James Navalta, Dustin Davis (both Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) and collaborator Whitley Stone from Western Kentucky University published an article entitled, "Implications for cisgender female underrepresentation, small sample sizes, and misgendering in sport and exercise science research." The paper appears in PLOS ONE, and describes why…

Laurenica Bonsu, Asma Awan, Manoj Sharma (all Social and Behavioral Health) & Buddhadeb Dawn (Medicine), presented their talk “Role of Yoga for Improving Cardiovascular Health” during the American Public Health Association 2023 Annual Meeting on Nov. 13 in Atlanta, Georgia, as part of the Innovations in Integrative, Complementary, and…

Francis A. Cucinotta (both Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) and Premkumar B. Saganti published an article titled, "Residual radiation risk disparities across sex and race or ethnic groups for lifetime never-smokers on lunar missions," in the journal Life Science in Space Research. Research, for the first time, predicts…

Bryson Carrier, Robert W. Salatto, Dustin W. Davis, Jacquelyn V.L. Sertic, Brenna Barrios, Graham R. McGinnis, Tedd J. Girouard, James W. Navalta (all Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), and Benjamin Burroughs (Journalism and Media Studies) published "Assessing the Validity of Several Heart Rate Monitors in Wearable Technology…

Richard R. Rosenkranz and Sara K. Rosenkranz (both Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues at Kansas State University, recently published "Recovery Phase Nutrition and Insulin Strategies for a Collegiate Distance Runner with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: A Case Study" in the journal Sports.

The inaugural student-driven UNLV Triathlon Club competed in their first Collegiate Division triathlon Saturday, Oct. 29, 2023. Club president Levi Thomas (Kinesiology), treasurer Ashlyn Thomas (Nutrition), and members Emilo Benitez (Kinesiology), Liahm Blank (Biology), Julio Carrion (Biology), and Juliano El-Hajj (Biology) all completed the BBSC…

Dean Ronald T Brown (Integrated Health Sciences) has been elected to Council of the American Psychological Association. He will begin this service on Jan. 1, 2024.  

Faculty and students from the Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences department recently published a paper in Sport Mont titled, "Validity and Reliability of Wearable Devices during Self-Paced Walking, Jogging and Overground Skipping." The authors include Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences faculty James Navalta, Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences…

Sara K. Rosenkranz, Ph.D., (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues from Kansas State University, Fort Hayes University, and Oklahoma State University, published "Opportunities for Maximizing the Dietary Quality of Fad Diets" in the journal, Nutrients. 

Dean Ronald T. Brown (Integrated Health Sciences) presented at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, "Creating Positive Change Through Synergistic Pediatric and Psychological Care."

Dr. Nate Hollister (Medicine), John Mercer (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), and Scott McDonald of Magnum Opus organized the second Circus Performance Research Roundtable on Oct. 13. UNLV Sports Innovation and Magnum Opus, a Southern Nevada research group, hosted this roundtable for UNLV faculty, students (undergraduate, M.S., and…

Kara Radzak (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) was invited to speak with Emilie Stickley (Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii) at Hawaii Pacific Health's Grand Rounds. Radzak and Stickley presented on cultivating an interdisciplinary approach to advising patients on a…