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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

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Campus News |

A collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

Brad Solomon stands second from right next to a UNLV slot machine
People |

Bradford Solomon credits nutrition and a healthy lifestyle as a way to make a difference on and off the field.

Baseball Coach Nick Garritano in front of field with Vegas Strip in background
Athletics |

More than three decades after a record-setting place-kicking career with UNLV football, Las Vegas baseball coaching legend Nick Garritano tapped to lead the Hustlin’ Rebels.

undergraduates
Campus News |

A collection of top headlines featuring UNLV faculty and students.

The top of a UNLV graduation cap overlooking a crowd of graduation students at Commencement.
People |

The newest Rebel grads reflect on their time at UNLV and share what the future holds.

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Arts and Culture |

The conference connects entertainment, medicine, academia, and research through live performance, presentations, networking, and more.

Integrated Health Sciences In The News

Medium

A passionate golfer on the transfer problem in golf practice: what forty years of motor-learning research explains, what good Tour caddies have always practiced, and how applied AI can close that gap.

Us Weekly

Most people are getting fibermaxxing wrong — and they don’t even know it.

Woman’s World

Fibermaxxing is trending — but doubling your fiber overnight could seriously wreck your gut health.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

If you’ve spent any time on wellness social media lately, you’ve probably seen it — people blending psyllium husk into their morning smoothies, snacking on beans between meals and proudly logging 60-plus grams of fiber a day. Welcome to the fibermaxxing trend.

Martha Stewart

Sourdough bread is considered to be one of the best breads to eat, particularly if you choose a loaf with a minimal ingredients list. Yet, you might wonder: What happens to the body when you eat sourdough, and how does it compare to other varieties of bread? We spoke with dietitians to find out.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Professional acrobats, circus performers, physicians and researchers gathered Saturday at UNLV for a conference aimed at improving medical care for performers whose jobs demand extreme strength, flexibility and endurance.

Integrated Health Sciences Experts

An expert on pain modulation and rehabilitation, especially within the amputee population.
A food nutritionist specializing in diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
A registered dietitian with expertise in nutrition, food and ethnic issues, and dietetics.
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 in human body movement, the physics of sports, and running.

Recent Integrated Health Sciences Accomplishments

Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) published an original research article with Kenneth Izuora (Medicine) and colleagues on the role of healthy dietary patterns in inflammatory biomarkers that predict cardiovascular disease in adults with and without type 1 diabetes using data from the NIH funded Coronary Artery…
Bryson Carrier (graduate of the PhD in Interdisciplinary Health Science) and James Navalta (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) recently published an article titled, "Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors Associated with Fitbit Ownership in the NIH All of Us Cohort." The article was published in International Journal of Environmental Research…
Neda Akhavan (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues, recently published "Prune Consumption and Bone Health in Older Men: A One-Year Randomized Controlled Trial" in the journal Nutrients. 
Congratulations to UNLV graduate student Katsiaryna (Kate) Afanasyeva (Kinesiology, Sports Science) on the publication of her master's thesis research, "Brief Report of Core Temperature Patterns in Triathletes While Swimming in Warm Open Water With and Without a Wetsuit," in the International Journal of Exercise Science. The study was co-authored…
Ph. D. student Hiraku Nagahori (Interdisciplinary Health Sciences), Isabella Keefer (Physical Therapy), Derrick Smith (Physical Therapy), Brendan Yawn (Physical Therapy), associate professor Jing Nong Liang (Physical Therapy), and interim chair and associate professor Kai-Yu Ho (Physical Therapy) recently published a study focused on movement…
James Navalta (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) and colleagues Jafrā Thomas (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo,) and Whitley Stone (Western Kentucky University) were recently published. The article, "Demographic Profiles and Methodologies Used in the Generation and Validation of Resting Metabolic Rate Prediction…