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Kinesiology Faculty Awarded Research Grants

The School of Kinesiology is proud to announce that grants for new Research Development have been awarded to six faculty within the School of Kinesiology. The purpose of the grants is to facilitate the collection of pilot data needed in the application process for future sponsored projects.

Help us congratulate these grant recipients and their efforts toward innovative and meaningful research!

Here are the grant recipients and their research project titles:

Yong Gao
Tyler Brown
Lynda Ransdell
Clay Swanson
Laura Petranek Headshot
Shelley Lucas portrait, Kinesiology, faculty/staff, Studio Drop In, Photo by Priscilla Grover

Dr. Yong Gao

Project Title: “Reliability of fNIRS Measurements During Walking in Older Adults With and Without Cognitive Impairment”

Dr. Tyler Brown

Project Title: “Wearable Monitoring to Establish Safe Youth Athlete Workloads”

Dr. Lynda Ransdell

Project Title: “The impact of physical activity on sleep in postmenopausal women”

Dr. Clayton Swanson

Project Title: “Resilience and Free-Living Mobility in Postpartum Women”

Dr. Laura Petranek & Dr. Shelley Lucas

Project Title: “Examining Developmental Differences Among Teen Girls Participating in a Mountain Biking Program”