regenstrief Institute</a>.</p>
<p>“For this PDT we are grateful to have an esteemed list of committee members with expertise in everything from data science to psychology and from sociology to medicine,” said <a href="https://research.nd.edu/about/staff/?service=&division=&name=&unit=&id=jessica-brookshire">Jessica Brookshire</a>, PDT project manager and senior program director of the <a href="https://hwi.nd.edu/about/office-of-clinical-partnerships/">Community Health and Clinical Partnerships at Notre Dame</a>. “This diversity will help create the best collaboration possible for supporting research in this area that addresses more than the symptoms of the problem, but the root of the issue.”</p>
<p>The structural and social determinants of health PDT supports basic, clinical, and translational research that enables a deeper understanding of how social, economic, and environmental contexts shape patterns of health and wellness, including the onset of diseases and disorders, within communities and informs effective treatments and interventions to promote equitable opportunities for good health and well-being.</p>
<p>To learn more or to apply for the PDT program, which accepts applications on a rolling basis, please visit <a href="https://indianactsi.org/researchers/services-tools/translational-research-development/pdt/">https://indianactsi.org/researchers/services-tools/translational-research-development/pdt/</a>.</p>
<p>The Indiana CTSI is a statewide collaboration of Indiana University, Purdue University, and the University of Notre Dame, as well as public and private partnerships. Established in 2008, the Indiana CTSI is supported by a $25 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutions of Health, supplemented by nearly $60 million from the state, the three member universities, and public and private partnerships. The Indiana CTSI is a member of a national network of CTSA-funded organizations across the U.S.</p>
<p>Contact:</p>
<p>Joanne Fahey / Director of Communications</p>
<p>Notre Dame Research / University of Notre Dame</p>
<p><a href="mailto:fahey.17@nd.edu">fahey.17@nd.edu</a> / +1.574.631.9762</p>
<p><a href="https://research.nd.edu/">research.nd.edu</a> / <a href="https://twitter.com/undresearch">@UNDResearch</a></p>
<p>About Notre Dame Research:</p>
<p>The University of Notre Dame is a private research and teaching university inspired by its Catholic mission. Located in South Bend, Indiana, its researchers are advancing human understanding through research, scholarship, education, and creative endeavor in order to be a repository for knowledge and a powerful means for doing good in the world. For more information, please see <a href="https://research.nd.edu/">research.nd.edu</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/undresearch">@UNDResearch</a>.</p>Brandi Wamplertag:hwi.nd.edu,2005:News/1407252021-10-06T16:00:00-04:002021-10-07T15:21:41-04:00Notre Dame researchers receive Indiana CTSI awards to tackle maternal health, mosquito-borne diseases<p>Four faculty members from the University of Notre Dame have received awards from the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute’s (CTSI) Reciprocal Innovation Grants Program.</p><p>Four faculty members from the University of Notre Dame have received awards from the<a href="https://indianactsi.org/"> Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute</a>’s (CTSI) Reciprocal Innovation Grants Program. This Indiana CTSI grant program supports the researchers and their international partners to tackle global health concerns that are also issues for Hoosiers.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://indianactsi.org/researchers/services-tools/global-health/global-health-innovation-exchange-reciprocal-innovation/">Reciprocal Innovation Grants Program</a> offers two types of grants. The demonstration grant supports high impact solutions that provide reciprocal benefit to Indiana and low- to middle-income country partners and the planning grant supports planning and training activities that will lead to applications for various projects. </p>
<p>Notre Dame’s grant recipients are:</p>
<p><a href="https://keough.nd.edu/profile/yenupini-joyce-adams/">Yenupini Joyce Adams</a>, visiting assistant professor of global health at Notre Dame, received the demonstration grant for her research titled, “Focused-PPC: An integrated postpartum care, education, and support model for women in Ghana.”</p>
<p><a href="https://biology.nd.edu/people/neil-f-lobo/">Neil Lobo</a>, research professor of biological sciences at Notre Dame, was awarded a planning grant for his project, “Validation of a scalable and automated mosquito species identification system.”</p>
<p><a href="https://psychology.nd.edu/faculty/laura-miller-graff/">Laura Miller-Graff</a>, associate professor of psychology and peace studies at Notre Dame, and external partners Kathryn Howell and Cecilia Martínez-Torteya received a planning grant for “Addressing the global health burden of intimate partner violence: Establishing partnerships for the Pregnant Moms’ Empowerment Program in Mexico.”</p>
<p><a href="https://kellogg.nd.edu/people/vania-smith-oka">Vania Smith-Oka</a>, associate professor of anthropology at Notre Dame, was awarded a planning grant for her research, “Investigating indications for cesareans: Employing the Robson Classification to address maternal health in Indiana and Mexico.”</p>
<p>Each awardee is affiliated with the <a href="https://globalhealth.nd.edu/">Eck Institute for Global Health</a> (EIGH), which builds on the University’s historical strength in infectious disease research while broadening the scope into areas of expertise like epidemiology, maternal and community health, biochemistry, and more.</p>
<p>“The Indiana CTSI grant program provides important funding for research to bridge the perceived gaps between local and global health issues. This support for research into maternal health and vector-borne diseases is further recognition of how our human interconnectedness provides an opportunity to better address health issues to benefit us all, wherever we might live,” Dr. <a href="https://biology.nd.edu/people/bernard-nahlen/">Bernard Nahlen</a>, director of the EIGH and professor of biological sciences at Notre Dame.</p>
<p>The EIGH is providing supporting funds for each Indiana CTSI Reciprocal Innovation Grant awardee. To learn more about the EIGH, please visit <a href="https://globalhealth.nd.edu/">globalhealth.nd.edu</a>.</p>
<p>The Indiana CTSI is a statewide collaboration of Indiana University, Purdue University, and the University of Notre Dame, as well as public and private partnerships. Established in 2008, the Indiana CTSI is supported by a $25 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutions of Health, supplemented by nearly $60 million from the state, the three member universities, and public and private partnerships. The Indiana CTSI is a member of a national network of CTSA-funded organizations across the U.S.</p>
<p>Contact:</p>
<p>Brandi Wampler / Research Communications Specialist</p>
<p>Notre Dame Research / University of Notre Dame</p>
<p><a href="mailto:brandiwampler@nd.edu">brandiwampler@nd.edu</a> / +1.574.631.8183</p>
<p><a href="https://research.nd.edu/">research.nd.edu</a> / <a href="https://twitter.com/UNDResearch">@UNDResearch</a></p>
<p>About Notre Dame Research:</p>
<p>The University of Notre Dame is a private research and teaching university inspired by its Catholic mission. Located in South Bend, Indiana, its researchers are advancing human understanding through research, scholarship, education, and creative endeavor in order to be a repository for knowledge and a powerful means for doing good in the world. For more information, please see <a href="https://research.nd.edu/">research.nd.edu</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/UNDResearch">@UNDResearch</a>.</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Brandi Wampler</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://globalhealth.nd.edu/news-events/news/notre-dame-researchers-receive-indiana-ctsi-awards-to-tackle-maternal-health-mosquito-borne-diseases/">globalhealth.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">October 06, 2021</span>.</p>Brandi Wamplertag:hwi.nd.edu,2005:News/1366752021-04-06T11:00:00-04:002021-04-06T11:31:40-04:00Notre Dame virtually hosts annual Indiana CTSI retreat<p>The retreat focused on the topic of social and structural determinants of health and featured speakers from Indiana University, IUPUI, Purdue University, and Notre Dame.</p><p>On Wednesday, March 10, 2021, the University of Notre Dame hosted a virtual <a href="https://indianactsi.org/">Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute</a> (CTSI) retreat with over 125 participants. The retreat focused on the topic of social and structural determinants of health and featured speakers from Indiana University, IUPUI, Purdue University, and Notre Dame.</p>
<p>Keynote speaker <a href="https://brownschool.wustl.edu/Faculty-and-Research/Pages/Darrell-Hudson.aspx">Darrell Hudson</a>, associate professor at Brown School of Social Work at Washington University, St. Louis and associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine, discussed how understanding structural and social determinants of health are essential to achieving equity. He also spoke to racial disparity and the importance of considering public policy.</p>
<p><a href="https://fsph.iupui.edu/about/directory/vest-joshua.html">Joshua Vest</a>, professor and vice-chair of health policy and management at Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI, spoke specifically to accessing existing data from healthcare resources and leveraging it for ongoing research programs. </p>
<p>“We were grateful to be able to bring together such an esteemed group of researchers to discuss this important area of focus for the Indiana CTSI: social and structural determinants of health,” said <a href="https://research.nd.edu/about/staff/?service=&division=&name=&unit=&id=melanie-e-deford">Melanie DeFord</a>, assistant vice president for research, as well as deputy director and Access Technology Program liaison for the Indiana CTSI at Notre Dame. “As we look forward to the next chapter of this statewide institute, our goal is to show the ongoing work we have in this area and how we can help make an impact throughout Indiana.”</p>
<p>At the retreat, <a href="https://medicine.iu.edu/faculty/16722/wiehe-sarah">Sarah Wiehe</a>, co-director of the Indiana CTSI, provided an overview of the Indiana CTSI by discussing the resources and programs available from the institute to support researchers across the state and explaining to attendees how to get more involved with the Indiana CTSI through these outlets. </p>
<p>In addition to the 10 speaker presentations, Notre Dame also offered a poster session that touched on three categories – drug development and target identification, bioengineering and device engineering, and applied math, statistics, and data science – and a community voice panel featuring <a href="https://biology.nd.edu/people/heidi-beidinger-burnett/">Heidi Beidinger-Burnett</a>, president of the St. Joseph County Board of Health and Notre Dame liaison to the Indiana CTSI Community Health Partnerships, <a href="https://medicine.iu.edu/faculty/4780/fox-mark">Dr. Mark Fox</a>, deputy health officer for the St. Joseph County Health Department and associate dean at the IU School of Medicine South Bend, Breanca Merritt, chief health equity and ADA officer for the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, and <a href="http://www.mhin.org/about-us/our-team/">Waldo Mikels-Carrasco</a>, director of community and governmental solutions at the Michiana Health Information Network and Indiana Health Information Exchange.</p>
<p>To learn more about the event including exploring speaker bios, watching the event’s recordings, and reading the poster abstracts, please visit <a href="https://hwi.nd.edu/news-events/events/2021/03/10/indiana-ctsi-retreat-at-notre-dame/">https://hwi.nd.edu/news-events/events/2021/03/10/indiana-ctsi-retreat-at-notre-dame/</a>. </p>
<p>Contact:</p>
<p>Brandi Wampler / Research Communications Specialist</p>
<p>Notre Dame Research / University of Notre Dame</p>
<p><a href="mailto:brandiwampler@nd.edu">brandiwampler@nd.edu</a> / +1.574.631.8183</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/UNDResearch">research.nd.edu</a> / <a href="https://twitter.com/undresearch">@UNDResearch</a></p>
<p>About Notre Dame Research:</p>
