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The college takes enormous pride in the pioneering work of our faculty and students who are constantly creating, discovering and leading the discourse in their disciplines.  Recent research has examined knowledge of the HPV vaccine; predictions of intoxication; injury among children and competitive athletes; and perceptions of pelvic pain.  Following are highlights:
 
An examination of middle- and high-school-student knowledge and behaviors surrounding the HPV vaccine in a rural Appalachian, Ohio, county, by, Ph.D., , Ph.D. and colleagues, was presented at the Annual Meeting, held in Memphis, Tennessee, on March 9-12.  As one of the top 18 studies submitted for presentation at the conference, the abstract was published in the March 2013 issue of
 
In a study involving three dozen undergraduate females, R. Scott Olds, H.S.D., and colleagues investigated whether changes in eating after intending to drink interacted with dietary restraint to predict accuracy of one's intoxication.  Findings were published in the April 2013 issue of Addictive Behaviors.
 
A manuscript by Jingzhen “Ginger” Yang, Ph.D., and colleagues, entitled , was selected as co-winner of the. The annual award honors the journal’s longstanding editor. Yang and colleagues also published findings regarding unintentional fall injuries among U.S. children, based upon the, in the , Issue 1, 2013.
 
In the February 2013 Minerva Ginecol, Scott F. Grey, Ph.D., and colleagues discussed their recent study analyzing pelvic floor muscle pain in patients with chronic pelvic pain.