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Kinesiology students are seeking community members with chronic diseases or disabilities to participate in exercise sessions for a class project.

An industry-academic collaboration being led by kinesiology alumni Michael Busa '15PhD and Jen Blankenship '10, '13MS, '17PhD is featured in a new UMass story.

SPHHS researchers comment in multiple media outlets on health-related topics.

Doctoral students Shivangi Bajpai and Barbara Mottey have been awarded fellowships from the American Association of University Women (AAUW).

Three kinesiology students received awards during the annual New England chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (NEACSM) Fall Conference.

Alumna Mary Ellen “Melon” Dash ’76, who studied exercise science and nutrition from UMass Amherst, is profiled in the Fall 2023 issue of UMass Magazine.

Professor of Kinesiology Sofiya Alhassan is one of seventeen scholars inducted as 2023 Fellows into the National Academy of Kinesiology.

Six SPHHS faculty members are among the 49 UMass Amherst faculty selected to the 2023-2024 cohort of ADVANCE Faculty Fellows.

Professor and Chair of Kinesiology Richard van Emmerik has been announced as a speaker in the 2023-2024 Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series.

Kinesiology researchers seek volunteers for a study investigating how muscle fatigue and knee osteoarthritis may alter walking and mobility.