<p>The University of Notre Dame is a private research and teaching university inspired by its Catholic mission. Located in South Bend, Indiana, its researchers are advancing human understanding through research, scholarship, education, and creative endeavor in order to be a repository for knowledge and a powerful means for doing good in the world. For more information, please see <a href="https://twitter.com/UNDResearch">research.nd.edu</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/undresearch">@UNDResearch</a>.</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Brandi Wampler</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://research.nd.edu/news/notre-dame-virtually-hosts-annual-indiana-ctsi-retreat/">research.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">March 16, 2021</span>.</p>Brandi Wamplertag:hwi.nd.edu,2005:News/1358952021-03-10T09:00:00-05:002021-03-10T09:45:07-05:00Indiana CTSI receives award for 2020 Annual Report<p>The MarCom Awards honor “excellence in marketing and communication while recognizing the creativity, hard work and generosity of industry professionals.”</p><p>The <a href="https://indianactsi.org/">Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute</a> (CTSI) has been recognized by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals with a <a href="https://enter.marcomawards.com/entry/indiana-clinical-and-translational-sciences-institute-ctsi-2020-annual-report/">MarCom Award</a> for their <a href="https://indianactsi.org/about/annualreport/">2020 Annual Report</a>. The MarCom Awards honor “excellence in marketing and communication while recognizing the creativity, hard work and generosity of industry professionals.”</p>
<p>Created by the Indiana CTSI communications team led by Christine Drury, associate director of research communications at the Indiana CTSI and IU School of Medicine, the 2020 Annual Report features several institute highlights. These include the Indiana CTSI’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the progress of the <a href="https://allinforhealth.info/">All IN for Health Program</a>, and research efforts provided by each of the three collaborating research universities that make up the institute: <a href="https://www.iu.edu/index.html">Indiana University</a>, <a href="https://www.purdue.edu/">Purdue University</a>, and the <a href="https://www.nd.edu/">University of Notre Dame</a>. </p>
<p>The MarCom Awards receive about 6,000 nominations for print and digital entries each year from around the world. In addition to Drury, contributors to the 2020 Annual Report from the Indiana CTSI include Research Communications Manager Anna Carrera, Research Communications Intern Jaycie Kemp, and Content and Community Manager Jess West. </p>
<p>To view the Indiana CTSI 2020 Annual Report, please visit <a href="https://indianactsi.org/about/annualreport/">https://indianactsi.org/about/annualreport/</a>. </p>
<p>The Indiana CTSI is a statewide collaboration of Indiana University, Purdue University, and the University of Notre Dame, as well as public and private partnerships. Established in 2008, the Indiana CTSI is supported by a $25 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutions of Health, supplemented by nearly $60 million from the state, the three member universities, and public and private partnerships. The Indiana CTSI is a member of a national network of CTSA-funded organizations across the U.S.</p>
<p>Contact:</p>
<p>Brandi Wampler / Research Communications Specialist</p>
<p>Notre Dame Research / University of Notre Dame</p>
<p><a href="mailto:brandiwampler@nd.edu">brandiwampler@nd.edu</a> / +1.574.631.8183</p>
<p><a href="https://research.nd.edu/">research.nd.edu</a> / <a href="https://twitter.com/UNDResearch">@UNDResearch</a></p>
<p>About Notre Dame Research:</p>
<p>The University of Notre Dame is a private research and teaching university inspired by its Catholic mission. Located in South Bend, Indiana, its researchers are advancing human understanding through research, scholarship, education, and creative endeavor in order to be a repository for knowledge and a powerful means for doing good in the world. For more information, please see <a href="https://research.nd.edu/">research.nd.edu</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/UNDResearch">@UNDResearch</a>.</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Brandi Wampler</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://research.nd.edu/news/indiana-ctsi-receives-award-for-2020-annual-report/">research.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">March 10, 2021</span>.</p>Brandi Wamplertag:hwi.nd.edu,2005:News/1358492021-03-08T14:00:00-05:002021-03-08T14:24:52-05:00Three-part Zoom series, “Neuroscience and (your) Behavior,” to launch in March<p>An online, synchronous three-part series, "Neuroscience and (your) Behavior) will be held on Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on March 18, 25, and April 1, and will be led by <a href="https://biology.nd.edu/people/nancy-michael/" target="_blank">Nancy Michael, associate teaching professor and director of undergraduate studies for Neuroscience and Behavior.</a></p><p>How your brain works has an impact not only on behavior, but also on worldview. Early environments and experiences affect the brain and overall health, research has shown.</p>
<p>“Neuroscience and (your) Behavior: How your experiences shape your brain and your outlook” is the second program in the Notre Dame College of Science’s series of multimedia educational enrichment programs -- called The Science Lab -- for The Alumni Association’s ThinkND.</p>
<p><a href="https://think.nd.edu/registration-science/" target="_blank">The online, synchronous programs</a> will be held on Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on March 18, 25, and April 1, and will be led by <a href="https://biology.nd.edu/people/nancy-michael/" target="_blank">Nancy Michael, associate teaching professor and director of undergraduate studies for Neuroscience and Behavior.</a> </p>
<p>Negative early relationships and stressors wire our brains in physical ways that researchers have determined can lead to diagnoses such as depression, anxiety, addiction, and even cancer, diabetes and heart disease. However, positive experiences can lead to resilience and improved overall health. The study of neuroscience and behavior offers deep insight into understanding our own thinking and how we engage with others. This self awareness can ultimately encourage us to consider our responsibility in meeting others in dignity and solidarity. </p>
<p>Questions about people and behavior led Michael to study neuroscience in graduate school, she said. </p>
<p>“Everything I've learned since has changed how I see and engage with the world around me; the way I teach, parent, talk to the cashier at the store and even care for myself. By developing our understanding of our brains and how experiences shape our brain and behavior, we are offered a deeper understanding of ourselves,” she said.</p>
<p>“From this perspective we can earnestly engage with the Mission our Lady's University of using our education in service to justice no matter our vocational calling.”</p>
<p>Neuroscience and (your) Behavior includes short explainer videos, optional readings, and interactive, one-hour zoom sessions. The program, which launches during Women’s History Month, includes mostly female researchers, including Kristin Valentino, director, William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families and the William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families Professor of Psychology, Elizabeth Archie, associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, and Connie Snyder Mick, director of academic affairs for the Center for Social Concerns and director of the poverty studies minor. </p>
<p>Other guests include Kimberly Green Reeves, of Beacon Health System and director of community health and community benefit, and Martin Teicher, director of the developmental biopsychiatry research program at McLean Hospital and associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.</p>
<p><strong>The sessions are free and open to the public. Please register to participate <a href="https://think.nd.edu/registration-science/">here</a>.</strong></p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Deanna Csomo McCool</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://science.nd.edu/news/three-part-zoom-series-neuroscience-and-your-behavior-to-launch-in-march/">science.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">February 26, 2021</span>.</p>Deanna Csomo McCooltag:hwi.nd.edu,2005:News/1311872020-12-01T15:00:00-05:002020-12-01T16:08:18-05:00Q&A with Catherine Bolten: Making sense of excess deaths during a pandemic<p>Catherine Bolten discusses her research and upcoming presentation for the Health and Well-being Initiative's "COVID-19: What Comes Next?" virtual forum on December 4.</p><p style="margin-bottom:19px; text-align:justify"><em>On Friday, December 4, 2020, the University of Notre Dame’s <a href="https://hwi.nd.edu/">Community Health and Clinical Partnerships</a> is hosting the “COVID-19: What Comes Next” virtual forum. Open to the public, this event will feature speakers addressing four topics including women's health, infrastructure, education, and social underpinnings. In this Q&A, <a href="https://anthropology.nd.edu/faculty-and-staff/faculty-by-alpha/catherine-bolten/">Catherine Bolten</a>, associate professor of anthropology and peace studies, discusses her research and upcoming presentation. To register for the virtual forum, please click <a href="https://notredame.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kdeusrjIuHdKNBmjOrrRAKs3yZY5T7q6X">here</a>.</em></p>
<p><strong>1. What issues or questions led you to participate in the “COVID-19: What Comes Next?” forum?</strong></p>
<p>As a cultural anthropologist whose focus is on structural violence - forms of suffering that are rendered invisible and potentially normalized by policy and popular narratives - I have been alarmed by the myopic view of COVID-19 that has been created by an overwhelming focus on the number of people who have been infected and died. Though numbers are telling, they have become the rubric for the toll of COVID to the exclusion of all other kinds of suffering, morbidity, and death that have been generated by the pandemic. Beyond the fact that we only have numbers for those people who have been verified through testing to have the disease, these numbers - and the tight focus on them - conceals more than it reveals. In my proposed project, “Because of COVID,” I aim to uncover the hidden toll of the disease on our social world. </p>
<p><strong>2. Can you provide a summary of your presentation, “Because of COVID: Making Sense of Excess Deaths During a Pandemic.”</strong></p>
<p>The idea of looking into the hidden toll of COVID stems from my work on Ebola in Sierra Leone, where the focus on Ebola deaths overwhelmed the fact that more people died from preventable or treatable causes, such as malaria and complications of pregnancy, than from Ebola simply because the medical system was overwhelmed. They never “counted” as Ebola deaths, but by some estimates over 100,000 people died in West Africa as a result of the Ebola epidemic. Stemming from this, my questions are:</p>
<ol>
<li>How has the COVID epidemic impacted the health and well-being of the most marginal members of our community, such as the homeless, uninsured, undocumented, and unemployed?</li>
<li>What forms of suffering have been deemed acceptable at this time as people have been triaged out of the hospital system because of COVID, who would otherwise receive care? </li>
</ol>
<p>My plan is to start the research in the South Bend community, with potential to replicate it in other locations in the future.</p>
<p><strong>3. How do you think the greater community can help you diagnose and understand the vulnerabilities that were exposed in our healthcare system because of the pandemic? </strong></p>
<p>Organizations such as La Casa de Amistad and the Center for the Homeless can help me shed light on how the most marginalized members of our community have navigated the pandemic. Through their networks, my research assistant, Gabriel Ramos, an undergraduate in the Department in Anthropology, and I can generate more concrete lines of inquiry with respect to the invisibilized suffering that has been generated by lockdowns, business closures, and a contraction of “non-essential” services.</p>
<p><strong>4. How do you think the virtual forum can further support scholarship or collaboration on this topic?</strong></p>
<p>I am excited to find more local organizations that can shed light on these questions, as I think this project has the potential to reveal the previously hidden forms of structural violence that were normalized and considered acceptable before the pandemic. Because the focus has been so squarely on keeping middle-class people at home, getting take-out, and helping their kids with e-learning, the lives and plights of those who do not have these luxuries has been ignored.</p>
<p><strong>5. What will be the next steps in this work after the forum for the community and/or research?</strong></p>
