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Research from the Davies School of Communication & Sciences Disorders’ Emily Lund and Jean Rivera Perez is helping reshape how educators and clinicians support bilingual children with hearing loss, challenging long-held assumptions about language development. Their work was recently featured in The Dallas Morning News, which highlighted their research examining how Spanish-English bilingual children develop early literacy skills.

Research by Austin Graybeal ’21 Ph.D., assistant professor of kinesiology in Harris College, was recently published. But his work on GLP-1 medications and the link between muscle loss and fat began back during his time as a doctoral student at TCU.

A decade after a pivotal phone call helped launch her first NIH-funded research project, TCU professor Emily Lund is helping cultivate the next generation of federally funded researchers. Guided by Dean Bernard Rousseau's commitment to mentorship and research excellence, Harris College continues to strengthen its research enterprise, culminating in the college's first institutionally awarded NIH R01 grant and a growing culture of collaborative discovery.

Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences welcomes five new faculty this fall in the Department of Nursing and the Department of Kinesiology.

Brett Garcia, a second-year nurse anesthesia student, recently won the top prize at the Rm8: AANA Innovation Lab presentations, hosted by the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology in Boston.

Michelle Kimzey is the new holder of the Abell-Hanger Professorship in Gerontological Nursing. The Abell-Hanger Professorship was established in 1988 by the Abell-Hanger Foundation. Kimzey's teaching and research center on improving care for people living with dementia while preparing the next generation of health care professionals to provide compassionate, evidence-based support.

Beth Rogers, assistant professor of nursing, was recently announced as a Fellow in the National League for Nursing, recognizing her leadership and creativity in her field.

Kitchen sponges may shed microplastics with every scrub, but Don Thushara Galbadage, associate professor of health sciences and public health, says consumers shouldn’t panic.

The Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Achievement as a Creative Teacher and Scholar recipient is Emily Lund, professor in the Davies School of Communication Sciences & Disorders.