College of Health and Human Development
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
Save the Date: 2nd Annual CSUN Bikefest!
Sunday, October 22, 2023 - 10:00am to 3:00pm
The CSUN College of Social and Behavioral Sciences is pleased to present our 2nd Annual CSUN BikeFest event! Whether you ride for fun, health, transportation, or anything in-between, biking offers something for everyone. Don't have a bike? Don't worry, you can still walk and roll with us! All abilities are welcome. Read more
HHD Student Town Hall - October 2023
Thursday, October 19, 2023 - 2:00pm to 3:15pm
HHD Student Town Hall, we need to hear your voice! If you're an HHD student please come to our Town Hall meeting Thursday, October 19, 2023. Dean Mechelle Best and Associate Dean Dimitri Tamalis will be there to talk with you. Share you ideas, thoughts and concerns. Refreshments will be served. More About the HHD Student Town Hall
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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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
HHD Staff Profiles Series: Baldemar Soto
September 13, 2023
Baldemar Soto is an EOP Coordinator / Academic Advisor in the HHD Student Services Center/EOP office. He started his journey at CSUN five years ago.... Read More about Baldemar
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