Michigan Physiological Society President Dr. Steven Elmer of Michigan Tech’s Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology department was pleased to learn that MPS is the inaugural winner of the American Physiological Society-Chapter of the Year Award.
Undergraduate Students
Devin Schmitz, BS, Sports & Fitness Management
Cody Tarnowski, BS, Sports & Fitness Management
Kaitlyn Brady, BS, Exercise Science
Blake Hewitt, BS, Exercise Science
Brendan Kaski, BS, Exercise Science
Jessica Lacy, BS, Exercise Science
Karina Madigan, BS, Exercise Science
Maxwell Marion, BS, Exercise Science
Armando Motz, BS, Exercise Science
Gracie VanLangevelde, BS, Exercise Science
Mariah Willmer, BS, Exercise Science
Graduate Students
Isaac Wedig, PhD, Integrative Physiology
Isaac Lennox, MS, Kinesiology
Isaac Lennox has been named the winner of the 2023 AKA National Master’s Scholar Award. Isaac was selected from all the local AKA Master’s Scholars nationwide as the master’s student with the most distinguished academic and leadership record. The AKA has recognized the top master’s kinesiology student in the nation with this award since 2014. National award winners will be recognized in an upcoming issue of Kinesiology Today.
Winners receive a cash prize, an AKA memorabilia medal, as well as a national certificate of recognition. The annual scholar awards honor a select number of students from member departments, recommended by department faculty, whose academic and leadership records are distinctive. The awards are intended to recognize and promote academic excellence, to further the professional competence and dedication of academically accomplished students, and to promote kinesiology and its related fields. National award winners will also be noted on the AKA website, Kinesiology Today, and AKA Social media channels.
More information about AKA and its mission can be found on its website. Congratulations to Isaac on this well-deserved recognition!
Education
- BS, Kinesiology, Lake Superior State University, 2021
Research Interests
- Exercise as medicine in rural populations
- Physical activity as a vital sign
- Blood flow restriction training
KIP alum Joshua Gonzalez (PhD, Integrative Physiology), who graduated in the summer of 2021, earned the “American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology 2023 Best Research Article Award” for his article titled “Acute Effects of Electronic Cigarettes on Arterial Pressure and Peripheral Sympathetic Activity in Young Nonsmokers.”
He wrote and published this article while still a PhD student at MTU along with his advisor and co-author Dr. William Cooke.
The AJP-Heart and Circulatory 2023 Best Research Article Award is based on:
- The total number of citations the article has received since publication (11)
- Total online article usage (4,100+)
- The Altmetric score of 17 (measure of social media/news media impact)
He will receive both an award and cash prize at the upcoming American Physiology Summit 2023 to be held April 20-23, 2023 in Long Beach, California.
