Skip To Main Content
Alyssa Collins on Muck Rack

Alyssa Collins

Manheim, Pennsylvania
As seen in: Farms.com, The Conversation, Chron, SPACE.com, Houston Chronicle, Scroll.in, Seattle PI, MYSA, Astronomy Magazine, Her Campus, San Antonio Express-News and
Director of the PennState Southeast Research & Extension Center and Assoc. Prof. in field crops pathology. She/her @pacropdoc on the sky that is blu. Need code?
Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work. Claim your profile

Get in touch with Alyssa

Contact Alyssa, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Is this you?

As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile

Articles

Changing Minds and Lives: A Substance Use Awareness Campaign

|
By Alyssa Collins
| purdue.edu
Introduction: In 2022, 48.7 million Americans experienced a substance use disorder (SUD),with opioid use disorder representing a significant concern.1 In 2023, 8.9 million individuals misused opioids,2 contributing to 107,543 fatal overdoses.3 College students are particularly vulnerable, with 20% reporting illicit substance use within the past month, highlighting the urgent need for focused interventions in this population.4 Project Overview: Boiler Substance Awareness Network (BSAN) is a...
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Understanding Soybean Cyst Nematode Risk in Pennsylvania

|
By Adriana Williams, Paul Esker, Alyssa Collins
| Lancaster Farming Verified
Soybean cyst nematode is a microscopic roundworm that feeds on roots. Since it was first discovered in the U.S. in 1954, it has spread to every state where soybeans are grown. Long-distance dispersal of soybean cyst nematode depends on the movement of infested roots and soil through agricultural equipment, tires, shovels, animals, runoff water and other means.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Neuro-Vascular-Metabolic Dysregulation, Metabolic Connectomics, and Metabolic Functional Changes in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Preclinical and Clinical Comparison

|
By Scott A Persohn, Olivia R. Simcox, Alyssa Collins, Paul Salama
| preprints.org
Submitted: 12 November 2025 You are already at the latest version Clinical imaging diagnostics in AD primarily focus on amyloid and tau accumulation; however, recent work suggests that neuro-metabolic and vascular dysregulation (MVD) begins prior to protein deposition. MVD changes persist in preclinical and clinical cases across the disease spectrum; therefore, comparing them could provide valuable insight into disease onset and progression.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
See all 91 licensed articles (93 Total)