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Pilot study looks to improve minority maternal health outcomes

Pilot study looks to improve minority maternal health outcomes Researchers Victoria Orrego Dunleavy and Veronica Alvarez-Galiana explore group prenatal care as an effective method of care for pregnant women, with the goal of reducing preventable maternal mortality. School of Communication News 3-26-2025 As recipients of a recent pilot grant award, researchers at the University of Miami School of Communication and Miller School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences launched a study titled “Implementation and Evaluation of a Pilot Group Prenatal Care Program to Address [...]

2025-03-31T09:20:43-04:00March 31, 2025|Communication Studies, School of Communication|
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School of Communication and Miller School of Medicine team up for innovative projects

School of Communication and Miller School of Medicine team up for innovative projects Funded by the Mitchell Wolfson Foundation, the interdisciplinary research studies enhance the academic mission of both schools. Dr. Latha Chandran, Dr. Shria Kumar, Rhonda Trust, Clair Bittner, Kelly Mcaguire, and Dia Kontaxis celebrate at the Gordon Center Auditorium during the Health Communications Grant Shark Tank event. Photo: Jenny Abreu By Barbara Gutierrez 3-24-2025 This story originally appeared in News@TheU School of Communication lecturer Rhonda Trust will work next to Dr. Shria Kumar, a [...]

2025-03-26T11:47:39-04:00March 25, 2025|Communication Studies, School of Communication|
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SoC Scholars Lead at AEJMC 2024

SoC Scholars Lead at AEJMC 2024 Faculty and Ph.D. students from the University of Miami School of Communication made a significant impact at the 2024 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Conference, held from August 8-11 in Philadelphia, PA. Their participation highlighted the School’s commitment to advancing scholarship and leadership in the fields of communication, public relations, journalism, and media. Ph.D. Students' Achievements: The following papers were presented in the Top Student Paper Session for the Public Relations Division: [...]

2024-10-21T13:27:33-04:00August 14, 2024|Doctoral, Journalism, Public Relations, School of Communication|
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Research Day: The Power of Stories to Create Social Change

Come learn about the innovative research and projects developed by School of Communication faculty across creative and social scientific disciplines. Featuring a keynote address by Dr. Melanie Green, chair of the Department of Communication, University at Buffalo, and VR projects focused on health and social change, as well as new projects funded by the Wolfson Foundation.

2024-01-17T11:30:10-05:00January 17, 2024|, |
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‘Black Game Studies’ Examines Contributions of Black Game Makers to the Industry

By Karina Valdes Realizing a need for a reference of African American and African diaspora game makers, Lindsay Grace, associate professor and Knight Chair in Interactive Media, recently released Black Game Studies, an academic and historical book on the contributions of Black game makers to the field of analog and digital games. “There was a shortage of information about people of the African American and African diaspora and the kinds of games they make. What I did at the start of last year was to solicit stories and aggregate all [...]

2022-02-11T14:00:05-05:00February 11, 2022|Interactive Media, School of Communication|
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Journalists Respond with Anger, Seek Justice After Four Killed in Mexico

By Barbara Gutierrez The country continues to be hazardous for members of the news media as the January murders are added to the death toll. A University scholar says that impunity must end, and the press must be protected. Mexico continues to be one of the most dangerous places for journalists to practice their profession. Four journalists were killed since the start of this year, prompting large street demonstrations in almost 40 cities in the country by angry news people who are demanding justice for their fallen colleagues. In early [...]

2022-02-03T11:35:10-05:00February 3, 2022|Journalism|
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Two Studies Examine How Latin American Journalists Cope With Stress

By: Barbara Gutierrez University collaborations, one in Mexico and the other in Brazil, show that many reporters turn to colleagues and their desire to provide public service to bolster emotional strength when facing threat and harassment. Violence is on the uptick against journalists in Latin America and around the world, as is risk to their emotional well-being during coverage of traumatic events, but little is known about how journalists are coping. Two new University of Miami studies, in collaboration with academic partners in Mexico and Brazil, revealed that journalists respond [...]

2021-07-26T12:32:15-04:00July 26, 2021|Journalism|
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COVID-19 Observatory: Bungled Response Compounds Misery in Brazil

By: Michael R. Malone The initiative has been tracking public health policy response data to determine how swift or lax implementation of mitigation efforts have impacted the spread of the virus in Latin American countries. Brazil, which has followed the inept example of Mexico in failing to swiftly enact national public health policies to contain the coronavirus pandemic, has now become the world leader in terms of infections and daily deaths, according to the latest round of data provided by the Latin America COVID-19 Observatory. In a trilingual webinar Tuesday, [...]

2020-06-09T11:18:31-04:00June 9, 2020|Journalism, School of Communication|
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