<p>Gabriel and I will be working to connect with community organizations who can help us develop a concrete research design. We are eager to begin interviewing people in the new year.</p>
<p><em>Bolten is a concurrent associate professor in the <a href="https://africana.nd.edu/">Department of Africana Studies</a>. She is also the director of doctoral studies for the <a href="https://kroc.nd.edu/">Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies</a>, a fellow in the <a href="https://kellogg.nd.edu/">Kellogg Institute for International Studies</a>, and an affiliated faculty member of the <a href="https://globalhealth.nd.edu/">Eck Institute for Global Health</a>. She will present during the “COVID-19: What Comes Next” virtual forum on Friday, December 4, 2020, between 12:30-1:30 p.m. View the full forum schedule of speakers and other details at <a href="https://hwi.nd.edu/news-events/events/2020/12/04/covid-19-what-comes-next-forum">hwi.nd.edu/news-events/events/2020/12/04/covid-19-what-comes-next-forum</a>. </em></p>
<p>Contact:</p>
<p>Joanne Fahey / Director of Communications</p>
<p>Notre Dame Research / University of Notre Dame</p>
<p><a href="mailto:fahey.17@nd.edu">fahey.17@nd.edu</a> / +1.574.631.9762</p>
<p><a href="https://research.nd.edu/">research.nd.edu</a> / <a href="https://twitter.com/UNDResearch">@UNDResearch</a></p>
<p>About Notre Dame Research:</p>
<p>The University of Notre Dame is a private research and teaching university inspired by its Catholic mission. Located in South Bend, Indiana, its researchers are advancing human understanding through research, scholarship, education, and creative endeavor in order to be a repository for knowledge and a powerful means for doing good in the world. For more information, please see <a href="https://research.nd.edu/">research.nd.edu</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/UNDResearch">@UNDResearch</a>.</p>Brandi Wamplertag:hwi.nd.edu,2005:News/1308382020-11-12T14:00:00-05:002020-11-12T14:39:26-05:00Q&A with Tracy Kijewski-Correa: The lasting impact the pandemic will have on infrastructure, design, and society<p>Tracy Kijewski-Correa discusses her research and upcoming presentation for the Health and Well-being Initiative's "COVID-19: What Comes Next?" virtual forum on December 4.</p><p><em>On Friday, December 4, 2020, the University of Notre Dame’s <a href="https://hwi.nd.edu/">Community Health and Clinical Partnerships</a> is hosting the “COVID-19: What Comes Next” virtual forum. Open to the public, this event will feature speakers addressing four topics including women's health, infrastructure, education, and social underpinnings. In this Q&A, <a href="https://engineering.nd.edu/faculty/tracy-kijewski-correa/">Tracy Kijewski-Correa</a>, Leo E. and Patti Ruth Linbeck Collegiate Chair and associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences and associate professor of global affairs, discusses her research and upcoming presentation. To register for the virtual forum, please click <a href="https://notredame.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kdeusrjIuHdKNBmjOrrRAKs3yZY5T7q6X">here</a>.</em></p>
<p><strong>1. What issues or questions led you to participate in the “COVID-19: What Comes Next” virtual forum?</strong></p>
<p>The ongoing COVID-19 crisis continues to expose both superficial and fundamental fractures in the links that connect our built environment to the health and welfare of our communities. While there may be a tendency to characterize COVID-19 as exclusively a public health issue, the built environment (and the engineered systems that link its elements) has both mitigated and exacerbated the pace of COVID-19’s march around the globe, calling into question the role of engineering in the mitigation of pandemics. In short, if we are not careful, our “designed” physical proximity—achieved through highly spatially (and economically) efficient workplaces and similar facilities—could literally kill us. As an engineer who took an oath (Code of Ethics for Engineers) to protect the public with my designs, the pandemic has just raised the bar to new levels. </p>
<p><strong>2. Please provide a summary of your presentation, “Joint Hazard Mitigation in the Era of COVID-19: Implications for Design and Operation of the Built Environment."</strong></p>
<p>A properly designed built environment is critical to mitigating a highly contagious virus. Unfortunately, our current buildings were never designed for such functions. In fact, the assumptions and operating conditions we initially assumed in their design have been completely upended by COVID-19, demanding that we critically reexamine our approach to building design. This is largely the result of our adoption of a centralized infrastructure, which efficiently delivers important societal services through a limited number of critical facilities with specific functions. While effective from the perspective of cost and risk mitigation, these systems are not redundant, flexible, or accommodating of the most vulnerable populations in our society. With further evidence that this pandemic will not only persist, but be the first of many, we must now factor this into the way we design, construct, and operate our built environment. This presentation will explore some of the dilemmas we are facing in that process: </p>
<ol>
<li>With most of the nation’s education and livelihoods now operating out of private residences never designed for these functions, how can we better design our homes for this new normal? </li>
<li>Given their newfound criticality, how can we deliver more resilient homes to minimize displacement in disasters like hurricanes and avoid compound risks of mass evacuations during a pandemic? </li>
<li>How can we call for a more human-centered approach to design of facilities, like nursing homes, that holistically considers the vulnerability of its occupants? </li>
<li>With industry trends suggesting potentially permanent virtual workforces, how will we repurpose our cities for this new reality where entirely new modes of work may leave our buildings obsolete? </li>
</ol>
<p><strong>3. What do you think is the role of the greater community in adapting the built environment in preventing the transmission of COVID-19? </strong></p>
<p>The built environment is nested within a wider system of societal services and systems—it both depends upon and enables the delivery of those services. Thus, any adaptation of the built environment will require adaptation of those services and systems. This affects everything from how we finance this adaptation, how we adjust our regulatory environment to enable this adaptation, and how we encourage innovation and creativity to drive this adaptation — all systems of government, private sector, and other agencies associated with architecture, engineering, and construction must be agile. Most importantly, we must find ways to do this cost-effectively and in a way that incentivizes the consumer (those who will live and work in these buildings) to be willing to invest in making these adaptations.</p>
<p><strong>4. How do you think the virtual forum can further support scholarship or collaboration on this topic?</strong></p>
<p>If the pandemic has taught us anything, it has emphasized how complex, interconnected, and, thus, interdependent our society is. This pandemic will not be addressed solely through a public health response, as it affects and is in turn affected by all other sectors of society, including my sector of the built environment. The pandemic has also taught us how woefully inadequate our society’s various services and systems were for a challenge like this. It revealed inequities, inefficiencies, and vulnerabilities in so many institutions and essential services. Thus, it is essential that our response be holistic and interdisciplinary—it is my hope the virtual forum sets that tone, engaging other scholars in different fields examining specific aspects of the problem, so we all can gain new perspectives that will push our work forward in more holistic ways. I further hope it will spur some collaborations as others hear of the issues my project is examining and volunteer their expertise or networks in support of this work.</p>
<p><strong>5. What will be the next steps in this work after the forum for the community and/or research?</strong></p>
<p>With our funding from the National Science Foundation, we are currently engaged in a two-year project to develop and disseminate an empirically-grounded research framework for the investigation of the impacts of pandemic joint hazards on society, with particular emphasis on the role of engineered structures and services in mitigating those impacts. The framework will be used as a platform for convening researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and thought leaders around this topic to re-conceptualize our current design process to deliver a more equitable, functional, and safer built environment. The learnings from these discussions will culminate in a research agenda that we will promote within professional associations, federal agencies, and the scholarly community to ensure we have the research infrastructure ready to respond to a future that is likely to be marked by highly disruptive pandemics jointly occurring with other hazards.</p>
<p><em>Kijewski-Correa is the co-director of the <a href="https://keough.nd.edu/master-of-global-affairs/integration-lab/">Integration Lab</a> and associated with Notre Dame’s <a href="https://environmentalchange.nd.edu/">Environmental Change Initiative</a> and the <a href="https://realestate.nd.edu/">Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate</a>. She will present during the “COVID-19: What Comes Next” virtual forum on Friday, December 4, 2020, between 10-10:45 a.m. View the full forum schedule of speakers and other details at <a href="https://hwi.nd.edu/news-events/events/2020/12/04/covid-19-what-comes-next-forum">hwi.nd.edu/news-events/events/2020/12/04/covid-19-what-comes-next-forum</a>. </em></p>
<p>Contact:</p>
<p>Brandi Wampler / Research Communications Specialist</p>
<p>Notre Dame Research / University of Notre Dame</p>
<p><a href="mailto:brandiwampler@nd.edu">brandiwampler@nd.edu</a> / +1.574.631.8183</p>
<p><a href="https://research.nd.edu/">research.nd.edu</a> / <a href="https://twitter.com/UNDResearch">@UNDResearch</a></p>
<p>About Notre Dame Research:</p>
<p>The University of Notre Dame is a private research and teaching university inspired by its Catholic mission. Located in South Bend, Indiana, its researchers are advancing human understanding through research, scholarship, education, and creative endeavor in order to be a repository for knowledge and a powerful means for doing good in the world. For more information, please see <a href="https://research.nd.edu/">research.nd.edu</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/UNDResearch">@UNDResearch</a>.<br>
</p>Brandi Wamplertag:hwi.nd.edu,2005:News/1306662020-11-06T12:00:00-05:002020-11-11T08:46:22-05:00Q&A with Kathleen Sobiech: Building support for women’s health during the COVID-19 pandemic<p>Kathleen Sobiech discusses her research and upcoming presentation for the Health and Well-being Initiative's "COVID-19: What Comes Next?" virtual forum on December 4.</p><p><em>On Friday, December 4, 2020, the University of Notre Dame’s <a href="https://hwi.nd.edu/">Community Health and Clinical Partnerships</a> is hosting the <a href="https://hwi.nd.edu/news-events/events/2020/12/04/covid-19-what-comes-next-forum/">“COVID-19: What Comes Next” virtual forum</a>. Open to the public, this event will feature speakers addressing four topics including women's health, infrastructure, learning, and social underpinnings. In this Q&A, Kathleen Sobiech, adjunct assistant teaching professor in the <a href="https://globalhealth.nd.edu/education-training/masters/">Masters of Science in Global Health</a> (MSGH) Program, discusses her research and upcoming presentation. If you would like to register for the virtual forum, please click <a href="https://notredame.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kdeusrjIuHdKNBmjOrrRAKs3yZY5T7q6X">here</a>.</em></p>
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<figcaption>Kathleen Sobiech</figcaption>
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<p><strong>What issues or questions led you to participate in the “COVID-19: What Comes Next?” forum? </strong></p>
<p>Chrissy Jewett (MSGH 2019) and I are interested in conversations regarding the COVID-19 mitigation and recovery process to bring attention to the unique motivation, skills, and services of doulas, which aim to address known weaknesses in the US healthcare system, including racial disparities [1]. We were drawn to present at the forum based on a recent qualitative study which asked: (1) what professional motivation, skills, and services do the doulas describe as important for supporting pregnant and laboring women during the antenatal and postpartum periods? and (2) what adaptations in skills and services were important to the doulas in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic? </p>
