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…

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…