Clemson University College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences

For this week’s Friday Feature, read about faculty members in the Clemson University School of Nursing who have been recognized for their innovative research, scholarship and professional contributions to the field of nursing!

School of Nursing faculty recognized for outstanding professional contributions and scholarship Faculty members in the Clemson University School of Nursing have been recognized for their innovative research, scholarship and professional contributions

For our Friday Feature, we are celebrating ! The South Carolina Department of Public Health wishes to thank its dedicated statewide partners who operate food banks and pantries that provide sustenance and fresh food to South Carolinians in need. Click to read more and view the Food Access Map we created in partnership with SC Department of Environmental Services:

S.C. Department of Public Health Celebrates Community Partners During National Food Bank Day In celebration of National Food Bank Day Friday, September 6, the South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) wishes to thank its dedicated statewide

At the beginning of the Fall semester, the University announced the addition of 32 faculty in our College. Click the link to meet our new faculty!

Meet the new faculty of the College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences At the beginning of the Fall semester, the University announced the addition of 32 faculty in the College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences.

Skye Arthur-Banning, professor in Clemson Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, and Margaret Domka, PhD candidate in PRTM, are featured in this article about how they trained more than 150 members of the Clemson University community as mental health first aid responders at the beginning of August. Click to read more!

More than 150 members of the University community trained as mental health first aid responders Contributing to a campus culture of well-being and helping create open places to talk about mental health, Skye Arthur-Banning, professor in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management (PRTM), and Margaret Domka, PhD candidate in PRTM, trained more than 150 members of the Clemson Univ...

Katherine Weisensee, the chair of Clemson Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice, and Madeline Atwell, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the department, are also biological and forensic anthropologists who specialize in skeletal remains. Read this Clemson World Magazine story about how they can read skeletons to help answer questions, solve crimes and pursue justice!

Skeleton Stories As biological and forensic anthropologists, Madeline Atwell and Katherine Weisensee read skeletons to help answer questions, solve crimes and pursue justice for individuals, families and …

At the beginning of the Fall semester, the University announced the tenure and promotion of 16 faculty in the College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences. Click here to access details on each faculty member:

College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences faculty receive promotions and tenure At the beginning of the Fall semester, the University announced the tenure and promotion of 16 faculty in the College of Behavioral, Social and

This week’s Friday Feature discusses how Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies and Clemson Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice professor Bryan Miller works with the Clemson University Police Department to revamp its responses to mental health crisis calls. Click to read more! Clemson University Public Safety

Clemson University Police, criminal justice professors working to improve mental health crisis responses Since 2019, Bryan Miller has been working with the Clemson University Police Department to revamp its responses to mental health crisis calls.

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Clemson University Department of Communication associate professor and director of Clemson Social Media Listening Center Brandon Boatwright is featured in this article about the way tech companies are speaking about AI on social media. He analyzes the common words and sentiments used in the companies’ social content. Click to read more!

AI Briefing: How tech companies are talking about AI on social media From sponsoring the Olympics and major film festivals to buying ads that run on TVs and in taxis, AI providers have spent the past year looking for ways to break through the noise. But what does the volume of conversation look like for the masses on social media?

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16 students selected for Clemson University's premier scholarship programs 16 students from 8 states - and 1 from Brazil - were selected for Clemson University's premier scholarship programs.

Richard Pak, Clemson University Dept. of Psychology professor and director of the Human Factors Institute at Clemson University, has received more than $560,000 from the National Science Foundation to examine how cognitive abilities, including attention and memory, influence users’ performance with automated systems. Read to learn more!

Psychology professor receives funding to examine the role of cognition in human-autonomy collaboration Richard Pak, psychology professor and director of the Human Factors Institute at Clemson University, has received more than $560,000 from the National

Our advisors are excited and ready for the first day of class! How about you?

Welcome to a new academic year in the College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences! A new semester brings opportunities for personal and academic growth, and I encourage you to start strong and stay focused as you embrace the challenges and experiences that will shape your future.

Best of luck in the semester ahead!

Go Tigers!
Dean Hossfeld

CBSHS Friday Feature: Kaileigh Byrne, associate professor in the Clemson University Dept. of Psychology and director of Clemson’s Cognition and Decision Science Lab, has been appointed to the newest cohort of Dr. Wallace R. Roy Distinguished Professors for a three-year term. The professorship will allow her to expand her research on peer recovery coaching interventions for patients hospitalized with medical complications from alcohol use disorder. Read to learn more!

Roy Professorships support research on Alzheimer’s, cancer, substance abuse disorders Kaileigh Byrne, Feng Ding and Hugo Sanabria received three-year appointments as Dr. Wallace R. Roy Distinguished Professors. The professorships provide support for translational research partnerships between Clemson faculty members and Prisma Health or other health system providers.

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Psychology major Savannah Diggett used an Honors Educational Enrichment Travel Grant to teach English to children in Indonesia. She had the opportunity to live with a local family to get a taste of their culture and lifestyle and says she learned so much from her time there – and that it was an experience she will never forget!

Educational Enrichment Travel grants are designed to fund out of the classroom, life-changing summer break experiences that take place away from Clemson and the upstate of South Carolina. These grants help students take part in unpaid internships, research, public service projects, or other significant undertakings that are consistent with a student’s educational or career goals.