<p><strong>Can you tell us more about the research you will present during the forum?</strong></p>
<p>The unique motivation, skills, and services of doulas offer a mechanism to address known weaknesses in the US healthcare system, including racial disparities. However, COVID-19 has affected doulas’ ability to support women in preventing and mitigating trauma and negotiating shared decision-making due to their “non-essential” status in the clinical setting. The pandemic highlighted the need for further understanding on the part of the healthcare workforce of the doulas’ role, which may result from more formal standardization of the doula profession and provide wider access to their services.</p>
<p><strong>What do you think have been the biggest challenges for pregnant, birthing, and postpartum women to overcome during the pandemic? What about for women in Indiana and St. Joseph County, which have comparatively high mortality rates?</strong></p>
<p>Our findings are consistent with a recent position paper by Ellmann (2020), which highlights the disparities in maternal health care options and services for minority women [2]. The inequities in the US healthcare system and the intersection with society’s failure to address pervasive systemic racism have been brought into sharp relief by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected Black and Brown populations at a disparate rate and significantly increased the maternal mortality risk for Black women from just 6 months ago [3]. We can assume that these stressors have been confounded by the rules to limit visitors during labor and delivery and increased anxiety due to fear of infection. </p>
<p><strong>How do you think the virtual forum can support scholarship or collaboration on this topic?</strong></p>
<p>Understanding of the doulas’ role by clinicians and professionalization of the practice may allow for wider access to the unique skills and services provided by doulas. For the next phase of our research, we will interview hospital administration, physicians, and/or labor nurses to explore their views about and experiences with doulas in the clinical setting. We would like the opportunity to hear feedback from forum participants, especially community stakeholders, about our line of inquiry and recruitment strategy. </p>
<p><strong>What will be the next steps in this work after the forum for the community and/or research?</strong></p>
<p>A graduate student from the Eck Institute for Global Health will conduct a follow-up study to explore healthcare worker views of and experiences with doulas. </p>
<p>REFERENCES</p>
<ol>
<li>1. Jewett et al. (2020). Providing Emotional Support and Physical Comfort During a Time of Social Distancing: A Thematic Analysis of Doulas' Experiences During the Coronavirus Pandemic. </li>
<li>2. Ellman N. Community-based doulas and midwives key to addressing the U.S. maternal health crisis. Center for American Progress. 2020.</li>
<li>3. Raman S. COVID-19 amplifies racial disparities in maternal health. CQ Roll Call. May 14, 2020. Available from: https://www.rollcall.com/2020/05/14/covid-19-amplifies-racial-disparities-in-maternal-health/.</li>
</ol>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><em style="font-style:italic">Sobiech will present during the “COVID-19: What Comes Next” virtual forum on Friday, December 4, 2020 between 9:10-9:55 a.m. View the full forum schedule of speakers and other details at </em></span><a href="https://hwi.nd.edu/news-events/events/2020/12/04/covid-19-what-comes-next-forum/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><em style="font-style:italic"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">hwi.nd.edu/news-events/events/2020/12/04/covid-19-what-comes-next-forum</span></span></em></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><em style="font-style:italic">.</em></span></p>
<p>Contact:</p>
<p>Brandi Wampler / Research Communications Specialist</p>
<p>Notre Dame Research / University of Notre Dame</p>
<p><a href="mailto:brandiwampler@nd.edu">brandiwampler@nd.edu</a> / +1.574.631.8183</p>
<p><a href="https://research.nd.edu/">research.nd.edu</a> / <a href="https://twitter.com/UNDResearch">@UNDResearch</a></p>
<p>About Notre Dame Research:</p>
<p>The University of Notre Dame is a private research and teaching university inspired by its Catholic mission. Located in South Bend, Indiana, its researchers are advancing human understanding through research, scholarship, education, and creative endeavor in order to be a repository for knowledge and a powerful means for doing good in the world. For more information, please see <a href="https://research.nd.edu/">research.nd.edu</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/UNDResearch">@UNDResearch</a>.</p>Brandi Wamplertag:hwi.nd.edu,2005:News/1291312020-09-17T11:00:00-04:002020-10-20T11:54:49-04:00Understanding the Pandemic - 10 week series<p style="text-align:start"><strong>Press Release:</strong></p> <p style="text-align:start"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><strong>Understanding</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span>…</p><p style="text-align:start"><strong>Press Release:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:start"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><strong>Understanding the pandemic: 10-week series will break down the COVID-19 outbreak for the lay person</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:start"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial">The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted everyone in some way, but many people may not fully understand how the virus is spreading, the impact it’s having on communities or the effort to track and contain the spread. A symposium hosted by the Indiana Pandemic Information Collaborative (IPIC) aims to answer those questions for the general public.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:start"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial">The 10-week virtual series will provide insight into a variety of topics about the COVID-19 outbreak specifically geared toward the average person who does not have a background in medicine or public health. Classes cover topics such as how vaccines are developed, why the virus has been so hard to track and contain, effectiveness of masks, and what needs to be done to prepare for the next outbreak. Each session will be taught by experts in the field.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:start"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial">A lay person’s guide to COVID-19 begins October 8. Sessions will occur virtually each Thursday from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Below are the topics for each date.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<ul style="font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; white-space:normal" type="disc">
<li class="m_-4668358232270172591">Oct. 8 – The layperson’s guide to COVID-19: The evolution, the symptoms and prevention</li>
<li class="m_-4668358232270172591">Oct. 15 – The layperson’s guide to immune response and vaccination: Antibodies, DNA, immunity and more</li>
<li class="m_-4668358232270172591">Oct. 22 – The layperson’s guide to measuring the spread: How Indiana measured the prevalence of COVID-19 across the entire state</li>
<li class="m_-4668358232270172591">Oct. 29 – The layperson’s guide to hospitals, pop-up testing and health information exchange: How to prepare for a pandemic</li>
<li class="m_-4668358232270172591">Nov. 5 – The layperson’s guide to engaging the community: COVID-19 and its impact on minority communities</li>
<li class="m_-4668358232270172591">Nov. 12 – The layperson’s guide to dashboarding: How data is translated into predictions and why the virus has been so hard to track and contain</li>
<li class="m_-4668358232270172591">Nov. 19 – The layperson’s guide to interpreting models: Why coronavirus spread can't be tracked like track a hurricane</li>
<li class="m_-4668358232270172591">Dec. 3 – The layperson’s guide to national collaborations: How organizations across the country are combining resources to address the pandemic</li>
<li class="m_-4668358232270172591">Dec. 10 – The layperson’s guide to schools and COVID-19: How reopening schools has impacted the spread</li>
<li class="m_-4668358232270172591">Dec. 17 – Future Directions: How should to prepare for the next pandemic</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align:start"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial">Participants can choose to attend any or all of the symposia.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:start"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://iu.zoom.us/webinar/register/7315985606903/WN_fF7HYmG6SK-gS-V4QkOmIA&source=gmail&ust=1600432388837000&usg=AFQjCNEYrUl5tPHXWa8LpHCwkElUnotBHg" href="https://iu.zoom.us/webinar/register/7315985606903/WN_fF7HYmG6SK-gS-V4QkOmIA" target="_blank">Click here</a> to register.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:start"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial">The education series is being organized by the Indiana Pandemic Information Collaborative (IPIC), a statewide network of organizations working together to address the pandemic. The main goal of this initiative is to create a single location for data related to the COVID-19 outbreak, allowing experts to spend less time searching and collecting the data and more time using it to create solutions. IPIC is led by Regenstrief President and Chief Executive Officer Peter Embí, M.D., M.S., and includes academic institutions, government agencies, health systems and private partners.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:start"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial">To watch the sessions later, visit <a href="https://iu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/channel/channelid/186152273">here</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_-4668358232270172591MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:start"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><strong>About Regenstrief Institute</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_-4668358232270172591MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:start"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial">Founded in 1969 in Indianapolis, the Regenstrief Institute is a local, national and global leader dedicated to a world where better information empowers people to end disease and realize true health. A key research partner to Indiana University, Regenstrief and its research scientists are responsible for a growing number of major healthcare innovations and studies. Examples range from the development of global health information technology standards that enable the use and interoperability of electronic health records to improving patient-physician communications, to creating models of care that inform practice and improve the lives of patients around the globe.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:start"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial">Regenstrief Institute is celebrating <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.regenstrief.org/fifty/&source=gmail&ust=1600432388838000&usg=AFQjCNESnU-PaMmQgLcoHOsSl-D_4hWjuA" href="https://www.regenstrief.org/fifty/" target="_blank">50 years</a> of healthcare innovation. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.regenstrief.org/about-us/our-history/our-founder/&source=gmail&ust=1600432388838000&usg=AFQjCNFsBfX1Q_Q82K4cNASB4W6fq12D2g" href="https://www.regenstrief.org/about-us/our-history/our-founder/" target="_blank">Sam Regenstrief</a>, a successful entrepreneur from Connersville, Indiana, founded the institute with the goal of making healthcare more efficient and accessible for everyone. His vision continues to guide the institute’s research mission.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<div class="ajU yj6qo" style="margin-top:2px; padding:10px 0px; text-align:start; width:22px"> </div>Indiana Pandemic Information Collaborative (IPIC)tag:hwi.nd.edu,2005:News/1266282020-06-15T15:15:00-04:002020-06-15T15:16:07-04:00Researchers across Indiana come together to combat COVID-19<p>On Wednesday, June 10, 2020 researchers and stakeholders from universities and institutions from around the state participated in the virtual Indiana-wide COVID-19 Research Networking Event. </p><p>On Wednesday, June 10, 2020 researchers and stakeholders from universities and institutions from around the state participated in the virtual <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://indianactsi.org/event/indiana-wide-covid-19-research-networking-event&sa=D&ust=1592677884079000&usg=AOvVaw07o3_XidY3-F0sLJ213rUI">Indiana-wide COVID-19 Research Networking Event</a>. </p>
