KDHRC Travel Series: HLAA 2018 KDHRC Researchers Laura and Nicole enjoyed their time at the Hearing Loss Association of America’s convention last month in Minneapolis, MN! Our staffers learned a lot about hearing loss with older adults and the organizations…
--May 2018 Laura Gover and Nicole Wanty present and attend GA Bell’s Semi-Annual Chapter Meeting KDHRC staffers, including our cochlear implant program manager, attended GA Bell’s chapter meeting, held at the Atlanta Speech School. We presented on one of our…
— May 2018 KDHRC publishes a research brief on the effectiveness of online and in-person training on lupus for promotores. Research brief number 16 examines the effectiveness of in-person and online lupus assessment trainings to promotores at Latino-serving health nonprofits. …
--April 2018 KDHRC attends and exhibits at the National RX Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit in Atlanta With the continued opioid epidemic, attending this year’s summit was particularly important and engaging. Staffers connected with professionals from local, state, and federal…
--March 2018 Volunteering at GA Bell’s Hispanic Action Group Meeting. KDHRC staffers Laura Gover and Nicole Wanty attended several meetings this spring for GA Bell’s Hispanic Action Group . The group was created under an AG Bell initiative to support…
-- March 2018 KDHRC reaches science teachers at NSTA. KDHRC staffers joined hundreds of other companies to exhibit at the National Science Teacher Association’s conference in Atlanta, GA. While there, staffers conversed with teachers, administrators, and school-support staffers to disseminate…
--March 2018 KDHRC returns from Washington, DC following their second NIH commercialization presentation. KDHRC presented their strategies to a room full of investors, thought-starters, and researchers during their FeedForward session for NIH’s Commercialization Acceleration Program (CAP). This is the second…
--February 2018 Leveraging CADCA’s Leadership forum for anti-vaping focus groups. KDHRC staffers Nicole Wanty and Melody Simpson attended CADCA’s 28th National Leadership Forum in Washington D.C. to lead focus groups for AVOID, KDHRC’s NIH-funded project, to inform youth of the…
--February 2018 Becoming change agents. KDHRC staffers Meghan and Laura joined thousands of professionals striving to change people’s health behaviors at Rescue’s Agents of Change Summit in San Diego, California. The event included presentations, workshops, networking, and break-out-sessions allowing attendees…
--January 2018 KDHRC staffers Rosa Smith and Debra Kozlowski attend the GA State of Latinos conference in Atlanta. Hosted by the Latin American Association, the conference focused on the critical issues facing Georgia’s rapidly growing Latino population. Staffers enjoyed networking…