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Nov. 25, 2020
Is the pandemic driving college students to drink more than ever? WKYC covered the surprising findings from the CPPH’s new study that explores the impact of COVID-19 on student drinking habits.
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Nov. 10, 2020
Curious about the link between campus closures and student drinking habits? A new study from ¹ú²úÂ×Àí reveals how psychological distress is fueling alcohol consumption during the pandemic.
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Nov. 6, 2020
Portage County is set to benefit from a $25,000 initiative funded by the Ohio Department of Mental Health to enhance mental health literacy and promote available resources. Led by Dr. Kim Laurene, this program aims to address the mental…
Oct. 16, 2020
Cleveland's News Channel 5 recently broadcast a story covering the Center's Cell Phone Pilot Study managed by Dr. Deric Kenne and colleagues in Computer Science. The original story can be seen HERE.
Oct. 16, 2020
KENT, Ohio — It’s no secret we’re on our phones now more than ever. A Pew Research study shows smartphone usage has grown more than 50%. Now, ¹ú²úÂ×Àí professors are taking advantage of our increased usage in order to study…
Sept. 30, 2020
Ruoming Jin, Ph.D., of the Department of Computer Science partnered with Deric Kenne, Ph.D., of the College of Public Health in an exploratory research effort to develop a computer learning framework using cell phones to monitor student…
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Sept. 30, 2020
¹ú²úÂ×Àí researchers are leveraging smartphone data to explore behavioral patterns and mental health impacts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Funded by a $150,000 National Science Foundation grant, this innovative study utilizes a privacy-…
July 27, 2020
Faculty and staff members affiliated with the Center for Public Policy and Health recently published an article in Addictive Behaviors. The article focused on the impact of COVID-19 related University closings on alcohol use among students…
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Jan. 21, 2020
Drug abuse is escalating in the U.S. A team of ¹ú²úÂ×Àí faculty are working on a study that proposes an innovative deep learning system to detect risk behaviors on Twitter. By utilizing vast amounts of unlabeled data, this approach aims…
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Jan. 21, 2020
Researchers publish Insight Analysis and Detection of Drug-Abuse Risk Behavior on Twitter with Self-Taught Deep Learning. Using online social media and deep self-taught learning, researchers work to detect drug-abuse, a wicked public…
