The benefits of small classes help students and last longer than previous research indicated, according to a nationally respected expert on education, class size and school discipline.
A $1.9 million National Institutes of Health grant will enable University at Buffalo professor Myles S. Faith to test a family-based treatment for childhood obesity using innovative technology that allows study participants to be treated in their homes.
The University at Buffalo’s Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention will extend its mission to protect and advocate for children by administering a $500,000 grant to study how teachers and other school staff members can recognize and report sexual abuse.
The four-year grant will admit up to 22 graduate students each year into the HRSA Behavioral Health/Substance Use Disorder Scholars Program, which will provide behavioral health education, stipends to offset living expenses, simulated training, and clinical placements in primary care settings in rural and vulnerable communities.
The multiyear, unprecedented, statewide initiative provides free and certified training on basic assessment and treatment of gambling disorders to licensed clinicians.
Parents can best help their children overcome obesity and develop heathy eating habits by adopting a “family treatment” approach to positive habits, including acting as a “champion” for good choices and being a healthy role model
The University at Buffalo’s Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention has earned a $1.38 million grant to develop and test an approach to reduce bullying and sexual harassment in high schools.
Catherine Cook-Cottone, a faculty member in the Graduate School of Education, says a self-care plan can help you focus, work effectively and stay healthy.
Personal growth and job skills have taken a backseat to an increased focus on standardized test scores in schools across the nation, according to new UB-led research.
Research finds that China and Korea raised the number of their universities among the top 500 schools in the world through increased government funding and a focus on developing research programs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.
Stay-at-home orders implemented worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic worsened diets, sleep and physical activity for children with obesity, according to research co-authored by Myles Faith, PhD.
