Health
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-
06/03/25
Ph.D. Student Researching Rare Bone Disorder She Was Diagnosed with as a Child
Camryn Berry can distinctly recall the first time a doctor talked to her rather than around her. Now, years later, she’s bringing that same... -
06/02/25
UNH Police Sergeant Balances the Badge and the Books
UNH Police Sgt. Callum Cochran is earning his master’s in social work to help improve mental health resources for first responders. Balancing full-... -
05/27/25
Student Research Project Engineers Better CPR Training
UNH Ph.D. student Prashant Purohit developed aÌýCPR training mannequin for newborn care, using real-time feedback to improve technique and reduce... -
05/22/25
What’s Up with Medicaid? And Why Should We Care?
Deborah Fournier, J.D., director of health law and policy for UNH's Institute for Health Policy and Practice and former N.H. Medicaid director,...
Recent Stories
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07/22/14 - UNH Professor Is NFL's MVP for Equipment ResearchWhen 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
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07/10/14 - 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
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07/09/14 - Extension Enlists Allies to Battle Ash Tree PestEmerald 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
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06/19/14 - BluebloodsSpring 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
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06/19/14 - Forest SentinelsImagine 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
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06/03/14 - Big Man on Campus: Therapy Dog Eases StressBefore 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
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06/03/14 - The Ick of the TickNew 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
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05/13/14 - Making It Through: Just BreatheJason 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