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Don’t have time to read about FIU research this summer?
Well, what about a few minutes to listen to it?
Each day from Monday, Aug. 7 — Friday, Aug. 11, different FIU experts will be talking about their latest work and discoveries on The Academic Minute:
- Do telehealth programs benefit children with developmental delay?
Psychology Professor Daniel Bagner - Reducing stroke misdiagnosis with AI?
Associate Professor of Information Systems and Business Analytics Min Chen - Social isolation and past trauma?
Psychology Associate Professor Elisa Trucco - A new dialect emerging in Miami?
Professor of Linguistics Phillip Carter - Freshwater under attack?
Dean of the Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs Shlomi Dinar
The public radio show and podcast — available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify — is hosted by President of the American Association of Colleges and Universities Lynn Pasquerella. Segments also are shared through Inside Higher Ed.
Below are all the details of what’s to come:
Monday, Aug. 7
About 1 in 6 children in the U.S. have a developmental delay. Their parents often face many obstacles — including financial challenges, fear of stigma, transportation and more. Psychology Professors Daniel M. Bagner and Jonathan Comer along with their teams at FIU’s Center for Children and Families led a study to learn whether a telehealth program can provide children with the care they need. Bagner will break down what they found out.
Read more about Bagner’s work and research:
Tuesday, Aug. 8
Treatment of a stroke is often a race against time. Minorities, women, older adults on Medicare and residents of rural areas are less likely to receive a stroke diagnosis within the critical window for receiving treatment. Min Chen, associate professor of information systems and business analytics at FIU Business, will explain the research behind a machine learning algorithm that can more quickly diagnose stroke patients before the results of laboratory tests or diagnostic images are available.
Read more about Chen’s work and research:
Wednesday, Aug. 9
Social connection and a sense of belonging are vital. Quarantine during the pandemic impacted the mental health of people across the world, especially teenagers. How did it impact some of the most vulnerable teens, such as those with a history of personal trauma? FIU Psychology Associate Professor Elisa Trucco and Center for Children and Families researchers led one of the first studies to find out. Trucco will break down how social isolation impacted those with a history of abuse.
Read more about Trucco’s work and research:
Thursday, Aug. 10
There are hundreds of different dialects across different regions, cities and communities in the U.S. While some dialects are more noticeable than others, every place has a unique way of speaking English. But are new dialects emerging in the U.S.? FIU Sociolinguist Phillip Carter will explain how he’s found evidence Miami has a unique dialect — what he’s coined “Miami English,” a variety of English with subtle structural influence from Spanish.
Read more about Carter’s work and research:
Friday, Aug. 11
For decades, Shlomi Dinar — Dean and Professor of Politics and International Relations in the Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs — has studied the politics of water, and how the very nature of water as a scarce, finite resource means it directly intersects with issues of national security. But is it a target for terrorists? Dinar will explore his latest research, unraveling the number of global terrorist attacks involving water.
Read more about Dinar:
