Frank Cucinotta (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) had his work published in the Oct. 15 issue of PLOS ONE, a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing high-quality research. He authored the article, "How Safe Is Safe Enough? Radiation Risk for a Human Mission to Mars," which offers predicted radiation exposure and health risks to…

Andrew Nordin (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) received the Norman James Student Research Award during the American College of Sports Medicine, Southwest chapter's annual meeting. He earned the award for his work, "Changes in Impact Kinetics with Altered Foot Strike Patterns in Running," which explored the relationships among impact forces and…

Janet Dufek (Kinesiology) and Robbin Hickman (Physical Therapy) had their work published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise and referenced in Runner's World magazine. Their research focused on what part of the foot strikes the ground first while a person runs, which is termed footstrike, and whether changing that…

Emilio "Louie" Puentedura (Physical Therapy) co-authored the text book, "Therapeutic Neuroscience Education,"which was published in August. The textbook illustrated the importance of beliefs and cognitions in regard to pain and how changing patients' cognitions can lead to significant improvement. It also demonstrated how to teach patients the new…

Frank Cucinotta (Health Physics & Diagnostic Sciences) had his work published in the August issue of the Annals of ICRP (International Commission of Radiological Protection). He co-authored the article, "Assessment of Radiation Exposure of Astronauts in Space," which describes the terms and methods used to assess the radiation exposure of…

Janelle Drossler and William Kerlin (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences), who both are pursuing doctoral degrees in radiochemistry, earned awards during the U.S. Department of Energy's 2013 Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research competition. Drossler earned a first-place prize in the open competition, Separations and Waste Forms category for her…

Louie Puentedura (Physical Therapy) recently won the highest research award in orthopedic physical therapy, the 2012 Rose Excellence in Research Award for the Orthopedic Section of American Physical Therapy Association. He also won the Medeiros Award for the best 2012 article in the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Physiotherapeutics.

Emilio "Louie" Puentedura (Physical Therapy) made two platform presentations at the International Federation of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, in October. The first was on a "Systematic Review of the Effect of Neuroscience Education" on chronic musculoskeletal pain and disability. The second was on the…

Ken Czerwinski (Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies) and Ralf Sudowe (Health Physics and Diagnostic Science) received a $596,146 grant from National Security Technologies (NSTec) for development of synthetic debris for nuclear forensics.