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Topic: Health and Wellness

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  • North Carolina’s Heroes of Healing
    North Carolina’s Heroes of Healing
    May 26, 2021

    Retired App State associate professor Dr. Phoebe Pollitt shares details of her career in nursing, and the impact of the field, in this republished article from the May 2021 issue of Our State magazine. Over the course of her career, Pollitt has worked as a nurse, an educator and a historian of nursing.

  • App State’s Collegiate Recovery Community expands sober event offerings
    App State’s Collegiate Recovery Community expands sober event offerings
    May 6, 2021

    App State’s Collegiate Recovery Community has fostered new partnerships with campus departments and organizations to increase the variety of its sober events — which are open to all students.

  • Can Anything Actually “Boost” An Immune System? [faculty quoted]
    Can Anything Actually “Boost” An Immune System? [faculty quoted]
    Allure
    May 2, 2021

    App State’s Dr. David Nieman is quoted on how the immune system works and how to boost immunity for better health in light of COVID-19 and what has been learned during the pandemic about the role of overall health in preventing disease. Nieman is director of the university’s Human Performance Lab.

  • First on scene: Clinical simulations prepare App State athletic training students
    First on scene: Clinical simulations prepare App State athletic training students
    April 26, 2021

    App State athletic training students put their studies into action during a series of simulated clinical scenarios, ranging from cardiac distress to a leg fracture.

  • Regular Exercise Can Reduce Your Risk of a Severe COVID-19 Case [faculty quoted]
    Regular Exercise Can Reduce Your Risk of a Severe COVID-19 Case [faculty quoted]
    Very Well Health
    April 22, 2021

    Dr. David Nieman, director of App State’s Human Performance Lab, is quoted on how regular exercise supports the immune system, which in turn can protect us from severe illness. He gives context for the findings of a newly released study.

  • Girls on the Run of the High Country recognized as NYSS Champion to promote youth sports participation
    Girls on the Run of the High Country recognized as NYSS Champion to promote youth sports participation
    Watauga Democrat
    April 19, 2021

    The National Youth Sports Strategy Champion honor is bestowed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Girls on the Run is a program of App State’s Blue Cross NC Institute for Health and Human Services.

  • Residence hall wastewater testing supports App State’s COVID-19 management strategy
    Residence hall wastewater testing supports App State’s COVID-19 management strategy
    April 15, 2021

    App State is now conducting all residence hall wastewater testing on-site through its Department of Biology. This testing is part of the university’s larger COVID-19 surveillance strategy, which includes testing events and targeted testing.

  • Tackling trauma — Mountaineer strives to bring compassion and care to Watauga County
    Tackling trauma — Mountaineer strives to bring compassion and care to Watauga County
    April 14, 2021

    Appalachian State University alumna and adjunct instructor Denise Presnell ’93 ’17 has made it her mission to educate and inform the High Country about trauma, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and resiliency. In the process, she has engaged a village.

  • App State Fulbright awardee Dr. Eric Karchmer researches adapting traditional Chinese medicine to treat emerging illnesses
    App State Fulbright awardee Dr. Eric Karchmer researches adapting traditional Chinese medicine to treat emerging illnesses
    March 26, 2021

    App State’s Dr. Eric Karchmer — a 2020–21 Fulbright awardee — has embarked on a Fulbright expedition to Taiwan, where, for the next 10 months, he will research how Taiwanese families are using traditional Chinese healing practices to manage the health of their children. He is joined by his wife, App State’s Dr. Dana Powell, and their children.

  • App State installs campfire location so students can socialize in outdoor spaces
    App State installs campfire location so students can socialize in outdoor spaces
    March 25, 2021

    The addition of a campfire and propane fire tables at App State is intended to address students’ feelings of isolation often associated with colder months, especially during the continuing pandemic.

  • 680 Mountaineers and local community members receive COVID vaccine at App State’s 1st vaccine clinic
    680 Mountaineers and local community members receive COVID vaccine at App State’s 1st vaccine clinic
    March 18, 2021

    Appalachian State University hosted its first COVID-19 vaccine clinic March 11–12, with 680 doses of the vaccine administered to eligible staff, faculty, students and community members.

  • App State names inaugural BCBS of NC Endowed Professor in Public Health
    App State names inaugural BCBS of NC Endowed Professor in Public Health
    March 5, 2021

    After conducting a national search, App State has appointed Dr. Martie Thompson as its inaugural Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Endowed Professor in Public Health. Thompson, who comes to App State from Clemson University, will join the faculty in App State’s Beaver College of Health Sciences in August.

  • NCDHHS approves App State to distribute COVID-19 vaccines
    NCDHHS approves App State to distribute COVID-19 vaccines
    Watauga Democrat
    March 2, 2021

    App State can act as a vaccine distribution site to administer COVID-19 vaccines to community members — as well as to students, faculty and staff — once vaccine allotments are provided.

  • Recent App State grad offers 4 tips for forming a pandemic pod for work and home life
    Recent App State grad offers 4 tips for forming a pandemic pod for work and home life
    Feb. 26, 2021

    Recent App State graduate and public health major Emilee Schluth offers advice on how to choose and adhere to a pandemic pod — a small, social network that looks out for each other’s well-being during the coronavirus pandemic.

  • App State professors form Cookvid-19 group to foster cooking community, raise money for local orgs [faculty featured]
    App State professors form Cookvid-19 group to foster cooking community, raise money for local orgs [faculty featured]
    Watauga Democrat
    Feb. 26, 2021

    A Facebook community started by App State faculty members to help people become more confident in their cooking has raised nearly $10,000 for local community organizations. Dr. Jack Kwong in the Department of Philosophy and Religion and Dr. Peter Fawson in the Department of Social Work are behind the “Cookvid-19” group.

  • Get outside to improve health during COVID, experts say [faculty quoted]
    Get outside to improve health during COVID, experts say [faculty quoted]
    Tuscon.com
    Feb. 22, 2021

    App State’s Dr. Richard Christiana in the Department of Health and Exercise Science discusses his research on the physical and mental benefits of exercising outdoors. Such activity can reduce stress and ease depression and anxiety for people of all ages, and also reduce the symptoms of ADHD in children, he said.

  • COVID-19 delivers 'wake-up call' to raise activity levels for viral defense, immunity [faculty featured]
    COVID-19 delivers 'wake-up call' to raise activity levels for viral defense, immunity [faculty featured]
    Healio
    Feb. 12, 2021

    App State’s Dr. David Nieman's says COVID-19 is a wake-up call to the importance of good health — before, during and after the pandemic. He shared his research and thoughts on the coronavirus during a Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician symposium. Nieman is director of the university’s Human Performance Lab.

  • App State and Banfield Pet Hospital® Announce New Online Vet Tech Program Aimed at Addressing Veterinary Shortage
    App State and Banfield Pet Hospital® Announce New Online Vet Tech Program Aimed at Addressing Veterinary Shortage
    The Associated Press
    Feb. 10, 2021

    News of a veterinary tech program implemented by Appalachian State University and Banfield Pet Hospital to strengthen the pipeline of licensed veterinary technicians, especially in rural areas, was shared by The Associated Press.

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