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Ferrara and Cooper study guides new GHSA rules aiming to prevent heat
illness and deaths.  Read more.

Dr. Russell Pate presented the 2012 Kinesiology Ramsey Lecture titled, “Policies for Promotion of Physical Activity and Obesity Prevention in Youth” on March 28.

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Alumnus Biran Culp (BSEd ’99, EdD ’05) receives national award for scholarship, teaching and professional leadership. Read more.

The 2012 Global Educational Forum on Culture, Research and Teaching created by Kinesiology professor Rose Chepyator-Thomson will be on April 5 in the Tate Student Center, Grand Hall A, B and C. Click here for call for abstracts

Alumnus Gordon Warren (Ph.D., 1989) received the Henry J. Montoye Scholar Award at the Southeast Chapter Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine on February 10, 2012.

Dr.  Warren is a professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at Georgia State University, where he has been on the faculty since 1998. His research focus over the last 20 years has  been on the molecular- and cellular-level mechanisms contributing to muscle strength impairments resulting from eccentric-contraction induced muscle injury, estrogen deficiency, aging, muscular dystrophy, fatigue and spinal cord injury, and how the inflammatory response modulates the recovery of strength from injury.  His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, the Department of Defense, and the Muscular Dystrophy Association.  His publications have been cited over 2500 times in the scientific literature.

Kinesiology alumna Emily Gray involved in Healthier US School
Challenge.  Read more.

Lindsay Grogan, a master’s degree student in Kinesiology training with
the Athens Bulldog Swim Club to represent the United States in the
paralympics , is featured in the most recent issue of Athens Move
Magazine. Read more.

Dr. Bryan McCullick’s research on after-school physical education as a means of combating obesity and improving academic achievement is featured in the fall issue of the UGAResearch magazine.. Read more.

Research of Dr. Cathleen Brown Crowell suggests that the key to avoiding ankle re-injury is adopting effective landing strategies. Read more.

Beginning in the summer of 2012, the the UGA Kinesiology Department will offer an M.S.-nonthesis with a specialization in sport management and policy at the UGA Gwinnett Campus. Read more …