<p>Hosted by the <a href="https://indianactsi.org/">Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute</a> (Indiana CTSI), <a href="https://indianactsi.org/community/monon-collaborative/wise-indiana/">Wellbeing Informed by Science and Evidence in Indiana</a> (WISE Indiana), and the <a href="https://www.pandemiccollaborative.org/initiatives.html">Indiana Pandemic Information Collaborative</a> (IPIC), the event brought together more than 250 attendees from Indiana University, Purdue University, the University of Notre Dame, and other institutions to discuss ongoing research to combat COVID-19 as well as to establish priority areas and opportunities for cross-institutional collaboration. </p>
<p>“We are proud to be able to facilitate partnerships among researchers across the state who are already doing such great COVID-related work,” said <a href="https://medicine.iu.edu/faculty/16722/wiehe-sarah">Dr. Sarah Wiehe</a>, the Indiana CTSI leader of WISE Indiana. “This was a unique opportunity to facilitate an interactive and timely conversation, which we anticipate laid the groundwork for future collaborations.”</p>
<p>The virtual networking event featured presentations from research leaders at each university. Each provided updates on the current state of coronavirus research projects and funding at their respective institutions. WISE Indiana showcased their <a href="https://indianactsi.org/community/monon-collaborative/covid-19/">COVID Daily Digest newsletter</a>, which was developed to provide quick access to relevant and emerging evidence-based coronavirus information on a daily basis. Additionally, two different breakout sessions were offered to foster discussions about ongoing COVID-19 studies with researchers spanning disciplines from business and law to policy and health.</p>
<p>In discussing the event, <a href="https://research.nd.edu/about/staff/?service=&division=&name=&unit=&id=jessica-brookshire">Jessica Brookshire</a>, senior program director of the <a href="https://research.nd.edu/our-services/clinical-partnerships/">Community Health and Clinical Partnerships</a> at Notre Dame and member of the Indiana CTSI Internal Advisory Team for WISE Indiana, said, “With the ongoing pandemic, it was encouraging to see these research universities and partners come together to discuss potential collaboration for combatting the ongoing pandemic. This is especially fitting as Notre Dame’s new Community Health and Clinical Partnerships aims to facilitate the exchange of ideas and resources with external partners and the community to establish new working relationships across the full spectrum of health.”</p>
<p>The Indiana CTSI is a statewide collaboration of Indiana University, Purdue University, and the University of Notre Dame, as well as public and private partnerships. Established in 2008, the Indiana CTSI is supported by a $25 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) of the National Institutions of Health, supplemented by nearly $60 million from the state, the three member universities, and public and private partnerships. The Indiana CTSI is a member of a national network of CTSA-funded organizations across the US.</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Brandi Wampler</span> at <span class="rel-source">"research.nd.edu":https://research.nd.edu/news/researchers-across-indiana-come-together-to-combat-covid-19/</span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">June 15, 2020</span>.</p>Brandi Wamplertag:hwi.nd.edu,2005:News/1254292020-05-05T09:00:00-04:002020-05-05T09:27:54-04:00Task force aims for coordinated response to outside requests for help with coronavirus<figure class="image-right"><img alt="Bj 3" src="https://ndworks.nd.edu/assets/386807/bj_3.27.20_covid19_829.jpg"> <figcaption>Professor Matt Leevy and Tony Van Avermaete assemble 3D printed face shields in the<br> Innovation Lab at the <span class="caps">IDEA</span> Center. Meanwhile, pictured at the</figcaption>…</figure><figure class="image-right"><img alt="Bj 3" src="https://ndworks.nd.edu/assets/386807/bj_3.27.20_covid19_829.jpg">
<figcaption>Professor Matt Leevy and Tony Van Avermaete assemble 3D printed face shields in the<br>
Innovation Lab at the <span class="caps">IDEA</span> Center. Meanwhile, pictured at the top of the page, workers<br>
from the St. Joseph County Department of Health unload boxes of donated protective<br>
gear from Notre Dame at the County City Building in South Bend. The supplies were<br>
distributed to health care facilities in the community. (Photos by Barbara Johnston/<br>
University of Notre Dame)</figcaption>
</figure>
<p style="margin-bottom:16px; margin-top:16px; text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">As a respected source of advice and support on topics related to science, engineering and public health, University of Notre Dame faculty and staff have responded to dozens of requests for assistance with the coronavirus at the local, state and national levels since the start of the outbreak in January.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px; text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Recognizing a need to track and respond to such requests in an orderly manner, faculty and staff from multiple departments, colleges, schools, centers and institutes recently established the <a href="https://hwi.nd.edu/task-forces/covid-19-response-coordination-task-force/"><span class="caps">COVID</span>-19 Response Coordination Task Force</a>.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px; text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Led by <a href="https://research.nd.edu/staff/jessica-brookshire/"><strong>Jessica Brookshire</strong></a>, senior program director in the <a href="https://research.nd.edu/our-services/clinical-partnerships/">Community Health and Clinical Partnerships</a> at <a href="https://research.nd.edu/">Notre Dame Research</a> (<span class="caps">NDR</span>), the task force serves as a focal point for the collection, classification and distribution of requests for assistance with research, testing and other response activities, as well as general questions around the virus.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px; text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">In addition, the task force coordinates with other schools around the state, including Indiana University and Purdue University, to avoid duplication of efforts around common response activities, and acts as a conduit for the sharing of coronavirus-related information between Notre Dame and state and local health organizations, including the St. Joseph County Health Department and St. Joseph County Unified Command.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px; text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">“The rapid pace of the evolving coronavirus crisis has resulted in numerous requests to the University for advice, assistance and support,” Brookshire said. “The <span class="caps">COVID</span>-19 Response Coordination Task Force is a critical resource for handling such requests in a way that avoids confusion and duplication of efforts, not only on campus, but within the broader community.”</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px; text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">In addition to Brookshire, the task force includes faculty and staff from <span class="caps">NDR</span>, the <a href="https://engineering.nd.edu/">College of Engineering</a>, the <a href="https://ideacenter.nd.edu/"><span class="caps">IDEA</span> Center</a>, the <a href="https://civicinnovation.nd.edu/">Center for Civic Innovation</a>, the <a href="https://budget.nd.edu/">Office of Budget and Planning</a>, the <a href="https://opac.nd.edu/">Office of Public Affairs and Communications</a>, the <a href="https://leo.nd.edu/">Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunity</a>, <a href="https://emergency.nd.edu/emergency-planning/">Emergency Management</a> and the <a href="https://provost.nd.edu/">Office of the Provost</a>.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px; text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><a href="https://research.nd.edu/staff/robert-j-bernhard/"><strong>Robert Bernhard</strong></a>, vice president of research at Notre Dame, organized the group.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px; text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">“A crisis such as the coronavirus pandemic requires a coordinated response. Notre Dame has a very wide variety of potential resources to contribute, but navigating the University can be a challenge,” Bernhard said. “The <span class="caps">COVID</span>-19 Response Coordination Task Force is intended to serve as a critical resource in this regard, helping to identify and coordinate resources and direct requests for assistance to the right places.”</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px; text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Already, the task force has:</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px; text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">• Helped coordinate the procurement of <a href="https://news.nd.edu/news/notre-dame-research-procures-personal-protective-equipment-for-county-coronavirus-response/">personal protective equipment</a> for local health care workers with <span class="caps">NDR</span>.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px; text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">• Helped coordinate the <a href="https://news.nd.edu/news/notre-dame-donates-3d-printed-face-shields-to-medical-outlets-in-need/">3D printing of face shields</a> for local health care workers with the <span class="caps">IDEA</span> Center.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px; text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">• Helped produce and distribute a public service announcement for the county health department with Marketing Communications.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px; text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Members are currently assessing or pursuing opportunities around research and testing, disinfection, sterilization, contact tracing, data analysis, 3D printing and food security, among other critical topics.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">For more information or to share a question, suggestion or opportunity with the task force, visit the <a href="https://hwi.nd.edu/task-forces/covid-19-response-coordination-task-force/">task force website</a> </span></span><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">or <a href="mailto:jbrooksh@nd.edu?subject=COVID-19%20Response%20Coordination%20Task%20Force">email Jessica Brookshire</a>.</span></span></p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Erin Blasko</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://ndworks.nd.edu/news/task-force-aims-for-coordinated-response-to-outside-requests-for-help-with-coronavirus/">ndworks.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">April 30, 2020</span>.</p>Erin Blaskotag:hwi.nd.edu,2005:News/1251762020-04-27T12:40:00-04:002020-04-27T13:20:07-04:00Notre Dame’s Health and Well-being Initiative makes strides against healthcare concerns<p>Faculty from the University of Notre Dame have completed more than a year of research funded through the Health and Well-being Initiative’s Catalyst Seed Grant Program.</p><p>Faculty from the University of Notre Dame have completed more than a year of research funded through the <a href="https://hwi.nd.edu/">Community Health and Clinical Partnerships</a>’s <a href="https://hwi.nd.edu/funding/">Catalyst Seed Grant Program</a>. The award program asked researchers in all disciplines to explore creative and diverse research opportunities in the science of wellness that have strong and near-term potential to develop into larger, externally funded research programs.</p>
<p>Five research teams were awarded funding that tackled various topics. The progress of those programs are as follows:</p>
<p> </p>
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<a href="https://mendoza.nd.edu/mendoza-directory/profile/?slug=corey-angst">Corey Angst</a>, professor in the Department of IT, Analytics, and Operations, is leading a research team to identify the blind spots involved in the collection and use of healthcare data. The team is working to understand how both situational and individual factors may impact the ethicality of informed consent, with the goal of providing an understanding of how, why, and when people might disagree so that policy disagreements can be better understood, addressed, and reconciled. The researchers recently found that people’s ratings of the ethicality of data-use statements depend on situational factors, such as the frame of reference from which they view the information, including demographics and ideological orientation.</li>
