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Todd Hollingshead

Media Relations Manager/Information Manager
Email: toddh@byu.edu
801-422-8373

Todd's primary roles for BYU include writing feature stories and pitching them to national and local media, serving as a spokesperson and managing one of BYU’s social media accounts. He's also the point of contact for journalists looking for data & information requests or expert sources from our faculty.   

Todd graduated from BYU with a bachelor's degree in communications in 2004 and added a master's degree in communications in 2012. Before coming to BYU, he worked as a news reporter for The Daily Herald and The Salt Lake Tribune. Todd has worked in University Communications since 2007. He teaches an undergraduate public relations class in the Communications Department and loves the chance to be part of the students' lives.   

He loves working with the people in his department and across BYU and counts himself lucky to have witnessed the Jimmer years in person. 

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Department News

Poor employee health means slacking on the job, business losses

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
July 23, 2019
The study, led by BYU health science professor Ray Merrill, finds that employees with unhealthy habits are causing substantially higher levels of lost workplace productivity.

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Department News

Keep calm and carry on: Mothers with high emotional, cognitive control help kids behave

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
July 20, 2019
A new parenting study led by professor Ali Crandall finds that the greater emotional control and problem-solving abilities a mother has, the less likely her children will develop behavioral problems such as throwing tantrums or fighting.

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Study finds bedrock is teeming with microorganisms protecting water quality

July 18, 2019
Nitrogen pollution from human fertilizer and fossil fuels affects two-thirds of freshwater bodies worldwide and causes billions of dollars of damage to fisheries and ecosystems annually. It triggers harmful algal blooms and dead zones where only worms and bacteria can survive.
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Intellect

Backed in Black: How to get people to buy more produce

July 16, 2019
Researchers from BYU and the Netherlands’ Delft University of Technology may have figured out a secret to get people to buy more fresh produce: dress veggies up in black.
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Intellect

Late-night snacking: Is it your brain's fault?

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
July 11, 2019
In a newly published study, exercise sciences professors and a neuroscientist at BYU used MRI to measure how people's brains respond to high and low-calorie food images at different times of the day.

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People on treadmill desks perform tasks nearly as well as those sitting

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
July 11, 2019
Research suggests health benefits of walking desks outweigh drop in cognition
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Melting ice is forcing polar bears to swim more; the cost is high

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
July 11, 2019
New research by BYU biologist Blaine Griffen finds the increase in swimming could permanently affect polar bear populations, leading to smaller bears, reduced reproduction rates and even increased risk of death for the bears.

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Newly minted Gates Scholar is 5th BYU student to receive rare honor

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
July 11, 2019
Anne Thomas is only the fifth BYU student to earn the all-expenses-paid fellowship since Bill and Melinda Gates started the Gates Cambridge Scholarship program in 2000.

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Department News

Study: Patients maintain muscle mass five years after surgically-induced weight loss

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
July 09, 2019
Newly-published research from BYU provides important evidence supporting the long-term safety and viability of bariatric surgery.

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