Completed Projects
The following list contains research projects completed by Center Directors and Associates
Health and Nutrition
Dehydration in older adults
Evaluation of a chronic disease management program
Mental health and stigma
Town-wide mental health assessment
Nutrition scan of public schools in Metrowest
Study of food and housing insecurity at a university
Nutrition and cognition during weight loss
Diabetes management
Osteoporosis and treatment
Substance use disorder
Leadership Development program in healthcare
Aging
Nutritional supplements, mild cognitive impairment/early/mid/late dementia
Assessment of needs of senior citizens
Council on Aging intergenerational programming
Council on Aging program assessments
Evaluation of an adult day-care program
Adult Day Health Care
Music and its effect on agitation in dementia
Palliative and end-of-life care
Education - K-12
Academic stress and high school students (in a public school and in a private school)
Assessment of student and teacher perceptions of block learning
Evaluation of STEM programs and courses in a public school system
Improving elementary school math teaching and learning and its relationship to STEM programs
Levels and types of prejudice among fifth graders
Needs assessment of middle school girls in Metrowest
Relationship between time and learning in a public high school
Relationship between sleep and academic performance among high school students
Higher Education
Analysis of Beginning College Survey of Student Engagement data for a university
Analysis of National Survey of Student Engagement data for a university
College student retention
Experiences of first-year college students
First-year Foundations program evaluation
Foundations of Excellence program analysis
Gender and Project-Based Learning in Undergraduate Engineering Education
Mental health and first-year college students
Persistence of part-time Master’s degree candidates
Evaluation of online professional development programs
Educational programs and programming
Massachusetts Library Systems (on Cultural Humility in Libraries, Workplace Incivility and Bullying in the Libraries)
Mentoring
Association of College and Research Libraries
Spectrum Mentoring Program of American Library Association
University of MA Libraries, Amherst Campus
Leadership development interview for the Council on East-Asian Studies Librarians
Leadership development in mentoring partnerships
Cultural humility and competency in libraries
Community Assessments
Assessment of communication channels and needs in a community
Asian-Americans and community integration
Community housing needs
Community needs assessments
COPS and 311 service implementation
Town-wide surveys
Issues of cultural diversity
Employee assessment of pre- and post-COVID workplace issues
United Way of Metrowest and Assabet Valley
Data Analysis
Vision Project [College Access, Affordability and Completion in Massachusetts] data analysis
Integrative review methodology
Secondary analysis of Medicare data
Nursing research and military professional nursing practice