 In 2010 , BGSU 's Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan Center was named as a Center for Excellence by the Ohio Board of Regents . The Center of Excellence for Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan primarily focuses on research pertaining to areas such as physical health , substance use and abuse , mental health , voice and speech science , family and marriage research , and health communication . It houses the first National Center for Family & Marriage Research , established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services along with the Center for Family and Demographic Research , which received long @-@ term funding by the National Institutes of Health for voice and speech science research . 
