Accomplishments: School of Integrated Health Sciences
Ph.D. student Hiraku Nagahori (Interdisciplinary Health Sciences), under the mentorship of Kai Yu Ho, Ph.D., (Physical Therapy) and in collaboration with James Kenyon (Teaching and Learning), is advancing innovative rehabilitation strategies for individuals with chronic low back pain. In their recent study, the team investigated how a simple, low鈥
Van 鈥淒ocDoc鈥 Whaley (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences), faculty-in-residence and A&P program coordinator, recently presented at ExplOER Nevada 2026, a statewide virtual symposium focused on open and affordable learning.
His session, "Reimagining Learning Beyond the Textbook: Open Course Design for Equity, Rigor, and Enjoyment at Scale,"鈥
Individuals associated with the Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences recently published in PLOS One. Bryson Carrier (Interdisciplinary Health Sciences); James Navalta (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences); and co-authors Jennifer A. Bunn from Sam Houston State University; Chris Eschbach from 12th State Nutrition; Joel D. Reece from鈥
MRI adjunct Randy Reichenfeld MSRS, RT(R)(MR), MRSO (Radiography) presented at the Association of Collegiate Educators in Radiologic Technology Conference (ACERT) on February 6, 2026. His presentation was titled "Re-envisioning MR Education: Reassessing Standards for Future Excellence."
Radiology Program Director Heidi Shelton D.C., R.T(R) and Clinical Coordinator Chrissie Choa MSRS, R.T(R) (both Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) presented at the Association of Collegiate Educators in Radiologic Technology (ACERT) Conference on February 5, 2026. The title of the presentation was "Cultivating Student Success Through鈥
Kai-Yu Ho (Physical Therapy) played a key role in this high-impact publication through her collaboration with an extensive network of internationally recognized scholars from North America, Europe, and South America. Contributing to a systematic evidence and gap map published in the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, one of the鈥
Noehealani Antolin (Medicine), Blessing Imade (Medicine), Ana Reyes (Medicine), Selam Ayele (Medicine), Eric Aguila (NLV VA Medical Center), Jenny Kent (Integrated Health Sciences), Deborah A. Kuhls (Medicine), Szu-Ping Lee (Integrated Health Sciences), presented a poster titled, "Adaptive Driving Assessments and Return to Independent Driving鈥
Arpita Basu (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) along with a group of national and international experts in food polyphenol research published a review on wild blueberries and cardiometabolic health in the journal Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition (impact factor 8.8). This article extensively reviews the agricultural鈥
Van 鈥淒ocDoc鈥 Whaley (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) presented a poster at the Nineteenth Annual Leadership Workshop of the American Kinesiology Association, held Jan. 29-31, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Whaley鈥檚 poster, "Scaling Undergraduate Anatomy and Physiology: Exam Pools, Video Accessibility, and Master Schedules for 1,200 Students,"鈥
Graham McGinnis (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) and alumnus Elias Malek (Integrated Health Sciences), along with colleagues from the University of Montana published a study titled, "The effect of acute sleep deprivation on inflammatory and oxidative stress responses to simulated wildland firefighting," in the Journal of Occupational and鈥
James Navalta (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences) and collaborators recently published in the Journal of Personalized Medicine. The article, titled "Long COVID Does Not Impair Hemodynamic, Vascular, or Autonomic Responses to Maximal Exercise: Sex-Stratified Study in Young Adults," reveals how physically active adults are largely protected鈥
Richard Rosenkranz (Kinesiology & Nutrition Sciences), along with colleagues at Louisiana State University, recently published Using AI Chatbot to Assist Students鈥 Behavior Management for Obesity Prevention in Middle Schools: Feasibility Study in the journal JMIR Formative Research.