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Waters College of Health Professions Prolonged physical inactivity has a potent effect on the mind and body. It can shorten the lifespan, reduce the quality of life, increase health care costs and reduce the age of chronic disease onset (Booth et al., 2020). This is of concern because pre-existing chronic disease seems to worsen the…

Jiann-Ping Hsu College Of Public Health You just noticed a rash on your skin. You’d like to get a doctor’s opinion, so you reach for your computer to schedule a telehealth visit. In recent months, this scenario has become commonplace. COVID-19 has launched telehealth into mainstream health care delivery as patient and provider willingness to…

College of Science and Mathematics Food deserts Many neighborhoods across the country lack a key component: a local grocery store. For many Savannahians, food insecurity is a daily reality – one the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated. “Food deserts” are areas, often urban and low-income, where fresh, nutritional food is not readily accessible, especially for those…

College of Behavioral and Social Sciences For anyone who regularly uses the internet for school, work and entertainment, it’s hard to imagine, but many of our neighbors and some of our students live in the gap known as the digital divide. The digital divide, or the fact that a substantial percentage of people are limited…

College of Education The global pandemic resulting from COVID-19 has created significant disruption across all of the domains of our lives that normally provide us with stability and consistency. Our physical, emotional, social, vocational and spiritual pursuits have decreased and (in some cases) ceased. Disruption in any one area can increase symptoms of anxiety and…

Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing In March of 2020 it became evident that the COVID-19 pandemic was resulting in substantial shortages of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Health care workers risked their lives in the care of their COVID patients by using homemade PPE devices and recycling single-use PPE devices. As the adage…

Georgia Southern Awarded More Than $6 Million for Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students Georgia Southern University is the recipient of two grants totaling $6.5 million from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Both grants are from the agency’s Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS)Program. Nandi A. Marshall, DrPH, and Joseph Telfair, DrPH, faculty members in…

New International Music Collaboration Project Creates Additional Avenue for Musician Development Martín Gendelman, DMA, associate professor and head of Georgia Southern’s music theory and composition area in the Department of Music, has always had an interest in creating new music opportunities for students. Last year, he created an opportunity that crossed continents. “This is one…