David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics Professor Timothy De Ver Dye participated in a study to qualitatively assess beliefs, attitudes and behaviors related to diarrhea and water filtration in rural Kenya.
The study concluded that novel water filtration devices distributed as part of a comprehensive public health campaign rapidly proved acceptable to community members and were consistent with community practices and beliefs.
Dye is a medical anthropologist and social epidemiologist who specializes in applied public health, particularly within marginalized, isolated and global populations, and with a content focus on social and cultural determinants of health. His efforts are focused in global health development, focusing on applied field methods in anthropology and epidemiology to enhance the effectiveness of international development projects.
When the federal government began measuring food insecurity in the 1990s, most researchers focused on low-income families. But Colleen Heflin noticed a different group standing out in the data: military veterans. “I have deep roots in the field, and I’ve…
An innovative initiative focusing on the power of sport fandom for character development has been awarded more than $800,000 in funding through a 2025 Institutional Impact Grant from the Educating Character Initiative, part of Wake Forest University’s Program for Leadership…
A dedicated group of chaplains, students and staff from Hendricks Chapel attended the Interfaith America Leadership Summit in Chicago from Aug. 8-10. The multifaith cohort joined more than 700 participants to bridge divides and forge friendships across lines of religious…
Using a new metric called “world golf ability,” a David B. Falk College of Sport research team has determined that Team Europe’s methods of selecting and preparing its Ryder Cup team gives it a significant advantage over Team USA. Played…
Instructional design program alumnus Lawrence “Larry” Swiader ’89, G’93 has built a career at the intersection of storytelling, education and technology—a path that’s taken him from the early days of analog editing as a student in the S.I. Newhouse School…
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