Join Drs. Cooke, Duncan, Elmer and Frost for a quick tour of some of what’s happening in our department.
A research study being conducted in the Department of Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology at Michigan Tech is re-starting data collection in accordance with Michigan Tech’s re-opening.
If you are interested in learning more about this research study and to see if you are eligible to participate, then please either contact Steven Stelly or provide your information for us to contact you at the following link.
Please know that we are employing an abundance of precaution to mitigate any risks associated with the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Congratulations to the following students for being nominated and winning these yearly department awards!
- Jana Hendrickson, Departmental AKA Undergraduate Scholar Award
- Sarah Dix, Department Scholar
- Jonathon Worden, Outstanding Senior Award
- Nadine Sikora, Outstanding Service Award
- Blake Dupius, Kinetic Energy Award
- Benjamin Cockfield, Graduate Student Government Outstanding Scholarship Award
- Hannah Cunningham, Departmental AKA Master’s Scholar Award
- Nehemiah McIntyre, Outstanding Master’s Award
The Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology Department at Michigan Tech proudly announces that a Minor is Public Health is now an option for all of our students.
Human health is impacted by our individual biology as well as the natural, built, and social environments in which we live, work, and play. Thus, the ability to be health literate and able to integrate a health perspective is important in disciplines beyond traditional health-related and clinical fields. In the past 15 years there has been a growing recognition of the importance academia plays in teaching these skills. In 2002, an Institute of Medicine report recognized the need to better educate the public health workforce and partners that play key roles in the health of our communities who are not in traditional public health positions. A subsequent report expanded that call for public health education, recommending that “all undergraduates should have access to education in public health”. This widespread need to understand population health and health impacts was further highlighted when, in 2011, the U.S. federal government adopted a “Health in All Policies (HiAP)” strategy. A HiAP approach recognizes the importance of considering health across all fields in both the public and private sectors. The new Minor in Public Health will introduce students to the growing field of public health and the need to include a population health perspective in many of the university’s existing degrees.
The audit check list is being created
Are you interested in helping us learn if fasting improves cardiovascular health?
We are recruiting participants for a research study investigating how an intermittent fasting program impacts cardiovascular health. This study involves a 4 week control period followed by a 6 week period of intermittent fasting.
For this study you will be asked to do the following:
- Visit the lab 8 times over 10 weeks
- Fast twice weekly for 6 weeks
For those participating in this study you will receive
- Monetary compensation
- Information about your body composition and cardiovascular health
Eligibility Requirements:
- 18 to 40 years old
- No acute or chronic health conditions, injured, or recent surgery
- No history of eating disorders
- Normal resting heart rate and blood pressure
- Do not smoke or vape more than once a month
- Not currently participating in a fasting program
- Pre-menopausal with a regular menstrual cycle typically lasting 15 to 45 days
- Not breastfeeding, pregnant, or trying to become pregnant
- Not currently using oral, injection, or implantable contraception.
If you are interested, please contact us using the information below or send us your contact info by using the QR Code or link.
We are recruiting healthy adults to perform an upper-body endurance exercise test. Your participation will help us develop a heart-rate based equation to better prescribe exercise for healthy and clinical populations.
You may be eligible to participate in this research study at Michigan Technological Univesity if you:
- Are between the ages of 18-80
- Do not smoke
- Are not diabetic
- Have never had a heart attack or stroke
- Do not have a cardiopulmonary condition
- Do not take any heart or blood pressure medication
- Do not have any implanted devices such as a pacemaker or pain pump.
For more information, contact Jana Hendrickson at janah@mtu.edu or 906-369-3648
Michigan Tech will be well represented this year at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) at Montana State on March 26th through 28th. These seven students will be presenting their posters or abstracts:
- Jana Hendrickson, Exercise Science
- Sarah Dix, Exercise Science
- Garek Dyzsel, Electrical Engineering
- Tristan Duelge, Exercise Science
- Alex Rondorf, Biological Sciences
- Brennan Vogl, Biomedical Engineering
- Emily Nelson, Biomedical Engineering
Congratulations to our PhD Candidate, Jessica Bruning, whose abstract was selected to be presented at the Experimental Biology Convention in April. Her abstract titled, ” Microbial Derived Short Chain Fatty-Acids and Autonomic Regulation of Cardiovascular Function” will be part of the Cellular and Molecular Basis of Autonomic Control session. This abstract will also be published in an upcoming FASEB Journal.
Congratulations to our PhD Candidate, Joshua Gonzalez, who has been selected as a recipient of the 2020 Caroline tum Sudent/Frances Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award from the American Physiological Society!
This award is for his abstract, Acute Effects of the JUUL E-cigarette on Blood Pressure and Peripheral Sympathetic Activity in Young Non-Smokers, which was co-authored by Dr. William Cooke and Stephanie Jewel, undergraduate research assistant.
We are so proud of you all!
On behalf of the CMU Physical Therapy Student Organization (PTSO), MTU cohort, and Laurel and Melissa Maki from 31 Backpacks, we would like to extend our sincerest gratitude to all who helped make the Spaghetti Dinner a bigger success than we could have ever imagined. Thanks to everyone who bought tickets, donated money, or donated merchandise for auction, we were able to raise $1,869 to be able to send to 31 Backpacks.
In addition, as a part of Giving Tuesday on Tuesday December 3, we donated the proceeds through the Portage Health Foundation, and they matched our donation, bringing that total to $3,738. It is amazing that we were able to raise as much as we did, and it speaks volumes to the generosity of everyone in this wonderful community here in Houghton. It goes to show that we can make a very significant difference in the lives of those who need our help, and we hope that you will continue to show this generosity as we have more events to raise money for other organizations, including our 5k Hero Hustle Race for the Michigan Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, coming in July 2020.
The PTSO group also collects Tadych’s Econo receipts and they can be sent via campus mail to the Kinesiology & Integrative Physiology Department, 231 SDC.