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<a href="https://chemistry.nd.edu/people/matthew-champion/">Matthew Champion</a>, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and his research group are working to isolate specific microbiome components that are essential for drug-derived obesity and microbiome improvement. The researchers have gathered preliminary data important for improving the density of data needed for a deep-genome analysis, developed a process for separating bacteriophage samples from wastewater, and are now working on real-time genome sequencing tools. The research has led to two papers while the data has supported two new applications for funding. The project is in collaboration with the Kirby Lab at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and the research groups of <a href="https://chemistry.nd.edu/people/norman-dovichi/">Norm Dovichi</a>, Grace-Rupley Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and <a href="https://engineering.nd.edu/profiles/kbibby">Kyle Bibby</a>, associate professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, at Notre Dame.</li>
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<a href="https://biology.nd.edu/people/ana-lidia-flores-mireles/">Ana Lidia Flores-Mireles</a>, Hawk Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, and her research team are developing urinary catheters that reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections. The researchers aimed to develop novel silicone catheters with a special coating that has minimal inflammatory responses and evaluate the ability of the new catheter to reduce the potential infections. Initial results demonstrated potential to reduce catheter-associated infections, but there is a need to further develop the technique used to coat the catheter with the silicone-based material. With the preliminary data gathered from the research, the team plans to apply for additional funding for the project. </li>
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<a href="https://engineering.nd.edu/profiles/dhanjaya-putra">Donny Hanjaya-Putra</a>, assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, is leading an interdisciplinary team that is analyzing umbilical cord blood and its progenitor cells with the goal of predicting future health risk of children. Using the stem and progenitor cells isolated from cord blood, the researchers discovered that children born from mothers with gestational diabetes were more likely to develop metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, and type-2 diabetes. Working with collaborators at the Indiana School of Medicine, they are also testing a microfluidic chip to detect biomarkers in progenitor cells and plasma samples, and then comparing the results with ongoing clinical trials. This research has led to the development of two papers and new grant proposals.</li>
<li>Professors <a href="https://psychology.nd.edu/faculty/cindy-s-bergeman/">Cindy Bergeman</a>, <a href="https://psychology.nd.edu/faculty/nathan-rose/">Nathan Rose</a>, and <a href="https://psychology.nd.edu/faculty/joshua-koen/">Joshua Koen</a> in the Department of Psychology are examining the link between longitudinal stress exposure, stress resilience, and Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers. The researchers have been collecting genetic and cognitive data from research participants enrolled in Bergeman’s lab for the Notre Dame Study of Health and Well-Being. The team is also collecting candidate biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease from structural MRI brain images and from noninvasive recordings of electrical brain activity combined with novel brain stimulation techniques. Since the project was funded, the research team is pursuing collaborations to incorporate novel blood-based measures of Amyloid-Beta as another biomarker of Alzheimer’s disease. The goal of including these blood-based measures is to provide further validation of the candidate brain-based biomarkers the research team is investigating.</li>
</ul>
<p>Additionally, <a href="https://engineering.nd.edu/profiles/kbibby">Kyle Bibby</a>, Wanzek Collegiate Chair and associate professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, and <a href="https://architecture.nd.edu/faculty/kim-rollings/">Kim Rollings</a>, assistant professor in the School of Architecture, received funding from the Catalyst Seed Grant Program to host a workshop titled, “Microbiology of the Built Environment.” The fall 2019 workshop convened more than 20 internal and external faculty and graduate students for presentations and discussion. Bibby and Rollings are applying remaining funds to an educational and seed data generation project with Bibby's students, swabbing and sequencing microbiomes in Hesburgh Library spaces that vary by design and occupancy.</p>
<p>The Community Health and Clinical Partnerships is supported by the Community Health and Clinical Partnerships (CHCP). To learn more about the CHCP, please visit <a href="https://hwi.nd.edu/about/office-of-clinical-partnerships/">https://hwi.nd.edu/about/office-of-clinical-partnerships/</a>. </p>
<p>Contact:</p>
<p>Brandi Wampler / Research Communications Specialist</p>
<p>Notre Dame Research / University of Notre Dame</p>
<p><a href="mailto:brandiwampler@nd.edu">brandiwampler@nd.edu</a> / 574.631.8183</p>
<p><a href="https://research.nd.edu/">research.nd.edu</a> / <a href="https://twitter.com/undresearch">@UNDResearch</a></p>
<p>About Notre Dame Research:</p>
<p>The University of Notre Dame is a private research and teaching university inspired by its Catholic mission. Located in South Bend, Indiana, its researchers are advancing human understanding through research, scholarship, education, and creative endeavor in order to be a repository for knowledge and a powerful means for doing good in the world. For more information, please see <a href="https://research.nd.edu/">research.nd.edu</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/undresearch">@UNDResearch</a>.</p>Brandi Wamplertag:hwi.nd.edu,2005:News/1248412020-04-09T18:00:00-04:002020-04-16T18:11:21-04:00Notre Dame Chinese community contributes to local coronavirus response<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Students, parents of students, alumni, faculty and staff, have donated nearly $40,000 toward the coronavirus response in St. Joseph County — specifically for personal protective equipment (PPE) for health workers and others who may come into close contact with the virus.</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Members of the University of Notre Dame community with connections to China, including students, parents of students, alumni, faculty and staff, have donated nearly $40,000 toward the coronavirus response in St. Joseph County — specifically for personal protective equipment (<span class="caps">PPE</span>) for health workers and others who may come into close contact with the virus.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">The equipment, from China, includes face masks and protective suits for St. Joseph County Unified Command (<span class="caps">SJCUC</span>), which is responsible for coordinating the coronavirus response with local governments, hospitals, nursing homes and other public and private stakeholders in St. Joseph County.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Parents and alumni in China are helping to source the goods and to ensure they meet U.S. manufacturing, health and safety standards. The first shipment of about 10,000 masks will arrive in South Bend in the coming days.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">The bulk of the nearly $40,000 was donated by the parents of Chinese students who remain on campus despite suspended in-person classes and closed dorms because of ongoing travel and re-entry restrictions in the U.S. and China.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Those students, and others who cannot return home because of the virus, were relocated to a single location on campus, outside of the dorms, after spring break.</span></span></p>
<figure class="image-right"><img alt="Miranda Ma" height="200" src="https://news.nd.edu/assets/384635/300x200/miranda_ma.jpg" width="300">
<figcaption>Miranda Ma</figcaption>
</figure>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">“I’m really impressed, and deeply, deeply touched, by our community in China,” said <a href="https://international.nd.edu/about/people/miranda-ma/">Miranda Ma</a>, senior advisor for Asia with <a href="https://international.nd.edu/">Notre Dame International</a> and a native of China. “I’m really grateful that they’ve been able to support our community the way that they have.”</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">As for the students and alumni, Ma said, “This shows how grateful they are for receiving an education from Notre Dame. This is the time to return all the kindness and support the University has given them.”</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Ma is among about two dozen students, faculty, staff, alumni and parents involved in the effort. Others include <a href="https://history.nd.edu/people/liang-cai/">Liang Cai</a>, assistant professor of <a href="https://history.nd.edu/">history</a> at Notre Dame, and <a href="https://international.nd.edu/about/people/jingyu-wang/">Jingyu Wang</a>, executive director of the <a href="https://beijing.nd.edu/">Notre Dame Beijing Global Gateway</a>. The group is organized under the name “Notre Dame Chinese Volunteering Group.” Members communicate via WeChat, a Chinese messaging app.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Ma said members of the overseas Chinese community are uniquely qualified to respond to the need for personal protective equipment in the U.S., having responded to the same need in China at the start of the outbreak.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">“We helped our community in China in January and February, so we have experience in purchasing supplies, clearing customs,” Ma said. “Now, we want to use that experience to help our community here. To help our friends and family. To help the people we love.”</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">The group previously placed a donation box for <span class="caps">PPE</span> on campus with the message ‘A mission to provide stellar education; A spirit to radiate love and care,’ resulting in thousands of masks, gloves and wipes, as well as hand sanitizer, for <span class="caps">SJCUF</span>, Memorial Hospital of South Bend and Notre Dame itself.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Ma thinks of it in terms of sport.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">“It’s like a game,” she said. “The first half of the game was in China, and the second half is taking place in the rest of the world. For the overseas Chinese community, we’re fighting both the first half and the second half.”</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Betty Qi, a senior <a href="https://psychology.nd.edu/">psychology</a> major from Shenzhen, China, is among the student members of the group.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">“This is an extremely difficult and dark time, and it is only through mutual support that we can all survive with love and appreciation in mind,” said Qi, who is currently living off-campus in South Bend.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Qi previously coordinated donations of <span class="caps">PPE</span> to China as part of the Chicago-ND Volunteering Group, which she co-established with fellow Notre Dame students as well as alumni from the Chicago area.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">The group raised more than $20,000 for <span class="caps">PPE</span> for hospitals in Wuhan and Hubei, and built an ecosystem for connecting Midwest schools and organizations, donors, volunteer groups, distributors, transporters and hospitals around the virus.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">The group later collaborated with the Chinese Trading and Investment Association, a Chicago-based <span class="caps">NGO</span>, to procure more than 2,000 goggles, more than 10,000 protective suits and 50,000 masks for more than 50 hospitals in Hubei.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Qi said her experience with the Chicago-ND Volunteer Group, especially the support of the Notre Dame community, encouraged her to join the Notre Dame Chinese Volunteering Group, for which she’s mostly been sourcing and screening supplies, outlining procurement processes and coordinating the collection of donations on campus.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">“So many faculty and students reached out to us, sharing resources and words of encouragement,” Qi said of that earlier experience. “I really appreciated that, and believe this is the time when I should express my gratitude and give back to the community.”