Brenda C. Buffington
Dr. Brenda C. Buffington holds a doctorate in education and is a national board-certified health and wellness coach and a certified exercise physiologist. She has been a health promotion and disease prevention professional for almost 40 years. Before joining The Ohio State University, Dr. Buffington was the assistant director of the Human Performance Laboratory at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO. Now in her ninth year at The Ohio State University College of Nursing, she is an assistant clinical professor in the Bachelor of Science in Health and Wellness degree program, executive director of Health Athlete, lead faculty for the Health and Wellness Coaching graduate certificate and a Buckeye Wellness program manager under the Office of the Chief Wellness Officer. Dr. Buffington has two grown sons and is passionate about health and wellness education, research, health coaching and helping everyone to live more fully engaged lives to become their best selves.
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Hyeryeong Lee, a first-year PhD student from South Korea, previously worked in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), caring for critically ill children.
The children and nurses in the PICU inspired her. “One particularly memorable moment was when a child who had been hospitalized in the PICU for a long time stopped by the PICU to say hello to us in good health after being discharged. The moment truly supported the impact of our work and brought me joy,” Lee said.
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