At ComArtSci, groundbreaking research is shaping the future of health and environmental communication. Researchers are at the forefront of addressing global challenges by developing innovative strategies that make complex issues accessible and actionable. Through interdisciplinary collaboration, they work to promote public health, advance environmental sustainability, and empower communities to make informed decisions.
Recent Health and Environmental Research
Faculty-Led Telehealth Project Receives 2025 Excellence Award in Interdisciplinary Studies
Serving Communities: Key Takeaways From 2024 HRCC Day of Innovation and Insights, Bettinghaus Endowed Lecture
The Science of the Positive: National Social Norms Center Launch Event Highlights Years of Impact
Telehealth for the Coming Decades Think Tank Unites Michigan Leaders to Shape the Future of Equitable Care
Beyond Diagnosis: Therapeutic Value of Extended EEGs for Epilepsy Patients
Associate Professor Bree Holtz recognized for service to the telehealth community through ATA fellowship
Elevating Discourse: Key Takeaways From 2023 HRCC Day of Innovation
Developing best practices: Associate Professor Bree Holtz receives federal grant for telemedicine think tank
MSU at 2022 Brazilian National Meeting of Environmental Journalism Researchers
Bree Holtz and team receive funding from NCAA to address the stigma surrounding mental health in student athletics
2022-2023 Strosacker Research Fellowship Winners
Maria Lapinski: Distinguished Partnership Award for International Community Engagement
HRCC Sandi Smith Research Fellowship awarded to Jong In Lim & Hanjie Liu
Knight Center receives Mott Foundation grant to increase diversity of environmental reporters
Aladé awarded NSF funding to research engagement in STEM media
Using high-speed imaging to learn more about voice disorders
Jeff Searl receives cancer research education grant from the National Cancer Institute
Additional Research Articles
Searl, J. (2014). Aerodynamics, contact pressure, and sense of effort during tracheoesophageal speech. In E. C. Ward & C. J. van As-Brooks (Eds.), Head and neck cancer: Treatment, rehabilitation, and outcomes (3rd ed., pp. 325–336). Plural Publishing. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=PzgPEQAAQBAJ
Searl, J. (2008). Articulatory aerodynamics, contact pressures and sense of effort during tracheoesophageal speech. In F. J. M. Hilgers, L. C. W. Pols, M. van Rossum, & M. W. M. van den Brekel (Eds.), Proceedings Invitational Round Table: Evidence-based Voice and Speech Rehabilitation in Head and Neck Cancer (pp. 16–17). Netherlands Cancer Institute. https://pure.uva.nl/ws/files/1098367/63729_Invitational_Round_Table_Papers_final.pdf
Issaka, B., Argyris, Y., & Tan, P.-N. (2024). Conversational agents as an aid for cancer survivors’ information search. In Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). https://aisel.aisnet.org/hicss-57/hc/chronic_diseases/4/
Hutcheson, K. A., Alvarez, C. P., Barringer, D. A., Kupferman, M. E., Lapine, P. R., & Lewin, J. S. (2012). Outcomes of elective total laryngectomy for laryngopharyngeal dysfunction in disease-free head and neck cancer survivors. Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 146(4), 585–590. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599811432264
Deliyski, D. D., Hillman, R. E., Mehta, D. D., & Zeitels, S. M. (2010). Voice production mechanisms following phonosurgical treatment of early glottic cancer: A high-speed videoendoscopy-based study. Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, 119(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1177/000348941011900101
Holmstrom, A., Wyatt, G., Sikorskii, A., Rahbar, M. H., Victorson, D., You, M., & Mukherjee, R. (2017). A randomized clinical trial of caregiver-delivered reflexology for symptom management during breast cancer treatment. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 53(3), 440–450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.09.005