</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Ma and Qi both said their families in China are safe and healthy.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span class="caps">PPE</span>, including masks, gowns, gloves and face shields, is critical for preventing the spread of the coronavirus in hospitals and other health settings, as well as among police fire and emergency medical personnel, but has been in short supply since the start of the outbreak.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">In the absence of a timely market or government response to the problem, and with hospitals increasingly rationing it, doctors, nurses and other medical personnel have resorted to buying masks and other equipment online or from local stores, or using it longer than recommended for safe use.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">At the same time, businesses, organizations and individuals have started donating equipment, including homemade and store-bought masks and face shields, to hospitals, nursing homes and other such facilities, as well as police, fire and emergency medical personnel, representing an unprecedented mobilization of grassroots, community support for health care workers.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Notre Dame, for its part, has donated thousands of masks, gloves and other <span class="caps">PPE</span> to <span class="caps">SJCUC</span> from labs across campus. The University also helped produce a coronavirus <span class="caps">PSA</span> for local television and radio stations on behalf of the county health department. And it is 3D-printing hundreds of face shields for local health workers.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Ma said her motivation for assisting with the coronavirus response here is simple: a genuine concern for others and the broader community. It is not a response to escalating anti-Asian discrimination around the virus in the U.S. and elsewhere, she said, though that is a concern.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">“No matter where you are, no matter which country you’re from, we are global citizens,” Ma said. “You are responsible for what is happening around you. You try to do good things, and if that happens to enhance the Chinese community’s reputation, that’s a good thing.”</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Qi agreed.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">“I hope this provides an opportunity for introductory conversations between our Asian members and the rest of the community,” said Qi, who in addition to her regular studies is an undergraduate research assistant with the <a href="https://babiesandfamilieslab.nd.edu/">Babies and Families Lab</a>, an off-campus research program of <a href="https://psychology.nd.edu/faculty/julie-m-braungart-rieker/">Julie M. Braungart-Rieker</a>, the Mary Hesburgh Flaherty and James F. Flaherty <span class="caps">III</span> College Chair and professor of psychology at Notre Dame. “It’s important to let our voice be heard, and make everybody realize that we deeply care about the wellbeing of the whole community.”</span></span></p>
<p><strong style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; white-space:pre-wrap"><em style="font-style:italic">Contact: </em></strong><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><em style="font-style:italic">Erin Blasko, assistant director of media relations, 574-631-4127, <a href="mailto:eblasko@nd.edu">eblasko@nd.edu</a></em></span></p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Erin Blasko</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://news.nd.edu/news/notre-dame-chinese-community-contributes-to-local-coronavirus-response/">news.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">April 09, 2020</span>.</p>Erin Blaskotag:hwi.nd.edu,2005:News/1248402020-04-07T18:10:00-04:002020-04-16T18:10:28-04:00Notre Dame donates 3D printed face shields to medical outlets in need<p>Research Associate Professor and Director of the IDEA Center Innovation Lab Matthew Leevy is coordinating a cross-functional response of Notre Dame faculty and staff to 3D print several thousand clear plastic face shields at the request of local and regional medical systems.</p><p>Most of the research laboratories at the University of Notre Dame have been placed in hibernation mode during the coronavirus pandemic response. However, there’s a chorus of whining, whirling and whistling emanating from the Innovation Lab at the Notre Dame <span class="caps">IDEA</span> Center where the latest in 3D printing technology is being utilized to meet the region’s acute health care equipment needs.</p>
<p>Research Associate Professor and Director of the <span class="caps">IDEA</span> Center Innovation Lab <a href="https://ideacenter.nd.edu/about/meet-our-staff/matt-leevy/">Matthew Leevy</a> is coordinating a cross-functional response of Notre Dame faculty and staff to 3D print several thousand clear plastic face shields at the request of local and regional medical systems. According to Leevy, printers from multiple facilities throughout campus and the local community have been relocated to the Innovation Lab space to produce as many as 250 face shields per day. The University is donating all labor, materials and equipment used to make the shields.</p>
<p> “We are blessed to have the resources at Notre Dame to make an immediate impact on the needs of our local medical community,” Leevy said. “Once the word spread on campus and in the community that we were prototyping a medical face shield, many colleagues stepped up to join our effort. More than 40 machines are on temporary loan here in the Innovation Lab working on the approved shield.”</p>
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<p>With rampant shortages of medical personal protective equipment (<span class="caps">PPE</span>), Leevy explained that the quality of the face shield model being produced at Notre Dame ensures that they can be cleaned, disinfected and re-used instead of having to be disposed after a single wear.</p>
<p>Leevy and Innovation Lab Program Manager Tony Van Avermaete have been managing the production process. Along with the Innovation Lab’s equipment and supplies, others contributing to this effort include the College of Engineering’s <a href="https://engineering.nd.edu/profiles/cnuttal">Chandler Nuttal</a>, manager <a href="https://ame.nd.edu/facilities-centers/makerspace-3-d-print-lab">MakerSpace 3D Print Lab</a> in Stinson-Remick Hall; <a href="https://engineering.nd.edu/profiles/abartolini">Andrew Bartolini</a>, assistant visiting professor; <a href="https://engineering.nd.edu/profiles/skumar">Shreya Kumar</a>, assistant teaching professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering; Robert McLaughlin, Department of Computer Science and Engineering; Department of Art, Art History and Design’s <a href="https://artdept.nd.edu/student-resources/creative-spaces/labs-and-shops/riley-hall-digital-fabrication-lab/">Digital Fabrication Lab</a>; Adam Heet, digital projects specialist in the <a href="https://directory.library.nd.edu/directory/departments/104">Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship</a>, Hesburgh Libraries; Joe Admave, program manager from the <a href="https://rad.nd.edu/facilities/machine-shop/">Radiation Laboratory Machine Shop</a>; and local 3D printers at the <a href="http://themakerhive.com/">MakerHive</a> in Elkhart with the assistance of Jim Spencer, Notre Dame’s education support technician in the <a href="https://mendoza.nd.edu/">Mendoza College of Business</a> and equipment and assistance from Mike Pace at <a href="https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/south-bend">Purdue University Polytechnic Institute South Bend</a>.</p>
<p>Leevy also credits Notre Dame Research’s Richard Billo, associate vice president for research and professor of computer science and engineering, Jessica Brookshire, senior program director in the <a href="https://research.nd.edu/our-services/clinical-partnerships/">Community Health and Clinical Partnerships</a> and Nancy Nalepinski for helping to make this cross-campus collaboration successful.</p>
<p>“Rick has been introducing us to people from other departments that have 3D printing capabilities. Jessica has taken the lead with our donation to the St. Joseph County Unified Command to support health care facilities in our area and Nancy has been helping us procure supplies,” Leevy said. “This effort has truly been a display of teamwork from across campus, with so many people pinching in to help.”</p>
<p style="margin-left:24px">Other individuals and organizations contributing to the project are:</p>
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<li style="margin-left:48px">Jeremy Lugbill and Tristan Freel, <a href="https://careeracademysb.com/">Career Academy</a>
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<li style="margin-left:48px">Lisa Checkley, lab program manager, biology</li>
<li style="margin-left:48px">Notre Dame Central Receiving</li>
<li style="margin-left:48px">Chris Owsianowski, Innovation Lab staff</li>
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<p>Each face shield is accompanied by a custom wood coin for the recipient inscribed with the words “Notre Dame supports you” on one side and a design of Jesus with outstretched arms on the reverse. The coins are made of the recycled wood from Notre Dame Stadium bleachers that was donated by Benefactory Manufacturing and Design.</p>
<p>After completing initial orders for approximately 3,000 face shields, Leevy anticipates a continued effort to make additional <span class="caps">PPE</span> to support other health care facilities in the weeks ahead. Medical facilities in need of face shields can contact Brookshire at <a href="mailto:jbrooksh@nd.edu">jbrooksh@nd.edu</a>.</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Sue Ryan</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://news.nd.edu/news/notre-dame-donates-3d-printed-face-shields-to-medical-outlets-in-need/">news.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">April 07, 2020</span>.</p>Sue Ryantag:hwi.nd.edu,2005:News/1247602020-03-27T17:00:00-04:002020-04-15T17:23:46-04:00Notre Dame donates personal protective equipment for county coronavirus response<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">The donated equipment, representing excess and available items from labs that are now in temporary hibernation because of the coronavirus, includes thousands of gloves, face masks, face shields, isolation gowns, hoods/paper head covers and bodysuits.</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:16px; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">The University of Notre Dame is donating personal protective equipment from labs across the University in response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has led to a shortage of such equipment among local doctors, nurses and first responders on the front lines of the outbreak.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:16px; margin-top:16px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">With support from <a href="http://research.nd.edu">Notre Dame Research</a> (<span class="caps">NDR</span>), labs across campus are donating gloves, masks, face shields, goggles, isolation gowns and other personal protective equipment for delivery to St. Joseph County Unified Command (<span class="caps">SJCUC</span>), which is responsible for coordinating the coronavirus response in St. Joseph County.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Jessica Brookshire,</span></span><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"> senior program director in the </span></span><a href="https://research.nd.edu/our-services/clinical-partnerships/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Community Health and Clinical Partnerships</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"> at <span class="caps">NDR</span>, </span></span><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">and Deanna Ponsler, director of transportation, warehouse and delivery services at Notre Dame, are coordinating the donations with support from the Department of Sustainability and Logistics, part of the </span></span><a href="http://campussafety.nd.edu"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Division of Campus Safety and University Operations</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">“</span></span><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Collecting personal protective equipment donations is just one way that the Notre Dame community can continue to be a force for good during these challenging times, especially as the health services industry hits a critical level of need," said Brookshire. “The University is grateful to be working with St. Joseph County Unified Command to support health care facilities throughout the county.”