The Center of Excellence for Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan
The mission of the Center of Excellence for Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan is to stimulate and promote basic and applied research and education about health and wellness for disease prevention, health promotion, health communication, quality of life improvement and related economic benefits for Ohio and beyond.
The mission of the Center is carried out through programs and activities related to four major goals.
- Goal 1: Foster Collaborations: Serve as an incubator for interdisciplinary health and wellness research and educational programs.
- Goal 2: Create Applications: Develop and operate a “community laboratory” for health and wellness programs, projects and translational research.
- Goal 3: Advance the University: Establish and sustain the University as a model community for health and wellness.
- Goal 4: Become an Ohio and national resource: Become a resource for Ohio and the nation for documentation of the economic, social and quality-of-life benefits of prevention, health promotion, effective health communication and healthy lifestyles.
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Committees
Summer Camp Committee
Carolyn Hosenfeld
Jennifer Wagner
Laura Brubaker
Laura Schrock
Christina Olmstead
Research for a Campus-wide Research Networking Event
Stephanie Wladkowski
Peggy Adams
Wan Shen
Eric Cooke
Alissa Karpuszka
Marketing Committee
Jason Hughes
Cynthia Spitler
Vivian Miller
Faculty
Stephanie P Wladkowski
- Position: Associate Professor, Larry & Patty Benz Professor
- Email: swladko@bgsu.edu
Ph.D., LMSW, APHSW-C
Social Work Program
Carolyn Hosenfeld
- Position: Lab Coordinator/Assistant Clinical Professor
- Email: carwill@bgsu.edu
D.H.Sc, MPH, MLS(ASCP)cm, SH(ASCP)cm
Medical Laboratory Science Program
Jason Hughes
- Position: Director and Associate Professor
- Email: jkhughe@bgsu.edu
PhD, MS, OTR/L
Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program
Laura Brubaker
- Position: Assistant Clinical Professor
- Email: lbrubak@bgsu.edu
MFN, RDN, LD
Nutrition Sciences Program
Cynthia Spitler
- Position: Associate Teaching Professor
- Email: cspitle@bgsu.edu
PhD, LNHA
Gerontology Program
Jennifer Wagner
- Position: Associate Clinical Professor
- Email: jawagne@bgsu.edu
MPH, HSE, LNHA, CEAL
Gerontology Program
Vivian J. Miller
- Position: Associate Professor
- Email: millevj@bgsu.edu
PhD, LSW
Social Work Program
Christina Olmstead
- Position: Assistant Clinical Professor
- Email: cgardne@bgsu.edu
MFN, RD, LD
Nutrition Sciences Program
Peggy Adams
- Position: MSW Program Coordinator/Clinical Professor
- Email: padams@bgsu.edu
Ed.D.
Social Work Program
Alissa Karpuszka
- Position: Assistant Teaching Professor
- Email: alissaj@bgsu.edu
MSN, RN
School of Nursing
Laura Schrock
- Position: Clinical Professor
- Email: schrock@bgsu.edu
M.S., CCC-SLP
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Eric Cooke
- Position: Assistant Professor
- Email: emcooke@bgsu.edu
PhD
Criminal Justice Program
Wan Shen
- Position: Assistant Professor
- Email: wanshen@bgsu.edu
PhD
Dietetics
Updated: 12/11/2024 02:42PM