Kara Radzak (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences) has received a $964,806 grant from the Department of Defense’s Military Health System Research Program to lead a two-year project aimed at enhancing telehealth-based care for musculoskeletal injuries in military personnel. In collaboration with partners from the Uniformed Services University, A.T…

Dr. Kai-Yu Ho and Dr. Lisa Taylor (Physical Therapy), along with UNLVPT alumna Dr. Katherine Joines, published the article, “Physical Therapy Management for Delayed Diagnosis of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip: A Case Report," in Case Reports in Pediatrics. The publication highlights the challenges of early detection of developmental dysplasia…

Richard Rosenkranz (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues, recently published "Testing an adapted obesity prevention intervention in under resourced schools: a pilot clustered randomized controlled trial" in the journal Scientific Reports. 

Neda Akhavan (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues, recently published ​"Daily Mango Intake Improves Glycemic and Body Composition Outcomes in Adults with Prediabetes: A Randomized Controlled Study" in the journal Foods. 

Brian Schilling (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) has been awarded $510,000 of funding through a subcontract on a U.S. Department of Defense Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II grant. The project, “Optimizing Remote Pre-Accession Training for Air Force Special Operations Forces Using BridgeAthletic with Garmin Integration,”…

Neda Akhavan (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues, recently published "The Comparative Effects of White Potato and White Rice Consumption on Measures of Cardiometabolic Health in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Features of Metabolic Syndrome" in the journal Current Developments in Nutrition. 

Rui Fang (Medical Physics, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences), Yu Kuang (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences), and their collaborators received the Best in Physics Award (Therapy Category) at the 67th American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting & Exhibition. The Best in Physics Award (Therapy Category…

UNLV undergraduates from Jingchun Chen’s Lab Lead Alzheimer’s Research published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. Two undergraduate researchers from Jingchun Chen’s lab at the Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine (NIPM), Tyrell Pratt (School of Integrated Health Sciences) and Alice Lee (School of Life Sciences), have achieved…

A research team from five universities, including UNLV's Dustin W. Davis (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), has published “Editorial Policies on Artificial Intelligence in Sport Science: Balancing Innovation and Ethical Standards” in Kinesiology Review (Impact Factor: 1.7). The study examined how sport-science journals are…

Richard Rosenkranz (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues, recently published "Twenty years of behavioral nutrition - A reflection on the road less travelled" in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.

Accelerated BS-MS student Olivia Perez (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) has published her first article in Sports (Impact Factor 2.9), titled, "Binary Sex Input Has No Effect on Metabolic or Pulmonary Variables: A Within-Subjects Observational Study." Mentored by Drs. Michael Wong, Dustin Davis, and James Navalta (Kinesiology and…

Neda Akhavan (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences), Sara Rosenkranz (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences), Richard Rosenkranz (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences), Amber Wood (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences Graduate Student), Jason Flatt (Social & Behavioral Health), along with colleagues from University of Bayreuth and Florida State…