How did you spend your summer, Honors students? Complete the How I Spent My Summer form to let us know:
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Our Friday Feature highlights Zahra Rahemi, associate professor in the Clemson University School of Nursing, who has received more than $650,000 in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to examine the end-of-life decision making processes of caregivers and individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) across minority populations.

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Nursing professor receives funding to examine advance care planning decision making and end-of-life care for dementia patients Zahra Rahemi, associate professor in the Clemson University School of Nursing, has received more than $650,000 in funding from the National Institutes of

Researchers at Clemson University have received a grant across the next five years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Aging to continue groundbreaking work in dementia prevention through a clinical research study called Active Mind.

Are you, or do you know someone who might be interested in volunteering? Read more to find out how to be a part of this study!

Clemson University continues landmark dementia prevention research with NIH award Researchers at Clemson University have received a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Aging to continue research in dementia prevention through a clinical research study called Active Mind.

Congratulations to our August graduates!

Two of our faculty received Fulbright Scholar Awards, which provide international lecturing and research opportunities that advance careers while benefiting host institutions and countries. Congratulations to Laura Olson and Matthew Rhodes-Purdy in Clemson University Department of Political Science!

Four Clemson faculty members receive Fulbright Scholar Awards Four Clemson University faculty members have received prestigious Fulbright Scholar Awards, which provide international lecturing and research

Our Friday Feature this week focuses on Qiping Fan, assistant professor of epidemiology in the Clemson University Department of Public Health Sciences, who has received a Small Business Innovation Research award for $3 million from the National Institute on Aging to develop an artificial intelligence-powered (AI) care planning system to provide personalized guidance for individuals in need of health care resources and dementia care services. Read to learn more: https://bit.ly/3YtEetf

Check out what some of our students have been up to this summer!

Clemson University Department of Public Health Sciences and Clemson University Dept. of Psychology researchers had their research recently published in The Lancet Public Health. Their article uses statistical modeling to identify and prioritize communities at high risk of opioid and HCV outbreaks for delivery of mobile health clinics. Congratulations Lior Rennert, Kerry Howard, Fatih Gezer and Alain Litwin!

Identification of factors associated with opioid-related and hepatitis C virus-related hospitalisations at the ZIP code area level in the USA: an ecological and modelling study Our results suggest that individuals from economically disadvantaged and medically under-resourced communities are more likely to have an opioid-related or HCV-related hospitalisation. In conjunction with hospitalisation forecasts, our results could be used to identify and prioritise high-risk, unde...

Two of our faculty from the Clemson University Dept. of Psychology and a Clemson University School of Nursing professor have been awarded seed grants for human factors research, which in this context means research on how medical professionals work and care for patients. They have teamed up with Prisma Health physicians and nurses as well as researchers from Clemson University Industrial Engineering to optimize hospital discharge times, ease nurse manager stressors and evaluate and improve emergency physician workloads. Read to learn more about their projects!

Clemson, Prisma Health researchers receive funding to examine health care scenarios through human factors research lens Six teams of researchers and health care providers have received funding to improve various hospital procedures, from discharging patients to improving the efficiency of creating staff schedules through human factors research.

Five years ago, Clemson University Department of Public Health Sciences professor Sarah Griffin co-led a team of public health researchers and Clemson Extension Rural Health and Nutrition agents to address obesity in three rural counties in South Carolina. Because the team, known as the Healthy Options Program team, was able to assist more than 15,000 people in three counties, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has funded a five-year, $3.8 million effort to expand the program from three to ten counties.

CDC project to address obesity expanded to seven more counties in SC The CDC has funded a Clemson University team for an additional five years to expand their project to address obesity to seven additional counties.

Wiley Jenkins has been appointed chair of the Clemson University Department of Public Health Sciences! He joins Clemson from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine where he served as interim chair of the Department of Population Science and Policy. Prior to his appointment as interim chair, he worked in the department as a professor and chief of epidemiology and biostatistics. He has served in faculty, research and administrative positions in the public health field for more than 30 years. Read to learn more!

Wiley Jenkins appointed chair of the Clemson Department of Public Health Sciences Wiley Jenkins, Ph.D., has been appointed chair of the Clemson University Department of Public Health Sciences. His term began July 1.   Jenkins joins

This week's Friday Feature is recognizes Zhara Rahemi, associate professor in the Clemson University School of Nursing, who received a grant from the Alzheimer’s Association to examine advance care planning (ACP) practices between patients, caregivers and physicians. Read to learn more!

School of Nursing researcher receives grant to study Alzheimer's Zhara Rahemi, associate professor in the Clemson University School of Nursing, received a grant from the Alzheimer’s Association to examine advance care planning (ACP) practices between patients, caregivers and physicians.

Clemson University Dept. of Psychology faculty member, Brooke Bennett, Ph.D., shares insight about how social media can affect body image, both in young people and adults, and shares ways to minimize the impact on our mental health.

How social media can affect body image Clemson University Assistant Professor of Psychology Brooke Bennett, Ph.D. shares insight about how social media can affect body image, both in young people and adults, and shares ways to minimize the impact on our mental health.