Welcome to the College of Health and Human Development
Learn the skills to enhance, enrich, and empower the human experience. Serve your community as a health advocate, nurse, exercise physiologist, audiologist, environmental health specialist, youth counselor, hospitality & tourism specialist, food scientist, physical therapist, assistive technology specialist, and more.
We are honing skills and finding solutions that improve the quality of life for individuals, communities and families. Health and Human Development is focused on preventing problems involving health and well-being, and where such issues exist, we address them through rehabilitation and rejuvenation.
Our alumni are in professions that enrich health and well-being, fitness and activity, and living environments. Together, HHD students, faculty, staff, and community improve the quality of life through research, education, and action.
HHD Stories Come to Life Video Series
- Scott L. Ponaman, Founder, President Ponaman Healthcare Consulting, (B.S. '89, M.S. '92, Health Administration) on how he discovered ways to help others through health administration optimization (E-6)
- Jane Marlis, Speech-Language Pathologist, M.S.. Communication Disorders Alum ('77) on a rewarding career working with children who stutter (E-5)
- Nina Amirian and Ariel Dankner Nursing Alums, Who Delivered Some of the Earliest COVID vaccines (E-4)
- Adrienne Borlongan and JP Lopez FCS, and Business alums; Owners, Founders Wanderlust Creamery (E-3)
- Lee Zeidman, RTM Alum, President, STAPLES Center, Nokia Theatre, and LA Live (E-2)
- Terri Stratton, HSCI Alum, CEO of El Dorado Community Health Centers in Northern California (E-1)
Watch all of HHD's videos on Our YouTube Channel
Featured Events
HHD Welcome Back Students Block Party - Fall 2023
Thursday, September 28, 2023 - 10:00am to 2:00pm
HHD Welcome Back Students Block Party: Thursday, September 28 from 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M., Sequoia Hall Courtyard. Stop by if you're a student in one of our academic departments or if you're interested in what our degree programs might do to enhance, enrich, and empower your time at CSUN and beyond. Meet Dean Mechelle Best, Associate Dean Dimitri Tamalis, Department Chairs, advisors, and representatives from the departments for an official welcome back (or welcome!) with information, resources, and fun and games. And there will be snacks-- and pizza! Read more
The Health and Human Development Heroes Award
Now scheduled for fall, 2024, the Inaugural HHD Heroes Award will recognize the success and accomplishments of a professional in one of the fields of HHD who has overcome barriers and made a significant impact through extraordinary work to improve and/or save the lives of others. These heroes are role models for students, alumni, faculty, staff, and the community.
Find Out More About the Heroes Award
Contact
College of Health and Human Development
Office of the Dean
email us: hhd@csun.edu
818-677-3001
Campus location:
Sequoia Hall Room 220
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8215
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About the College
Land Acknowledgement
The CSUN College of Health and Human Development recognizes and acknowledges the Sesevitam, the first people of this ancestral and unceded territory of Sesevenga that is now occupied by our institution and our college; and it honors their elders, past and present, and the Sesevitam descendants who are citizens of the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians. We recognize that the Sesevitam are still here and we are committed to lifting up their stories, culture, and community. Link to CSUN Shine today ‘We’re Still Here’: Land Acknowledgement Strengthens Bond Between CSUN and Fernandeño Tataviam Band
Featured News in HHD
In Memoriam: Kinesiology Faculty Emeritus, Richard Streid
August 23, 2023
With sadness, the College of Health and Human Development and the Department of Kinesiology announce the passing of Kinesiology Faculty Emeritus, Richard Streid, on August 14, 2023, at the age of 85. He was surrounded by his loving family. Read More About Richard Streid
Magaram Center-Based Team Innovates New Food Growth System Inspired by NASA Challenge
July 12, 2023
After completing the second round of the NASA Deep Space Food Challenge – a competition conceived to create novel and game-changing food technologies or systems for long-duration space missions... Read More About the NASA Project
A Sneak Peek: HHD's Innovation and Collaboration Challenge
June 14, 2023
In the fall of 2022, Dean Best presented a challenge to HHD faculty and staff: “Do you have an innovative idea for which you need funding? Do you need support to collaborate with a colleague from a non-HHD department? Do you want to provide research, creative works, and/or program opportunities for your students? Then this is the challenge for you.” Grants of up to $10,000 were awarded to 14 faculty. Read More About These Projects