Archive for the ‘Child Health’ Category
Positive Behavior Support-Nevada program seeks to improve quality of life
The Positive Behavior Support-Nevada program, located in the University of Nevada, Reno’s College of Education’s Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities, offers a way to positively impact the quality of life for individuals and families struggling with disabilities. ... more
University of Nevada, Reno Early Head Start Program top 10 in the country
RENO, Nev. – In its 12 short years of existence, not only has the Early Head Start Program at University of Nevada, Reno gone from serving 64 infants and toddlers each year to serving 180, it has also risen to be one of the top programs in the country.... more
RENO, Nev. – A research project at the University of Nevada, Reno has received a $410,220 grant to explore how… more
The University and Nevada Public Health Association promote National Public Health Week, April 4-10
The Nevada Public Health Association, a partnership of local public health professionals, along with other community and University groups, is hosting a series of free events for National Public Health Week, April 4-10, in the theme, “Safety is no Accident: Live Injury-Free.”... more
RENO, Nev. – Pharmacology researcher Dean Burkin’s successful work on a treatment for muscular dystrophy and the partnership created between the University of Nevada, Reno and Prothelia, Inc. to develop it, is featured in the latest “Better World Report.” ... more
University’s Early Childhood Autism Program gets help from local foundation
RENO, Nev. – The University’s highly acclaimed Early Childhood Autism Program is getting some help from the Sierra Kids Foundation next week, Dec. 16 – 18, when the foundation sponsors the Wild West Shootout basketball tournament at Reno High School to fund scholarships for children needing the services of the very successful program. ... more
Early childhood-learning program adds jobs, expands to serve 180 children
RENO, Nev. – University of Nevada, Reno’s Early Head Start awarded $1.2 million expansion grant; nominated as National Center of Excellence... more
University of Nevada, Reno video game project to help blind children exercise
RENO, Nev. – VI Fit, a project at the University of Nevada, Reno, helps children who are blind become more physically active and healthy through video games. The human-computer interaction research team in the computer science and engineering department has developed a motion-sensing-based tennis and bowling exergame that can be downloaded for free at www.vifit.org.... more
RENO, Nev. – Whether rich or poor, residents of the United States or China, illiterate or college graduates, parents who have books in the home increase the level of education their children will attain, according to a 20-year study lead by Mariah Evans, University of Nevada, Reno associate professor of sociology and resource economics.... more
Researchers meet at symposium to discuss 1997 – 2004 leukemia cluster data
RENO, Nev. – Researchers from the University of Nevada, Reno; the University of California, San Francisco; and the University of Arizona will meet via videoconference 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., March 25 to discuss various aspects of their research surrounding the 1997 – 2004 Fallon leukemia cluster involving 17 children. The host site for the videoconferenced symposium will be the University of Nevada, Reno, in the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, Room 110.... more
