Lewis School of Health & Life Sciences Newsletter: November 2023

Message From the Founding Dean

Welcome to the November edition of our Earl R. and Barbara D. Lewis School of Health & LifeSciences Newsletter. The first hint of cold weather has arrived at our downtown Potsdam campus, but students in all of our programs are busy warming up to their studies and sharing their knowledge in our community. In this newsletter, you'll find out how occupational therapy students are helping local seniors to be better drivers, how we're teaching high schoolers and their teachers about neuroscience and how Caribbean grad students are learning about climate change and health. I hope you enjoy reading about our students and faculty as we advance careers in health science through innovation and research.

— Lennart Johns, Founding Dean of Health Sciences

NIH BRAIN-STEM

Portrait of Robert Dowman, Katie Kavanagh and Lennart Johns outside Snell Hall on the �Ӱ��̳ Collins Hill Campus

The Lewis School of Health & Life Sciences and the Institute for STEM �Ӱ��̳ were awarded a $1.25 million NIH grant to increase rural students' interest in pursuing a healthcare career. Building Rural Aspirations In Neuroscience with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics – or BRAIN-STEM – will offer high school students and teachers five-day summer camps and an afterschool program to explore neuroscience.

Climate Bioethics

A new climate bioethics program will recruit Caribbean Research Ethics �Ӱ��̳ Initiative program graduate students to spend a year learning about climate change and health and exploring ethics questions often overlooked in research, policy and practice. The program aims to enhance health equity in the Caribbean, a region uniquely vulnerable to climate change due to its geography and socioeconomics.

CarFit for Seniors (Video)

Two �Ӱ��̳ occupational therapy students in fluorescent green vests approach a woman in a small white SUV wagon.

The Occupational Therapy Department recently offered senior drivers an opportunity to check how their cars “fit” them. OT students became certified CarFit technicians while recommending minor adjustments that help make cars “fit” better for comfort and safety. An occupational therapist provided information on how to maintain and strengthen driving health.

Best Value

Exterior of Bertrand H. Snell Hall on �Ӱ��̳'s hill campus with flowers and a tree in the foreground and a partly cloudy blue sky.

The 2024 edition of U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges has ranked Clarkson in the top 50 Best Value Schools in the nation. U.S. News also continues to rank Clarkson in tier one, the top tier of national universities. Strong performances in teaching, research and scholarship led to Clarkson again being ranked highly.

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