College research centers welcomed three new leaders who will carry out the shared vision of fostering interdisciplinary research, engaging students and translating research to practice. Associate Professor David Dallas is the endowed director of the Moore Family Center for Whole Grain Foods, Nutrition and Preventive Health. Professor Sunil Khanna, the Robert and Sara Rothschild Endowed Chair, is director of the Center for Global Health. Professor Suzanne Segerstrom, Jo Anne Leonard Petersen Endowed Chair for Gerontology and Family Studies, is director of the Center for Healthy Aging Research. Assessing risk of workplace injuries with AI Mina Salehi Sedeh, an environmental and occupational health doctoral student and former safety engineer, is using open-source AI software originally designed for athletes and adapting it to analyze the complex movements of workers. She aims to create an accurate and non-invasive way to assess workplace injury risks. RESEARCH CENTERS Identifying PTSD predictors in veterans Researchers found veterans’ perceptions of their combat experiences and the social support they receive after returning home are greater predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms than the specific conflict in which they served. Researchers hope their findings can inform more effective prevention and screening tools for health care providers such as Veterans Affairs. Authors include Professor Emerita Carolyn Aldwin; Professor Suzanne Segerstrom; Research Associate Soyoung Choun; and Dakota Witzel, PhD ’22, and Maria Kurth, PhD ’23, doctoral scholars at Penn State. Synergies Winter 2024 ▴ 15
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