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Institute for Health Policy and Practice Keeps New Hampshire Healthy

To analyze the data at the root of high-quality health care and inform policy and practice, the state of New Hampshire often turns to UNH’s Institute for Health Policy and Practice. Read More

Recent Stories

  • Erik Swartz
    - UNH Professor Is NFL's MVP for Equipment Research
    When the NFL wanted to evaluate the impact of non-standard facemasks on player safety, they turned to UNH kinesiology professor Erik Swartz for the data. His findings led to the... Read More
  • tracey ellis
    - Global OT
    As an occupational therapist, Tracey Ellis ’93 is trained to solve problems. ÌýSo when her Washington, D.C.-based Ellis Therapeutic Consultants began delivering occupational... Read More
  • Are Toxins Escaping our Lakes?
    - Are Toxins Escaping our Lakes?
    Lake closures in the hot summer months are often caused by cyanobacteria blooms, also know as harmful algae blooms, which release toxins that may be linked to such diseases as ALS... Read More
  • emerald ash borer larvae
    - Extension Enlists Allies to Battle Ash Tree Pest
    Emerald ash borer larvae eat away new wood that supports tree growth. The shiny green, half-inch-long bugs on display one recent evening at Canterbury Shaker Village don’t sting... Read More
  • great bay estuary
    - Bay Watch
    The man in the black Cadillac showed up late in the summer of 1973. Plenty of people had seen him, driving back and forth along Bay Road, the ribbon of pavement that winds around... Read More
  • horseshoe crabs
    - Bluebloods
    Spring is the season of horseshoe crab love, when thousands of females come up on beaches at high tide to spawn, and the smaller males hitch a ride on their backs or scuttle... Read More
  • pine tree closeup
    - Forest Sentinels
    Imagine a class full of students arrayed around a white pine tree in a 30-meter square, staring up through toilet paper tubes at the foliage. Now imagine a satellite 500 miles... Read More
  • hamilton therapy dog
    - Big Man on Campus: Therapy Dog Eases Stress
    Before Hamilton Caplan could come to UNH, he had to go to school. An 85-pound, 3-foot-6 Great Dane mix, Hamilton is UNH Health Services’ first therapy dog. His owner, Maria Caplan... Read More
  • tick
    - The Ick of the Tick
    New Hampshire’s long, snowy winter was great for black-legged ticks, which transmit Lyme disease. Cooperative Extension entomologist Alan Eaton gives tips on staying safe. Alan... Read More
  • jason kelly doing yoga and meditation
    - Making It Through: Just Breathe
    Jason Kelly ’14 used to be afraid of homework. An assignment that another student could bang out in 20 minutes would take Kelly a couple of hours, not because he struggled with... Read More