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…

Richard Rosenkranz (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues at Louisiana State University, recently published Using AI Chatbot to Assist Students’ Behavior Management for Obesity Prevention in Middle Schools: Feasibility Study in the journal JMIR Formative Research. 

Julia Freedman Silvernail (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues, recently published the research article, "Biomechanical insights into Achilles tendinopathy risk and protection in runners: a large prospective study 4HAIE," in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. 

Michelle Samuel (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues, recently published Comparison of Gluteus Medius Muscle Activation in Women With and Without Patellofemoral Pain in the Journal of Athletic Training. 

Richard Rosenkranz (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), along with Amin Mokari-Yamchi (Urmia University of Medical Sciences), published a paper titled, "The association between weight misperception and weight-related behaviors among U.S. adults with overweight and obesity," in the journal BMC Public Health. 

Faculty and students from the Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences department recently published an article in Sensors. James W. Navalta (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), Olivia R. Perez (MS Kinesiology), Rodolfo Mejia (Interdisciplinary Health Sciences), Jennifer A. Bunn (Sam Houston State University) published an article titled, "The…

D. Hunter, T. Tran, and Z.J. Sun (all Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) and their collaborators at Maryland Department of Environment, University of Nevada Reno, and Nevada Radon Education Program published a study in Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry titled "A Case Study: Assessing Heavy Metal Concentrations in Surface Water…

The Brain Injury Translational Research (BITR) lab proudly presented posters at the UMC 8th Annual Poster Symposium help Nov. 5-6, 2025.  Hana Sourjah, Dihini Perera, Ph.D. student Joe Cadiz, and Hyunhwa "Henna" Lee (all Nursing) received the 2nd Place Award in the Healthcare Student category for their…

Sara Rosenkranz and Neda Akhavan (both Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences), along with Donya Shahamati (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences alumna), recently published Postprandial Inflammation in Obesity: Dietary Determinants, Adipose Tissue Dysfunction and the Gut Microbiome in the journal Biomolecules. 

Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) published, with colleagues Kenneth Izuora, Amber Champion, Shauna Groven (all Medicine), findings on circulating antioxidant biomarkers from a 28-week randomized controlled trial in adults with prediabetes. Pamela Devillez is an alum of the MS program in Nutrition Sciences. The trial was…

Sara Rosenkranz, Donya Shahamati, Christopher Acosta, and Richard Rosenkranz (all Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues from Kansas State University recently published "Evaluating correlates of healthy eating and dietary quality among older adults: a mixed methods approach to development and application of a new survey…

The paper, "Self-selected movement patterns during lateral locomotion with body weight support," was published in Human Movement Science and the result of work done by Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences undergraduate (Natalia Pravica, Emma Foley) and graduate (Matthew Heninger, Katsiaryna Afanasyeva) students as well as by post…