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Graduate students receive grants from American College of Sports Medicine

Four Ph.D. students in the Department of Kinesiology have been awarded $5,000 research grants from the American College of Sports Medicine.

The students and their projects are:

Rebecca Hasson, “Ethnic/racial disparities in how physical activity mediates insulin resistance”

Brooke Stephens Hasson, “Detrimental effects of inactivity on cardiometabolic health”

Steven Malin, “Effect of drug and exercise on fat use in insulin resistant individuals”

Linda H. Chung, “Mechanisms of muscle weakness in persons with multiple sclerosis.”

April 11, 2008.

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