COVID-19

Audrey McCombs and Claus Kadelka publish article in The Conversation

Audrey McCombs, a Ph.D. candidate in ecology and statistics, and Claus Kadelka, assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics, have published an article in The Conversation. The article, “US vaccine rollout was close to optimal at reducing deaths and infections, according to a model comparing 17.5 million alternative…

November 19, 2021

Researchers validate CDC’s vaccine rollout recommendation

Researchers in the LAS departments of statistics and mathematics share their compelling findings in a newly published paper on PLOS ONE.

November 17, 2021

Access to rural mental health care gets innovative boost

Warren Phillips, associate teaching professor in psychology, is focused on bringing mental health care services to rural Iowans.

June 28, 2021

Narratives can help science counter misinformation on vaccines

Michael Dahlstrom publishes paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

April 13, 2021

New research: Pandemic-related anxiety associated with women drinking more

Nearly two-thirds of female participants reported drinking more since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 7, 2021

Pandemic emphasizes need for digital literacy education

Psychology Professor Douglas Gentile advocates for digital literacy standards in a commentary published by Nature Human Behavior

March 11, 2021

Boosting student wellness during COVID-19

It takes a village to help students be well, remain engaged and succeed academically during a global pandemic.

January 27, 2021

COVID-19 model compares effectiveness of vaccine and mitigation strategies

LAS researchers developed a network-based approach to look at the impact of policies and vaccination strategies throughout the pandemic.

January 6, 2021