Kinesiology alumnus and SPHHS Distinguished Young Alumni Award recipient Efosa Guobadia '07, CEO of Move Together, recently appeared in the UMass Alumni Association's "Leadership Live" online series.
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November 21, 2018
November 7, 2018
Researchers in the kinesiology department are looking male volunteers with knee pain due to osteoarthritis to participate in a research study.
November 7, 2018
A recent pilot study by kinesiologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst found that pedaling while conducting work tasks improved insulin responses to a test meal. Investigators led by Research Professor Stuart Chipkin found that insulin levels following the meal were lower when sedentary workers used a pedal desk compared to a standard desk. In addition, work skills were not decreased in the pedaling condition.
October 23, 2018
CBC Radio recently interviewed Catrine Tudor-Locke, Professor of Kinesiology and Associate Dean for Research, about the misconception that reaching a goal of 10,000 steps per day makes for a healthy lifestyle.
October 9, 2018
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Aston K. McCullough, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Kinesiology, a 2-year, $438,698 supplemental grant under the Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research Program.
October 4, 2018
Associate Professor of Kinesiology Ned Debold, with Dhandapani Venkataraman and Jianhan Chen of the chemistry department, are collaborating on a project to develop a compound to serve as an alternative energy source for skeletal and cardiac muscle during times of stress.
September 27, 2018
Researchers in the Department of Kinesiology are seeking young volunteers for a Movement Observation in Children and Adolescents (MOCA) study to improve methods of measuring physical activity using wearable sensors.
September 25, 2018
Researchers at the UMass Amherst Boyer Biomechanics Lab are seeking volunteers for a study on how different shoes change how you move.
Prospective participants must meet the following requirements:
September 24, 2018
Kinesiology alumnus Michael Busa, who received his PhD in 2015 with an emphasis on biomechanics and motor control, is featured in a recent article on UMass Amherst’s Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS).
September 24, 2018
The University of Massachusetts Amherst community is mourning the loss of Manuel David Matos Diaz, a graduate student and Kinesiology alumnus who died of a sudden illness days after the semester began.
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