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School of Integrated Health Sciences News

With many degree offerings that are accredited by national organizations, the School of Integrated Health Sciences offers dynamic classroom instruction, laboratory/clinical practice, research, and mentoring. Our students develop skills that help them break into health-related fields and further their graduate or professional studies.

Current Integrated Health Sciences News

Some early studying during the opening week of the Spring 2026 semester (Josh Hawkins/UNLV).
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A look at some of the most eye-grabbing headlines featuring UNLV faculty, staff, and students.

a woman pushing a stroller with a young child as another child run alongside them
Research |

Through UNLV-UNR Extension collaboration, Kara Radzak hopes to better inform new mothers about proper exercise before and after childbirth.

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Research |

UNLV nutrition professor Sara Rosenkranz on choosing your proteins and what to do about those new federal guidelines.

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Campus News |

UNLV community outreach programs offer practical learning opportunities for students while leveraging our resources to address societal needs.

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Campus News |

A collection of the top news headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

students surround "patient" on stretcher during staged emergency
Campus News |

Applied Health Sciences students learn basics of emergency medicine through the real-life scenarios of firefighters.

Integrated Health Sciences In The News

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Looking to revitalize your fitness routine? A straightforward yet impactful method could be to start walking backwards. While a brisk forward walk offers myriad benefits – strengthening bones, building muscle, boosting cardiovascular health, and easing stress – its familiar rhythm can become monotonous. This is where retro walking, or reverse walking, presents a compelling alternative.

 

Everyday Health

The new U.S. dietary guidelines praise red meat as a ‘high-quality, nutrient-dense protein food.’ Here registered dietitians weigh in on the benefits and drawbacks.

KSNV-TV: News 3

The Clark County School District's decision to alter school start times is based on research, but how will it affect students' sleep? UNLV kinesiology professor Dr. Graham McGinnis, an expert in circadian rhythm disruption, suggests that these changes could have significant implications for students' sleep schedules.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

Officials introduced a new tool at UNLV today that will help further medical research into Alzheimer's.

Martha Stewart

Versatile, protein-rich vegetables can be roasted, sautéed, blended, or added to soups and grains to enhance everyday meals.

Women's Health

The 6-6-6 walking challenge involves three components within its daily regimen. First is six minutes of warmup stretches followed by 60 minutes of walking, and six minutes of stretching again. Ideally, these walks are slotted into your schedule at either 6 a.m. or 6 p.m., just to keep with the theme.

Integrated Health Sciences Experts

An expert in biomechanics
An expert in physical therapy and movement disorders, including Parkinson's.
An expert on the role of nutrition in preventing and managing chronic diseases, especially in older adults.
An expert on radiation's role in cancer growth in tissues and DNA repair.
An expert on the interactions between nutrition and physical activity.
An expert in child psychology and trauma, ADHD, and chronic diseases in children such as sickle cell.

Recent Integrated Health Sciences Accomplishments

Kai-Yu Ho (Physical Therapy) played a key role in this high-impact publication through her collaboration with an extensive network of internationally recognized scholars from North America, Europe, and South America. Contributing to a systematic evidence and gap map published in the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, one of the…
Noehealani Antolin (Medicine), Blessing Imade (Medicine), Ana Reyes (Medicine), Selam Ayele (Medicine), Eric Aguila (NLV VA Medical Center), Jenny Kent (Integrated Health Sciences), Deborah A. Kuhls (Medicine), Szu-Ping Lee (Integrated Health Sciences), presented a poster titled, "Adaptive Driving Assessments and Return to Independent Driving…
Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) along with a group of national and international experts in food polyphenol research published a review on wild blueberries and cardiometabolic health in the journal Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition (impact factor 8.8). This article extensively reviews the agricultural…
Van “DocDoc” Whaley (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) presented a poster at the Nineteenth Annual Leadership Workshop of the American Kinesiology Association, held Jan. 29-31, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia. Whaley’s poster, "Scaling Undergraduate Anatomy and Physiology: Exam Pools, Video Accessibility, and Master Schedules for 1,200 Students,"…
Graham McGinnis (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) and alumnus Elias Malek (Integrated Health Sciences), along with colleagues from the University of Montana published a study titled, "The effect of acute sleep deprivation on inflammatory and oxidative stress responses to simulated wildland firefighting," in the Journal of Occupational and…
James Navalta (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) and collaborators recently published in the Journal of Personalized Medicine. The article, titled "Long COVID Does Not Impair Hemodynamic, Vascular, or Autonomic Responses to Maximal Exercise: Sex-Stratified Study in Young Adults," reveals how physically active adults are largely protected…