From teaching the basics of economics to pushing her students to think critically and deeply in her senior seminar course, Kathryn Wilson, Ph.D., professor of economics at , designs her courses with the intention of having students achieve. “It's more than just having the students learn economics,” Wilson said. “Sure, I want them to work economics but also to work on their critical-thinking skills, so they are comfortable using data to solve problems.” Wilson designs her courses to challenge students and prepare them for times in their lives when th...
A Northeast Ohio research team has secured a major grant to assess the impact of its Positive Peers app on the health outcomes of individuals aged 13-34 living with HIV. The app, launched in 2016, is a private mobile resource designed for clinic-based intervention. The project evolved from a local HIV support group that wanted their own private Facebook group but found that wasn’t meeting their needs. Originally funded by the Special Projects of National Significance in HIV, a federal grant from the Health Resource Service Administration, the app was piloted with 128 MetroHealth patients be...