Accomplishments: School of Integrated Health Sciences
Dr. Nate Hollister (Medicine), John Mercer (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), and Scott McDonald of Magnum Opus organized the second Circus Performance Research Roundtable on Oct. 13.
UNLV Sports Innovation and Magnum Opus, a Southern Nevada research group, hosted this roundtable for UNLV faculty, students (undergraduate, M.S., and…
Kara Radzak (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) was invited to speak with Emilie Stickley (Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii) at Hawaii Pacific Health's Grand Rounds. Radzak and Stickley presented on cultivating an interdisciplinary approach to advising patients on a…
Dr. Jeffrey Cummings (Integrated Health Sciences), research professor in the Department of Brain Health and director of the Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience, will serve as a keynote speaker during the Clinical Trials in Alzheimer's Disease conference in Boston, Massachusetts, on Oct. 24. Cummings has also been a co-…
Sara Rosenkranz (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues at Kansas State University, recently published "The Long-term Effects of a Low-FODMAP Diet for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Management" in Current Developments in Nutrition, Volume 7, Issue 10, October 2023, 101997.
The UNLV Sports Innovation Initiative has created a Sport Science Conversations series via remote as well as in-person sessions. The talks are hosted by John Mercer (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences). Recent featured guests have included Cordero Roche (Sport Scientist, NY Mets), Jason Avedesian (Director of Sports Science, Clemson…
Dieu-My Tran (Nursing) and co-authors, Chad Cross (Public Health), and James Navalta (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) recently published, "A Randomized Controlled Trial, Non-Nutrition Based mHealth Program: The Potential Impact on Dietary Intake in College Students." The publication will appear in the Clinical Nursing Research.
Ph.D. candidate and member of the Colorado National Guard Kathryn Bell (Integrated Health Sciences) has been selected to be part of the U.S. Army's inaugural Women's Initiatives Team. This team "is composed of representatives from across the Army who will advocate for Army policy, programs and resource changes to set conditions for success in…
Research professor and director Jeffrey Cummings, (Brain Health, Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience) and director Jamie Schwartz (Industry and Business Engagement, Economic Development) were awarded a $1.5 million INNOVATOR grant from the National Institute of Aging (NIA).
This five-year grant will help the…
Graham McGinnis (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) was awarded an NIH R16 SuRE FIRST grant titled, "Effects of time-of-day dependent exercise training on social jet lag induced susceptibility to cardiometabolic disease," for $747,500 over four years. This grant, supported by NIGMS, will investigate how social jet lag, a novel and pervasive form…
Yonsu Kim (Healthcare Administration and Policy) co-authored an article titled, "It takes quality improvement to cross the chasm," in BMJ Open Quarterly. Their study demonstrates how a comprehensive quality improvement programme can improve health outcomes in a large county-based Medicaid health plan and the importance of using a comprehensive…
Krishnakumar Nangeelil and Zaijing Sun (both Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) recently gave oral presentations at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society(HPS AM 2023) in National Harbor, Maryland. Nangeelil's talk is titled, “Comparison of GEANT 4 Simulation and Experimental Measurements of CosmicGuard…
Keoni Kins, DPT, (Physical Therapy) and Brian K Schilling, Ph.D., (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) along with colleagues Dustin Dunnick Ph.D., CSCS (Arkansas Tech University) and Dharini M Bhammar, Ph.D., (The Ohio State University) recently published, "The Effect of Body Armor on Pulmonary Function Using Plethysmography." This was published…