Drake University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences Assistant Professor Stacy Gnacinski (‘15 MS Kinesiology, ‘17 PhD Health Sciences) accepted a mental performance consulting appointment with the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia (OWIA). In her role, Gnacinski will be working… Read More
The UWM Graduate School announced the recipients of two highly competitive and prestigious fellowships for 2019-2020. Kenneth Ildefonso (PhD Kinesiology) received a Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship and Jeffrey Peterson (PhD Kinesiology) received a Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship. Congratulations to both.
Less than three years after graduating from UWM with a bachelor’s in kinesiology, Tyron Carrasquillo already has a dream job working for the Milwaukee Brewers. While pursuing his studies, Carrasquillo interned with UWM Athletics, working with athletes in several sports… Read More
The 2019 edition of the UWM Research magazine has launched, celebrating the stories and work of nearly 100 UWM faculty members, students and staff… including several of the College of Health Sciences’ own. Shining a new light on MS treatment… Read More
A unique collaboration is taking place between researchers from UWM’s College of Health Sciences and Sangmyung University in Seoul, South Korea. Associate Professor Jinsung Wang, PhD, from the Department of Kinesiology Exercise Science & Health Promotion Unit, and recent Visiting… Read More
Graduate students in the PhD Health Sciences program Reshma James and Mukta Joshi each received a CHS Student Research Award. James received $1,392 to work on the project, “Determining the Potential Benefits of High-intensity Interval Training on Cognitive Function in… Read More
Members of the Kinesiology Undergraduate Student Organization (KUSO) and Ann Swartz, PhD, ACSM Fellow, professor and chair of the Department of Kinesiology Exercise Science & Health Promotion Unit, visited Lambeau Field to meet with the Assistant Strength Coach Grant Thorne. The students were given a… Read More
Undergraduate students from the Department of Kinesiology participated in the first ever Skills Test Fest event. The Fest was created in a student-designed and led-class project in the KIN430 Exercise Testing course taught by Clinical Associate Professor Laura Rooney, PhD, MS. Students in the class designed… Read More
Three PhD students from the Department of Kinesiology presented at the Midwest Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (MWASCM) Conference in November. They were Kristen Deal (poster), Andrew Kaplan (oral) and Saira Talwar (poster). Talwar won the “Outstanding… Read More
Graduate student Christa Wamsley (MS in kinesiology) and undergraduate student Erin Crownover (BS in kinesiology), with Professor and Chair Ann Swartz, PhD, ACSM Fellow, from the Department of Kinesiology Exercise Science & Health Promotion (ESHP) Unit, have been working on… Read More