The Nevada Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics honored Samantha Coogan (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) with its Emerging Dietetics Leader award. Coogan, the director of UNLV’s Didactic Program in Nutrition and Dietetics, earned the recognition for supporting the promotion of the public's optimal health and nutritional status through leadership…

Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) in collaboration with her colleagues at the University of South Florida and the University of Colorado published a nutritional epidemiological report on the inverse association of dietary fiber with blood hemoglobin A1c using data from the NHLBI-funded CACTI cohort. This prospective cohort aims…

Kara Radzak (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) hosted the Journal of Athletic Training’s live “JAT Chat” on March 26, during which she interviewed Johna Register-Mihalik about the recently released mild traumatic brain injury among children guidance document. Radzak is scheduled to host JAT Chat each month for the coming year. For updates about…

Julia Freedman Silvernail, Lucas Dibenedetto and Kristyne Wiegand (all Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) co-authored “The Effect of Cold-Water Immersion on Running Mechanics,” which appears in the current issue of the International Journal of Exercise Science. The study examined the potential effects of cryotherapy on performance and injury risk…

Gabriele Wulf (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences) is the 2019 visiting professor in simulation-based education at the Mayo Clinic Multidisciplinary Simulation Center in Rochester, Minnesota. She will give a grand rounds presentation on how to optimize procedural and motor skill learning, facilitate a workshop, and engage in one-on-one…

John Mercer and Andre Craig-Jones (both Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), along with alumna Kendell Galor, ’18 MS Kinesiology, and Kenji Masumoto from Kyushu University, Japan, co-authored "Metabolic Costs During Backward Running with Body Weight Support," which published in the February issue of the International Journal of Sports Medicine.…

Tedd Girouard and Kara Radzak (both Athletic Training) along with Du Feng (Nursing) and alumna Jessica Dunn,'16 MS Kinesiology, co-authored “Sex Specific Post-concussion Symptom Reporting in Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis,” which concluded additional research should further evaluate if differences between male and female…

Janet Dufek and Daniel Lidstone (both Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) along with Mohamed Trabia and Jessica DeBerardinis (both Mechanical Engineering) authored “Electronic Measurement of Plantar Contact Area During Walking Using an Adaptive Thresholding Method for Medilogic Pressure-measuring Insoles.” The study sought to develop an adaptive-…

Dharini Bhammar (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) co-authored two articles in Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology. The first, “Dyspnea on Exertion Provokes Unpleasantness and Negative Emotions in Women with Obesity,” demonstrated that 42 percent of otherwise healthy women with obesity experience dyspnea on exercise. Results also indicated…

Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental) and Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) co-authored “Serum Nutrient Levels and Aging Effects on Periodontitis,” which suggests that improving specific nutrient intake may provide a novel strategy to affect the significant increase in periodontitis that occurs with aging. The article appeared in the December…

Merrill Landers (Physical Therapy), James Navalta (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), and Jefferson Kinney (Psychology) co-authored “A High-Intensity Exercise Boot Camp for Persons With Parkinson Disease: A Phase II, Pragmatic, Randomized Clinical Trial of Feasibility, Safety, Signal of Efficacy, and Disease Mechanisms.” The investigators of…

John Mercer (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences) presented “Physics and Physiology of Endurance Performance” at Kyushu University, Japan, which tied anecdotal and empirical data regarding endurance performance in swimming, biking, and running. Kyushu University undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty members, attended the…