Accomplishments: Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences
Vernice Ollano, UNLV alumnae; Tedd Girouard (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences); John Mercer (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences; UNLV Sports Innovation Institute); and Mehdi Kordi from the United Kingdom published "The use of heated garments as a warm-up for sprint and submaximal effort cycling" in the Journal of Exercise Physiology - On…
Kenneth Izuora (Medicine), Amalie Alver (Medicine), Arpita Basu (Kinesiology), Kavita Batra (Medicine), Shelley Williams (Dental Medicine) and Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental Medicine) published “The Association of Dietary Micronutrient Intake and Systemic Inflammation among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study” in the journal…
Warren O. Forbes (Ph.D. 2023, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences - CSU San Bernardino) and Janet S. Dufek (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) recently published a paper titled, "The Influence of Induced Head Acceleration on Lower-Extremity Biomechanics during a Cutting Task," in the Biomedical Section of the journal Sensors. This paper examined…
In the journal Preventive Medicine Reports, professor Richard Rosenkranz (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) recently co-authored a study: "Demographic correlates of weight-loss strategies in US adults: Cross-sectional analysis of NHANES data 2017–2020."
Faculty and students from the Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences department recently published a paper in the Human Physiology in Exercise, Health and Sports Performance special issue of the journal Sports, titled, "Validity and Reliability of Wearable Technology Devices during Simulated Pickleball Game Play." Merging two popular topics in…
As part of an international panel of experts in physical activity promotion, associate professor Sara Rosenkranz and professor Richard Rosenkranz (both in Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) recently published an article, "Development and evaluation of the Capability, Opportunity, and Motivation to deliver Physical Activity in School Scale (…
Richard Rosenkranz (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues, recently published Improving physical activity and screen time in Australian Outside School Hours Care: Study protocol in the journal Pediatric Research.
Neda Akhavan (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues, recently published Personalized Nutrition: Tailoring Dietary Recommendations through Genetic Insights in the journal Nutrients.
Ana Gonzalez-Alvarez (Social and Behavioral Health), Richard Rosenkranz, Chris Acosta, Andrew Hooyman, Jose Hidalgo, CindyRomina Ballesteros-Paniagua, and Sara Rosenkranz (all Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) recently published, "Variability and error in measurement of infant formula powder and water: an experimental study," in the journal…
Kara Radzak (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) and Shefali Christopher from Tufts University Seattle, Department of Rehabilitation Science, provided an invited talk, “Let’s hear it for the moms! A biopsychosocial approach to returning to sport postpartum,” at the National Athletic Trainers’ Association’s Annual Meeting on June 26 in New…
John Mercer and UNLV alumnus Boram Lim (both Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) published research titled, "Energetics and basic stroke kinematics of swimming with different styles of wetsuits," in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. Mercer is Lim's doctoral advisor.
Jennifer Nash (Physical Therapy), Janet S. Dufek (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) and colleagues published a manuscript titled, "The Influence of Sport-Related Concussion on Cognition and Landing Biomechanics in Collegiate Athletes," in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. This interdisciplinary investigation examined…