Comprehensive Health & Well-Being

The College of Education and Human Sciences envisions that every person has access to research based, culturally relevant, leading edge health and wellness resources, expertise and services that are well integrated into the community, highly acceptable and used.

image of waiting room at Counseling and School Psychology Clinic (Loren Rye, Pixel Lab)

13 Sep 2024    

Counseling and School Psychology Clinic services open to campus

The Counseling and School Psychology Clinic has immediate openings for faculty, staff, students and their children to see counselors who are in training within the school and counseling psychology graduate program.

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The Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases through Dietary Molecules, led by Janos Zempleni (pictured), has received a five-year, $5.8 million renewal from the National Institutes of Health’s Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence Program. The funding will support the center’s efforts to solidify its research base and prepare to thrive in the long term. (Craig Chandler, University Communication and Marketing)

11 Sep 2024    By Tiffany Lee, Research and Innovation

UNL research center looks to future with $5.8 million NIH renewal

A University of Nebraska–Lincoln research center with a unique strategy for fighting obesity and related diseases has received a third and final round of funding from the National Institutes of Health.

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Michelle Hughes, professor of special education and communication disorders, is leading the University of Nebraska's portion of a large-scale, multi-site project examining the implications of illicit drug use on both hearing and balance. (Kyleigh Skaggs, CYFS)

27 Aug 2024    By Chuck Green, CYFS

Study targets effects of substance misuse on hearing, balance

A multi-site research project is exploring the implications of substance use disorders on hearing and balance, and to determine factors that increase such risk.

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Extension educator Natalie Sehi is leading a team of researchers focused on adolescent nutrition insecurity. (Kyleigh Skaggs, CYFS)

17 Jul 2024    By Chuck Green, CYFS

MAP Academy helps researchers see big picture of rural adolescent nutrition insecurity

Nebraska Extension educators are collaborating with MAP Academy personnel to efficiently analyze the nutritional and economic impact of the statewide Monthly Meal Kit program.

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Judy Harvey discusses the many facets of brain health during a memory workshop at the Barkley Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic. (photo by Craig Chandler, University Communication and Marketing)

08 Jul 2024    By Kristina Jackson, University Communication and Marketing

Brain health, memory are focus of Barkley Center workshop

A workshop in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Barkley Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic is helping people identify normal changes in memory, as well as strategies for maintaining good cognitive health with aging.

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Sathish Kumar Natarajan, Jennifer Wood and Amanda Ramer-Tait pose for a photo in Sathish's research lab

10 Apr 2024    By Kelcey Buck

Project studying impacts of dietary macadamia nuts on prevention of maternal obesity-induced complications

Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln aim to determine whether incorporating macadamia nuts, which are rich in monounsaturated fatty acid, into the diets of mice can help prevent maternal obesity-related complications.

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Husker students pose for a group photo outside Duncan Aviation during their class tour

04 Apr 2024    By Kelcey Buck

Community collaboration, guest speakers provide real-world application opportunities for NHS grad students

A semester-long group project collaboration with Duncan Aviation and guest speakers from Nebraska Extension are helping University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nutrition and Health Sciences graduate students gain applied skills of the evidence-based knowledge learned in class on the principles of health program organization and management.

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Kevin Pitt, assistant professor of special education and communication disorders, is leading a three-year project that uses brain-computer interface (BCI) technology to facilitate better communication for people with severe speech and physical impairments. (Kyleigh Skaggs, CYFS)

25 Mar 2024    By Chuck Green, CYFS

Brain-connected technology opening doors for children with severe speech, physical challenges

Nebraska researchers are exploring the use of brain-computer technology to enhance communication for people with severe speech and physical impairments.

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view of Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall lit up at night

07 Mar 2024    By Kelcey Buck

Symposium discussing health disparities in Nebraska is March 18

An interdisciplinary team of University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty who received a Grand Challenges planning grant aiming to improve health disparities in underserved populations is hosting its first symposium March 18 at Carolyn Pope Edwards Hall.

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Lydia Teegerstrom places headphones on a client in a sound booth at the Barkley Speech Language and Hearing Clinic

05 Mar 2024    

From patient to provider: Husker student uses personal experience to prepare for audiology career

Lydia Teegerstrom doesn’t remember having her cochlear implants activated. She was implanted on her right side at 14 months and on her left at five years old. But she knows having them has changed her life. Now she’s using her experience to prepare to help others like her.

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