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
The 2018 edition of UWM Research 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. Kinesiology and physical therapy graduate student David Cornell (pictured… Read More
On Wednesday, October 18, doors officially opened on the newly renovated and expanded Healthy Urban Bodies program at UW-Milwaukee. The result of collaborative effort of Kinesiology and Nutritional Sciences programs at the College of Health Sciences (CHS), the expanded Healthy… Read More
Every second Sunday in October for the last thirteen years, UWM faculty, staff and students have come together for a fun run/walk in the neighborhood to raise money for UWM student scholarships. This year, more than 1,200 runners, walkers, strollers… Read More
Two faculty from the College of Health Sciences (CHS) travelled in June to the 5th annual Weight Stigma Conference, held in Prague, the Czech Republic. Presenting research results Professor Christy Greenleaf, PhD, undergraduate program director for the Department of Kinesiology,… Read More