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Quick Facts

• 7 - Number of graduate programs in the college ranked in the top 100 nationwide by U.S. News and World Report in March 2013
• 100% - Percent of Doctor of Physical Therapy graduates (Classes of 2010 and 2011) who passed the national certification exam on the first try (national average is 88-93%)
• 2 - Number of programs in the college that are the sole offering in the field in Florida (health care informatics and research administration)
• 2012 - Year that Layla Archer, assistant director of Undergraduate Student Services, and Kristen Schellhase, director of the Program in Athletic Training, received Certificates of Merit from the National Academic Advising Association.
• 3 - Number of human rights centers being established in southern Russia by Associate Professor K. Michael Reynolds
• > 1,000 - Number of children and adults with speech, language and hearing problems annually served by the Communication Disorders Clinic

The COHPA Office of Research works in partnership with faculty members, community-based organizations, government agencies and staff members to identify and disseminate funding opportunities, foster creative and scholarly collaborations, coordinate and administer funded contracts and grant projects and ensure that all projects are conducted in compliance with sponsoring agency guidelines and regulations.

Upcoming Events

5/14 and 5/15/13
5th Annual COHPA Research Summer Institute
5/14 - Dr. Jana Janinski will make a presentation titled "Survey Research."
5/15 - Dr. Lynette Feder will make a presentation titled "Evidence-Based Interdisciplinary Research."

All COHPA faculty members and doctoral students are invited to attend.
Please RSVP to Patricia.Means@ucf.edu by May 1.

Announcements

4/24/13
College Celebrates Sponsored Research with Inaugural Event
Collegewide researchers recently gathered at an exclusive event to celebrate -- and to be recognized for -- their outstanding research efforts. Learn more

4/19/13
Presentation on Gerontology Research in China
1 to 2:30 p.m., HPA I - 335
Merril Silverstein, editor of The Journal of Gerontology (Social Sciences) and a professor at Syracuse University, spoke about his research on gerontology in China.

Presentation on Chinese Social Old-Age Insurance
3 to 4:30 p.m., HPA I - 335
Hong Mi, professor of public administration at Zhejiang University in China, spoke about "The Reform and Development of the Chinese Social Old-Age Insurance."

COHPA faculty and staff members and doctoral students were invited to attend the presentations.

3/28/13
Congratulations to the following faculty members in the College of Health and Public Affairs on their receipt of a 2012-13 Research Incentive Award (RIA)! The universitywide award recognizes "an outstanding research, scholarly or creative record that advances the body of knowledge in their field" and includes a $5,000 increase in salary.

- Thomas Bryer, assistant professor of public administration and director of the Center for Public and Nonprofit Management
- Anthony Pak-Hin Kong, assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders
- Ning Zhang, associate professor of public affairs

2/19/13
Three of the 22 UCF In-House Grants awarded this year went to faculty members in the College of Health and Public Affairs. "The COHPA Research Committee sent forward three proposals to ORC [UCF's Office of Research and Commercialization] and all three were awarded," said Kerry Gajewski, director of budget and research administration. "So COHPA did very well through this competitive review and selection. We are very proud of our faculty."

Gajewski noted that all three grant recipients attended a two-hour workshop on how to prepare a competitive In-House proposal taught by Instructor and Research Coordinator Barbara Howell. During the workshop, Howell reviews the entire application packet and recommends ways to respond to each section, including the budgeting page. "All three winners found it very helpful in putting together their successful proposals," Howell shared.

Howell offers the annual workshop each September, and she invites all tenure-track faculty members in the college to attend.

2013 In-House Grant Recipients from COHPA

Qian Hu, assistant professor of public administration
Project title: Building, Developing, and Sustaining Local Economic Development Networks
Award: $7,500

Xinliang "Albert" Liu, assistant professor of health management and informatics
Project title:The Effect of Physician Ownership on the Quality of Outpatient Urological Surgery
Award: $7,333

William Hanney, instructor of physical therapy
Project title: The Immediate Effects of Cervicothoracic Manipulation vs. Stretching on Upper Trapezius Pressure Pain Thresholds and Cervical Range of Motion
Award: $7,496

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