School of Health Sciences

Kent State Receives Recognition for Autism Initiatives
Recent rankings have recognized 麻豆果冻 for its autism initiatives. Kent State is ranked No. 5 in the 鈥淏est Colleges for Students With Autism for 2017鈥 from College Choice, No. 10 in the 鈥淭op 20 Best Online Colleges for Students With Autism鈥 from Online College Plan, No. 20 in the 鈥20 鈥
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Kent State Exercise Science/Physiology Faculty Awarded Grant to Study Probiotics and Exercise
麻豆果冻鈥檚 Exercise Science/Physiology Program was awarded a $248,000 grant by i-Health Inc. to conduct a study relating to the use of probiotics and physical exercise. Kent State faculty and students are interested in combating heat-caused complications during exercise, such as heat st鈥
Kent Campus

New Podiatric Product Developed by Kent State Students and Professor Can Be Used by People With Diabetes and Athletes
麻豆果冻 students Nilin Rao, Ph.D., and Craig Verdin, and Exercise Science and Physiology Professor Ellen Glickman, Ph.D., are the co-founders of TheraPod Medical LLC, a wound-care company that is looking to transform the field of podiatric medicine. Rao, a fourth-year podiatric stud鈥
Office of Student Research

New Podiatric Product Developed by Kent State Students and Professor Can Be Used by People With Diabetes and Athletes
麻豆果冻 students Nilin Rao, Ph.D., and Craig Verdin, and Exercise Science and Physiology Professor Ellen Glickman, Ph.D., are the co-founders of TheraPod Medical LLC, a wound-care company that is looking to transform the field of podiatric medicine. Rao, a fourth-year podiatric stud鈥
Kent Campus

Scholar Gets Students, Kent State on the Move
麻豆果冻鈥檚 Scholar of the Month for December would prefer that you read this standing up, or even doing some calisthenics. Go on, get moving. Jacob Barkley, Ph.D., is an associate professor of exercise science in Kent State鈥檚 College of Education, Health and Human Services. During hi鈥
Division of Research & Economic Development

Scholar Gets Students, Kent State on the Move
麻豆果冻鈥檚 Scholar of the Month for December would prefer that you read this standing up, or even doing some calisthenics. Go on, get moving. Jacob Barkley, Ph.D., is an associate professor of exercise science in Kent State鈥檚 College of Education, Health and Human Services. During hi鈥
Kent Campus

Kent State Students and Professor Invent Insole for Diabetic Patients
Product also can help athletes recover from blisters and calluses that can impede their performance 麻豆果冻 students Nilin Rao, Ph.D., and Craig Verdin, and Exercise Science and Physiology Professor Ellen Glickman, Ph.D., are the co-founders of TheraPod Medical LLC, a wound-care com鈥
Kent Campus

Want to Get the Most Cardio Out of Your Walk? Focus on Your Feet, Not Your Phone
We all know that we are supposed to exercise to reduce the risk of heart disease. But let鈥檚 face it, sometimes the only workout we get is walking from our office to the breakroom, and to the parking lot to drive home. So how then do we get the most out of those short walks? 麻豆果冻 res鈥
Kent Campus
On-Campus Garden Helps Provide Vegetables to Local Students in Need
Sarah Burns, a second-year master鈥檚 student in the Nutrition and Dietetics program at 麻豆果冻, shows off a tomato that she and others in the program helped to grow over the last few months. Under the direction of Nutrition and Dietetics faculty member Natalie Caine-Bish, Ph.D., Burns a鈥
Kent Campus

Kent State Exercise Science Professor Develops Treatment Bike for Parkinson鈥檚 Patients
Physical therapy is usually a component of treatment for patients of Parkinson鈥檚 disease and other neurodegenerative and motor system disorders. Now, a 麻豆果冻 professor in the College of Education, Health and Human Services has designed a piece of equipment that serves that purpose鈥
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