Student Research Success
Every day, students within the School of Rehabilitation Sciences & Technology work side by side with their faculty mentors and contribute to critical research in the health sciences.
They publish their research in peer-reviewed journals, present their research at local, national and international conferences, and receive awards and recognition for their research activities.
Recent Accomplishments
Anahita Qashqai
PhD Health Sciences student
First Place, Student Research Poster Award Competition
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, College of Engineering & Applied Science, 2020
Derek Zike
PhD Health Sciences student
Advanced Opportunity Program Fellowship
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2020-21
Recent Publications
Kacey Yahnke
MS Communication Sciences and Disorders student
Pauloski, B. R., & Yahnke, K. M. (2021). Using Ultrasound to Document the Effects of Expiratory Muscle Strength Training (EMST) on the Geniohyoid Muscle. Dysphagia, 1-12.
Emily Keis
MS Communication Sciences & Disorders student
Lund, S. K., Keis, E., & SanFelippo, K. (2020). Comparing augmentative and alternative communication interventions on requesting skills for children with complex communication needs. EBP Briefs, 14(3), 1–8. NCS Pearson, Inc.
Rudi Marciniak
PhD Health Sciences student
Wahl, C. A., Marciniak, R. A., Tesch, C. S., Meyer, B. B., & Ebersole, K. T. (2020). Association Between Perceived Recovery and Heart Rate in a Submaximal and Maximal Task in Firefighters. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, San Francisco.
Marciniak, R. A., Wahl, C. A., Tesch, C. S., & Ebersole, K. T. (2020). Examination of Two Different Balance Tests in Active-Duty Firefighters. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, San Francisco.
Wahl, C., Marciniak, R., Meyer, B. B., & Ebersole, K. (2020). Influence of call volume on perceptions of stress and recovery in active-duty firefighters (in review). Association for Applied Sport Psychology Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.
Mellanie Nai
PhD Health Sciences student
Gnacinski, S. L., Nai, M. M., Brady, M., Meyer, B. B., Newman, N. (2020). An examination of athletic trainers’ occupational recovery experience during time after work.
Wahl, C. A., Gnacinski, S. L., Nai, M. M., Meyer, B. B. (2019). Psychological predictors of perceived stress and recovery in sport. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology.
Kaitlin SanFelippo
MS Communication Sciences & Disorders student
Lund, S. K., Keis, E., & SanFelippo, K. (2020). Comparing augmentative and alternative communication interventions on requesting skills for children with complex communication needs. EBP Briefs, 14(3), 1–8. NCS Pearson, Inc.
Jennifer Thorpe
PhD Health Sciences student
Thorpe, J., Oblak, P., Earl-Boehm, J. E. (in press). Hip and Knee Joint Kinematics During Front and Lateral Single Leg Stepdowns. Athletic Training and Sports Health Care.
Derek Zike
PhD Health Sciences student
Zike, D., Arvinen-Barrow, M. (2020). Leaving sport with a spinal cord injury. In M. Sachs, L. Tashman, & S. Razon (Eds.), Performance excellence: Stories to make your endeavors a success. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Carly Wahl
PhD Health Sciences student
Wahl, C. A., Marciniak, R. A., Tesch, C. S., Meyer, B. B., & Ebersole, K. T. (2020). Association Between Perceived Recovery and Heart Rate in a Submaximal and Maximal Task in Firefighters. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, San Francisco.
Marciniak, R. A., Wahl, C. A., Tesch, C. S., & Ebersole, K. T. (2020). Examination of Two Different Balance Tests in Active-Duty Firefighters. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, San Francisco.
Wahl, C., Marciniak, R., Meyer, B. B., & Ebersole, K. (2020). Influence of call volume on perceptions of stress and recovery in active-duty firefighters (in review). Association for Applied Sport Psychology Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.