2015 Kinesiology Research Day
Six awards recognized outstanding posters:
Doctoral Research Excellence Award: Michelle Guerrero and Matt Hoffmann for “Imagine that: Facilitating children’s positive personal development and self-confidence through imagery”
Master’s Research Excellence Award (Sport Management): Stephen Kirzinger, Sarah Sherk and William Sibley for “Barriers to golf participation and an analysis of possible modifications”
Master’s Research Excellence Award (Applied Human Performance): Yasina Somani et al. for “The effect of a 10-week isometric handgrip training protocol on blood pressure and cardiovascular reactivity in young normotensive individuals”
Undergraduate Research Excellence Award (Sport Management): Meagan Littlejohn for “Sport events and residential happiness: Development of a measuring instrument”
Undergraduate Research Excellence Award (Movement Science): Nicole George and Charles Kahelin for “Reliability of head, neck and trunk anthropometric measurements used for predicting tissue masses in living humans”
Students’ Choice Award: a tie between Sara Santarossa for “What does healthy mean? Is BMI status associated with health perceptions among 8-12 year olds?” and Elizabeth Vandenborn for “Do post-pubertal female athletes have higher testosterone levels than non-athletes?”
The Kinesiology Research Day Research Excellence Award Winners. Back Row (L-R): Michelle Guerrero (MHK ‘13, current Ph.D.), Matt Hoffmann (MHK ‘13, current Ph.D.), Sarah Sherk (Current MHK), and Stephen Kirzinger (Current MHK). Front Row (L-R): Elizabeth Vandenborn (Current BHK), Sara Santarossa (BHK ‘13, current MHK), Meagan Littlejohn (BHK ‘14), Yasina Somani (MHK ‘15), and Nicole George (Current BHK). Absent: William Sibley (Current MHK).
Dr. Lisa Porter from the Biology Department delivered an outstanding keynote address entitled “Innovative Research Needs Team Players” at the 9th Annual Kinesiology Research Day on March 10th.
The Kinesiology Research Day “Speed Poster Session” participants answered questions from the second year class after their poster presentations. (L-R): James Anderson (Current MHK), Sara Santarossa (BHK ‘13, current MHK), Benjamin Phalavong (BHK ‘13, current MHK), Emilie Halle (BHK ‘13, current MHK), Julie Legg (Current MHK), and Matt Hoffmann (MHK ‘13, current Ph.D.).