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According to data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), only about 30% of female students globally choose to pursue science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)-related fields in higher education. The reason? UNESCO suggests “long-standing…

�Ӱ���Ƶ faculty member Stacy Williams was elected a fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Williams also is COO of a leading online continuing education company, and founder and CEO of Simucase, an online simulation learning platform. ASHA…

From trying to understand lung immunity in COVID-19 patients to recognizing the impact the pandemic has had on mental health, researchers at �Ӱ���Ƶ and affiliated health care systems have joined forces to expand and improve research on the virus in the community and beyond.…

Elizabeth Short, professor of psychological sciences, was lead author of a study about the role of language in children’s play. The study explored how children who have various developmental disabilities (ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, and language delay) played compared to their peers of typical…

Rita Obeid, full-time lecturer in the Department of Psychological Sciences, recently co-wrote a paper exploring the relationship between racial bias and autism identification. The paper, published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities, builds on research showing minority…

Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that eye tracking was invasive. It is not invasive. The announcement has been corrected. Department of Psychological Sciences We are currently conducting an eye tracking research study on childhood brain injury and need children who have…

A five-year, $1.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to Case Western Reserve University will support students training to help children with developmental and educational needs. “Many children need extra help in their educational journey. Teachers cannot do it alone,” said…

With a four-year, $2.2 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), researchers at �Ӱ���Ƶ will seek answers on how children with traumatic brain injury (TBI) can return to school. Nearly 2,000 children visit emergency rooms every day with TBI,…

Within four hours of a traumatic experience, certain physiological markers—namely, sweating—are higher in people who go on to develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new study by a researcher at �Ӱ���Ƶ and other institutions. Around 90% of people who…

Rachel Mulheren, assistant professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, won the second-place New Investigator Award for her presentation titled “The Effect of Attention on Swallowing in Healthy Individuals: An Exploratory Study.” The honor was awarded by the Dysphagia Research Society at…