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Prof Eva Lefkowitz and colleagues published in the Journal of Family Theory and Review on the challenges of navigating higher education for scholars in the field of HDFS. Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/V… UConn CLAS InCHIP at UConn NCFR

Grad student Delaina Carlson and colleagues published a paper on measuring physical activity intensity among young children in Child: Care, Health, and Development. UConn CLAS UConn Grad School Child: Care, Health and Development

Profs Dr. Kevin Ferreira van Leer, Caitlin Lombardi, Rachel Chazan-Cohen, and grad students Vanessa Esquivel and @AnneBerset2 published a paper in the American Journal of Community Psychology on state policy for immigrant families with young children. UConn CLAS UConn Grad School American Journal of Community Psychology

Profs Ryan J. Watson DrLisaAEaton, alum Samantha Lawrence (PhD ’22), and grad student Peter McCauley published a paper on examining tobacco use among diverse youth in Addictive Behaviors. Read here: doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108246 UConn CLAS InCHIP at UConn @UconnGradSchool

Grad student Rui Wu, Prof Rebecca Puhl, and colleagues published about the role of parents and sociodemographics in adolescent experiences of weight-related communication in Pediatric Obesity. Read here: doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.1… UConn CLAS UConn Grad School @UconnRuddCenter

Grad student Antonia Caba is our September grad student spotlight! Learn more about her here: hdfs.uconn.edu/grad-spotlight/ UConn CLAS @UconnGradSchool UConn Social Work

Prof Rachel Chazan-Cohen and grad student Delaina Carlson published a paper in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health examining family conflict in low-income families. Read here: doi.org/10.3390/ijerph… UConn CLAS @UconnGradSchool IJERPH

Prof Kari Adamsons received a $6000 grant from the 2024–2025 Provost’s Common Curriculum Grant Competition to develop a new Common Curriculum course on Diverse Family Structures in the U.S. UConn CLAS

Prof Beth Russell received a $6000 grant from the 2024–2025 Provost’s Common Curriculum Grant Competition to develop a new Common Curriculum course on The Science of Individual and Family Wellbeing. UConn CLAS InCHIP at UConn

HDFS Alum Lauren Lafferty (BS ‘05) is our HDFS alumni spotlight. Learn more about her here: hdfs.uconn.edu/category/alumn… UConn CLAS UConn Alumni

Profs DrLisaAEaton, Ryan J. Watson, grad student Peter McCauley published a paper in AIDS & Behavior examining how HIV prevention and healthy aging concerns relate to sexuality and gender. Read here: 10.1080/26895269.2025.2452185 UConn CLAS UConn Grad School InCHIP at UConn

Prof Terry Berthelot led the department’s effort to receive $30,000 from the 2024–2025 Provost’s Common Curriculum Grant Competition, allowing HDFS faculty to work on moving six courses into the Common Curriculum. Many HDFS faculty were involved in this effort! UConn CLAS

Prof Kim Gans-DeLuca ☮️ and eight graduate students published a qualitative paper in Frontiers in Nutrition on water availability and accessibility in family childcare homes. Read here: doi:10.3389/fnut.2025.1442070 UConn CLAS UConn Grad School Frontiers - Nutrition

Profs Rebecca Puhl and Ryan J. Watson published a paper in the International Journal of Eating Disorders on the prevalence of disordered eating behaviors among sexual and gender minority youth. Read here: doi.org/10.1002/eat.24… UConn CLAS @UconnRuddCenter InCHIP at UConn

Alum Qianxia Jiang (PhD ’22) was recently highlighted in an article by her university, University of Central Florida, about her work on healthy lifestyles. Read here: ucf.edu/news/ucf-healt… UConn CLAS UConn Alumni

Prof Dr. Kevin Ferreira van Leer and colleagues published a paper in the Journal of Family and Economic Issues on low-income Latine families in North Carolina accessing government assistance programs. Read here: doi.org/10.1007/s10834… UConn CLAS

Prof @BellizziKeith and colleagues published a content analysis of #childhoodcancer chatter on X in the Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. Read here: doi.org/10.1089/jayao.… UConn CLAS InCHIP at UConn

Prof Kari Adamsons and grad student Cali Salafia published a paper on the ambiguous loss perspective of the quality of life in breast cancer survivors in Journal of Family Theory and Review. Read here: doi.org/10.1111/jftr.1… UConn CLAS JFTR UConn Grad School

Alum Ciara Collins (PhD ’23) is now a research scientist at the Institute for Policy and Governance at Virginia Tech. Congratulations Ciara! UConn CLAS UConn Alumni

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