DURHAM, N.H. – The Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire congratulates Sara Rainer for receiving the Rising Star Award by the New Hampshire Public Health Association at their Annual Meeting on April 11, 2018.  Read More: Sara Rainer Receives Rising Star Award at the New Hampshire Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting

New Hampshire adults with cognitive and/or mobility disabilities are more likely to smoke cigarettes than adults without disabilities. The Disability in Focus, March 2018 data brief, released by the NH Disability & Public Health Project (DPH), shows that  Read More: New Hampshire Adults with Disabilities Are Motivated to Quit Smoking

As reported to NH DHHS during the 2016-2017 influenza season, the overall State vaccination percentage in hospitals was 94.2%.  Read More: NH Occupational Health Surveillance Program Releases Report on Impact of Influenza Policies

In New Hampshire 8 out of every 10 mothers initiates breastfeeding after birth, however only 3 mothers continue breastfeeding the full 12 months as suggested by the American Academy of Pediatrics. This and other findings are highlighted in a new report from the New Hampshire Occupational Health Surveillance Project (NH OHSP).  Read More: NH Occupational Health Surveillance Program Releases Report on Barriers to Breastfeeding

Dr. Joan B. Beasley has been invited by AUCD to participate on the advisory board for project called Building a national partnership to identify the mental health priorities of young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (YA with I/DD). This project is a partnership between Boston University and The Arc of the United States.  Read More: Dr. Joan Beasley Joins Advisory Board

Originally Published in the UNH College of Health & Human Services September Newsletter  Read More: NH-ME LEND Begins Its Year

The Institute on Disability (IOD) at the University of New Hampshire has received a three-year renewal for its New England Genetics Collaborative (NEGC) from the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  Read More: A New Grant and Name for the Institute on Disability’s New England Genetics Collaborative

DURHAM, N.H. - The Institute on Disability (IOD) at the University of New Hampshire has been awarded a $10,355 Opportunity Grant by the Endowment for Health to fund the Needs Assessment Workshop on Health and Safety Training for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.  Read More: Institute on Disability Receives Opportunity Grant from New Hampshire Endowment for Health

DURHAM, N.H. – Institute on Disability (IOD) Staff Members Dr. Debra Brucker and Sara Rainer received awards from the University of New Hampshire’s College of Health and Human Services at their Spring Awards Luncheon on Thursday, April 30, 2017.  Read More: IOD Staff Honored by UNH College of Health & Human Services

The New Hampshire-Maine Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (NH-ME LEND) Program was recently selected to participate in the 2017 Diversity & Health Equity Peer Learning Collaborative, supported by the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Bureau, Division of MCH Workforce Development.  Read More: NH-ME LEND Selected to Participate in MCH Diversity & Health Equity Peer Learning Collaborative