</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">The donated equipment, representing excess and available items from labs that are now in <a href="https://magazine.nd.edu/stories/research-in-hibernation/">temporary hibernation</a> because of the coronavirus pandemic, includes thousands of gloves, face masks, face shields, isolation gowns, hoods/paper head covers and bodysuits.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">In addition, </span></span><a href="https://history.nd.edu/people/liang-cai/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Liang Cai</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">, assistant professor of history and faculty fellow with the <a href="https://kellogg.nd.edu/">Kellogg Institute for International Studies</a> and the <a href="http://asia.nd.edu">Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies</a> at Notre Dame, is organizing the donation of personal protective equipment from China with help from Notre Dame alumni and the parents of Notre Dame students in that country.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Cai also mobilized faculty and staff to donate directly to Memorial Hospital, resulting in about 1,300 items, including 800 pairs of gloves and 426 face masks, for the hospital.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Personal protective equipment has been in short supply since the outset of the coronavirus outbreak in January. Manufacturers have ramped up production of masks and other critical supplies, but hospitals continue to report shortages. Many have resorted to rationing, placing front-line medical workers at risk of contracting the virus themselves and spreading it to others.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">In the absence of a timely market or government solution to the problem, doctors, nurses and other front-line medical workers have resorted to buying equipment online or from local stores, or using items such as masks for longer than recommended for safe use.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">At the same time, businesses, organizations and individuals have started donating equipment, including existing stockpiles of supplies, store-bought items and even hand-sewn masks, to hospitals and first responders — an unprecedented mobilization of grassroots, community support for healthcare workers.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Locally, <span class="caps">SJCUC</span> has been distributing masks, gloves and other equipment to hospitals, first responders and long-term care facilities as fast as it can get it from federal, state and local sources, including the National Strategic Stockpile, the nation’s largest supply of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies for use in catastrophic public health emergencies.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">“It’s all <span class="caps">PPE</span> (personal protective equipment). Everybody needs <span class="caps">PPE</span>,” said Paul Burrows, local public health coordinator in the Epidemiology and Emergency Preparedness Division of the St. Joseph County Health Department. “They need masks, gloves, gowns, face shields, sanitizer, everything. Everything is needed by everybody.”</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Unfortunately, Burrows said, “We’ve depleted all of our emergency preparedness resources. We had resources leftover from H1N1 and Ebola, and we’ve depleted everything. If it wasn’t for (donations) we wouldn’t have anything to give to anybody right now.”</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Burrows said he expects the situation to improve as production of masks and other equipment ramps up domestically.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">“We’ll eventually get on top of it,” he said, “but it’s going to be awhile.”</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">For more information, visit </span></span><a href="https://research.nd.edu/research-continuity/guidelines-protocols/ppe-donations/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">https://research.nd.edu/research-continuity/guidelines-protocols/ppe-donations/</span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px; text-align:justify"><strong style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; white-space:pre-wrap"><em style="font-style:italic">Contact: </em></strong><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><em style="font-style:italic">Erin Blasko, assistant director of media relations, 574-631-4127, <a href="mailto:eblasko@nd.edu">eblasko@nd.edu</a></em></span></p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Erin Blasko</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://news.nd.edu/news/notre-dame-research-procures-personal-protective-equipment-for-county-coronavirus-response/">news.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">March 27, 2020</span>.</p>Erin Blaskotag:hwi.nd.edu,2005:News/1247582019-01-16T16:00:00-05:002020-04-15T16:54:11-04:00Notre Dame announces awardees of the Science of Wellness Catalyst Seed Grant Program<p>Sixteen faculty members from the University of Notre Dame have been awarded funding from the University’s Science of Wellness Initiative’s Catalyst Seed Grant program. Nearly 100 pre-proposals were submitted and faculty from five different colleges and schools received awards.</p><p class="image-right"><img alt="Swi Csg" src="https://research.nd.edu/assets/303980/swi_csg.jpg"></p>
<p>Sixteen faculty members from the University of Notre Dame have been awarded funding from the University’s Science of Wellness Initiative’s (<span class="caps">SWI</span>) Catalyst Seed Grant (<span class="caps">CSG</span>) program. Nearly 100 pre-proposals were submitted and faculty from five different colleges and schools received awards. </p>
<p>The sponsor of the initiative, Charles and Jill Fischer Provost <a href="https://provost.nd.edu/about/provost-biography/">Thomas G. Burish</a>, said he is encouraged by the level of participation in this new effort.</p>
<p>“The number of submissions for this inaugural round of grants suggests a high level of faculty interest in this initiative,” Burish said. “The range and quality of submissions also provides an early indication of the potential for Notre Dame to contribute significantly to improving wellness through better prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. I am enthusiastic about the projects being funded in this round and look forward to seeing the results.”</p>
<p>Recipients of the <span class="caps">SWI</span> <span class="caps">CSG</span> program are:</p>
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<a href="https://mendoza.nd.edu/research-and-faculty/directory/corey-angst/">Corey Angst</a>, professor in the Department of IT, Analytics, and Operations, <a href="https://mendoza.nd.edu/research-and-faculty/directory/christopher-adkins/">Chris Adkins</a>, Rex and Alice Martin Director of the <a href="https://ethicalleadership.nd.edu/">Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership</a> and associate teaching professor in the Department of Management and Organization, and <a href="https://mendoza.nd.edu/research-and-faculty/directory/ann-tenbrunsel/">Ann Tenbrunsel</a>, David E. Gallo Professor of Business Ethics in the Department of Management and Organization, for their project titled, “Preliminaries in studying well-being: Identifying the blind spots involved in collection and consent of healthcare data.” <a href="https://mendoza.nd.edu/research-and-faculty/directory/nathan-meikle/">Nathan Meikle</a>, postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Management and Organization, will also contribute to the project.</li>
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<a href="https://chemistry.nd.edu/people/matthew-champion/">Matthew Champion</a>, research associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, <a href="https://engineering.nd.edu/profiles/kbibby">Kyle Bibby</a>, Wanzek Collegiate Chair and associate professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, and <a href="https://chemistry.nd.edu/people/norman-dovichi/">Norman Dovichi</a>, Grace Rupley Professor of Chemistry and Biochemstry, for their project entitled, “Isolation of specific microbiome components essential for drug-derived obesity and microbiome improvement.”</li>
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<a href="https://biology.nd.edu/people/ana-lidia-flores-mireles/">Ana Lidia Flores-Mireles</a>, Hawk Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, <a href="https://chemistry.nd.edu/people/haifeng-gao/">Haifeng Gao</a>, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and <a href="https://biology.nd.edu/people/shaun-w-lee/">Shaun Lee</a>, Monahan Family Associate Professor of Rare and Neglected Diseases, for their research on the “Development of urinary catheters that reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections.”</li>
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<a href="https://engineering.nd.edu/profiles/dhanjaya-putra">Donny Hanjaya-Putra</a>, assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, <a href="https://engineering.nd.edu/profiles/hchang">Hsueh-Chia Chang</a>, Bayer Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Richard Dahl, associate professor of microbiology and immunology at Indiana University School of Medicine – South Bend and adjunct professor in Notre Dame’s Department of Biological Sciences, and <a href="https://engineering.nd.edu/profiles/dgo">David Go</a>, Rooney Family Associate Professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, for their project called, “A framework for monitoring human wellness from infancy to adulthood: Analyzing of umbilical cord blood progenitor cells for predicting future health risk.”</li>
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<a href="https://psychology.nd.edu/faculty/joshua-koen/">Joshua Koen</a>, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, <a href="https://psychology.nd.edu/faculty/nathan-rose/">Nathan Rose</a>, William P. and Hazel B. White Collegiate Chair and assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, and <a href="https://psychology.nd.edu/faculty/cindy-s-bergeman/">Cindy Bergeman</a>, associate vice president for research and professor in the Department of Psychology, for their research project entitled, “Linking longitudinal stress exposure and resilience with Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers.”</li>
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<p>Additionally, the <span class="caps">CSG</span> program has funded a workshop award for Bibby and <a href="https://architecture.nd.edu/faculty/kim-rollings/">Kim Rollings</a>, assistant professor in the School of Architecture, for their research called, “Microbiology of the built environment.”</p>
<p>“Because of the significant interest in the <span class="caps">SWI</span> <span class="caps">CSG</span> program and the encouragement of potential partners in this initiative, we are looking forward to offering another round of catalyst seed grant funding this spring.” said <a href="https://research.nd.edu/staff/robert-j-bernhard/">Robert J. Bernhard</a>, Vice President for Research and professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. “I encourage all interested faculty to begin thinking about potential new proposal ideas, especially those that engage potential partners in the health and wellness industry.”</p>
<p>The <span class="caps">SWI</span> <span class="caps">CSG</span> program is funded by the <a href="https://provost.nd.edu/">Office of the Provost</a> and administered by <a href="https://research.nd.edu/">Notre Dame Research</a>.</p>
<p>Contact:</p>
<p>Brandi R. Klingerman / Research Communications Specialist</p>
<p>Notre Dame Research / University of Notre Dame</p>
<p><a href="mailto:bklinger@nd.edu">bklinger@nd.edu</a> / 574.631.8183</p>
<p><a href="https://research.nd.edu/">research.nd.edu</a> / <a href="https://twitter.com/undresearch">@UNDResearch</a></p>
<p>About Notre Dame Research:</p>
<p>The University of Notre Dame is a private research and teaching university inspired by its Catholic mission. Located in <a href="https://southbendin.gov/">South Bend, Indiana</a>, its researchers are advancing human understanding through research, scholarship, education, and creative endeavor in order to be a repository for knowledge and a powerful means for doing good in the world. For more information, please see <a href="https://research.nd.edu/">research.nd.edu</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/undresearch">@UNDResearch</a>.</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Brandi Klingerman</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://research.nd.edu/news/notre-dame-announces-awardees-of-the-science-of-wellness-catalyst-seed-grant-program/">research.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">January 16, 2019</span>.</p>Brandi Klingerman