@nufeinbergmss.bsky.social is partnering with the Rekhi Foundation for Happiness to expand access to evidence-based well-being programs. Led by Judith Moskowitz, PhD, MPH, and team, this initiative teaches proven skills like mindfulness, gratitude, & stress reappraisal. shorturl.at/QRHOt
Kudos to Amelia Van Pelt, PhD, MPH, who was invited by the Pan American Health Organization to be a key speaker at the Regional Workshop on Nursing and Midwifery Leadership which brought together more than 500 leaders from all over Latin America!
The Department of Medical Social Sciences is thrilled to announce and celebrate the recent promotions of our faculty members, effective September 1, 2025. Congratulations!
Huge thanks to Javin D'Souza, M.Ed., for his amazing work as MSS Faculty Affairs Coordinator. Javin’s dedication, organization, and enthusiasm have been truly impactful. Congratulations on successfully completing a full cycle of Faculty Affairs Office activities!
Experts at Northwestern helped create the newest NIH Toolbox—a nationally standardized assessment of infant development (16 days–42 months). Kudos to Richard Gershon, PhD, for sharing what inspired it. Watch here: shorturl.at/MkB39
Congratulations to Ado Rivera, PhD, and team on receiving a grant from the American Heart Association titled: "Mixed Methods Study on Impact and Implementation of Social Needs Screening and Referral on Hypertension Outcomes." Read more: shorturl.at/EyYMG
Huge congratulations to Patricia Bucko for publishing her first, first-author publication in Frontiers in Medicine, entitled “Identification and Synthesis of End-of-Life Decision-making Measures: A Scoping Review”! We love to see young scholars grow! shorturl.at/VGSfU
Congratulations to Sarah Pila-Leiderman, PhD, for being selected as Chicago’s Jewish United Fund's 2025 “36 under 36 honorees" for her impactful community work! Read the full list here: www.juf.org/Mag/36under3...
Kudos to David Cella, PhD, for his interview in a recent Newsweek article entitled, "Map Shows States With Best—and Worst—Quality of Life." www.newsweek.com/map-shows-st...
Kudos to Andrew Berry, PhD, Kathryn Macapagal, PhD, their MSS/HSIP student, William Liem, and Dept of Communication Studies colleague Dr. Calvin Liang who were awarded $10K from the HCI+D Center in Evanston to do a mini-symposium!
Outcomes and Measurement Science had their divisional retreat this month and it was a blast. Shout out to Cindy Veldhuis, PhD, Maja Kuharic, MPharm, PhD, Magda Kupczyk, MPH, and Elizabeth Dworak, PhD, and Joseph McCormack for helping to plan a fun and interactive retreat!
Kudos to Stephanie Young, PhD, who was asked to contribute psychometric analyses to an MFA student's thesis show at SAIC! The show opens today and runs through July 27. Check out Emma Bergman's project here: tinyurl.com/3sr9zev2
Shout out to Javin D'Souza and all the Northwestern staff and faculty who marched in the Pride Parade at the end of June! We hope everyone had a happy and safe Pride Month ❤️
🎨 Workshop Alert: Visualizing Health Research. Whether you're preparing for a conference or a grant pitch, this hands-on workshop Sept 8 & 22; Oct 8 & 15 will help you turn your research into visuals that inform and inspire. Learn more: shorturl.at/4tdY1
Kudos to @rsbeidas.bsky.social, PhD, for her recent interview with Jill Suttie for AIM Youth Mental Health, a foundation that funds research for youth mental health care. Read the interview here now: aimymh.org/why-now-is-t...
Shout-out and thank you to Joey McCormack for orchestrating a wonderful end-of-year retreat for the Division of Implementation Science, and to Julie A. Bednark for leading an outstanding professional development workshop! Thank you both for helping MSS shine!
Shout out to Andrea Graham, PhD who is currently featured on NU's Research Impact site for submitting a video to their Research Matters campaign! Watch her video here now: shorturl.at/xg9za
We are proud to celebrate Dr. Jennifer Hoffmann, MD, MS, for being selected as a 2025 Fellow of the Implementation Research Institute (IRI)—a national, NIH-funded training program widely regarded as a cornerstone in the field of implementation science. shorturl.at/JGQcU
Kudos to our Financial Coordinator, Eric Gustafson, for his Staff Profile feature in the recent issue of Breakthroughs! Read Eric's profile here: shorturl.at/wl8cH
The Implementation Research Institute (IRI) is an NIH-funded training program held annually at Washington University in St. Louis. This year, representatives from MSS, CDIS, CBITs, and the Lab for Scalable Mental Health were in attendance!
Kudos to William Liem, HSIP PhD student, for being awarded a Digital Justice Seed Grant from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) to support their dissertation research!
