The 4-H Urban-Rural Exchange allows host families from Grant, Klamath, and Wallowa counties to open their homes to city kids and Multnomah County families to rural students.
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“This new project will enable us to create an infrastructure for parenting education in Oregon that builds on best practices across the state and answers specific local needs,” says Denise Rennekamp.
PhD student Jennifer Kue is working to understand the barriers that prevent Hmong women from seeking breast and cervical cancer screenings.
Researchers are discovering the connections between the heart and the brain, showing that cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with better cognitive function.
Nutrition experts at Oregon State University have essentially “cured” laboratory mice of mild, diet-induced diabetes by stimulating the production of a particular enzyme.
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Nutrition = Healing
“Assisting a PhD student in research was cool,” says Jigna Patel of her project with Lynn Cialdella-Kam and Professor Melinda Manore investigating the causes of menstrual dysfunction in young women.