2024 HHS Highlights

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With so much to celebrate, it was difficult to narrow down our list of College of Health and Human Sciences (HHS) highlights for 2024. See what made the list (below), and visit the HHS news blog or join us on social media for more of what we were up to this year.

Developing Initiatives

Research audiologist Alex Hustedt-Mai tests Purdue President Mung Chiang’s hearing at the APARC grand opening in Indianapolis.

Research audiologist Alex Hustedt-Mai tests Purdue President Mung Chiang’s hearing at the APARC grand opening in Indianapolis.

Health of the Forces fosters research collaborations surrounding military health and well-being.

The Center for Rural and Migrant Health trains community health workers to address health equity within rural and underserved communities in Indiana.

The Accessible Precision Audiology Research Center (APARC) in Indianapolis provides testing for community members and serves as a resource for navigating the complicated world of hearing health care.

Research audiologist Alex Hustedt-Mai tests Purdue President Mung Chiang’s hearing at the APARC grand opening in Indianapolis.

As part of the university’s One Health initiative, HHS played a key role in November’s One Health Alumni Reunion.

Anniversaries

The Center for Families is celebrating 30 years of bringing together collaborators from across Purdue University to focus on improving outcomes for families.

The Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences celebrated its 10th anniversary since moving to Lyles-Porter Hall in November.

 

Top Rankings

#7

INDUSTRIAL-ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM

in the country

#29

PSYCHOLOGY
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM

representing top 5% program in the country

Top 10

#2 SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY
#8 AUDIOLOGY

US News & World Report

Top 10%

8% BS NURSING PROGRAM
4% MS NURSING PROGRAM
9% DNP NURSING PROGRAM

in the Nation

Record Research Funding

$38.7 Million

HHS RESEARCH EXPENDITURES

(FY2024)

$54.3 MILLION

HHS SPONSORED RESEARCH AWARDS

(FY 2024)

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