Health Promotion Graduate Student Perspective – Hannah Bourg Not many students get the opportunity to travel to conferences, let alone one in Washington DC for the SOPHE Advocacy Summit! This experience was once in a lifetime. I am so thankful for this opportunity to learn from one of our very … Read More
BY Meg Mills LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 16, 2019) — (FROM UKNOW) Resilient — one word that can be used to describe Rachel Centers, a Clark County resident who will graduate from the University of Kentucky Friday, Dec. 20. During her early college career, a car accident left Centers with a … Read More
Flywheel resistance training (RT) has been the subject of scrutiny in recent years for its elicitation of positive muscular adaptations presumably from eccentric overloading. What is a flywheel? A short description of the technology is as follows: “During flywheel-based RT, participants rotationally accelerate a flywheel during concentric muscle actions. The … Read More
I would like to take this occasion to contribute to the KHP blog by looking back over the 38 years I have been at UK. I have taken on many roles, but one of my main roles has been to train health education teachers. We work closely with Physical Education, … Read More
As an Associate Professor of Biomechanics and through directing the Biodynamics Lab here at UK, I have the opportunity to engage in a lot of hands-on research that aids in helping others. My research interests are the assessment and treatment of movement disorders and disability due to stroke, cerebral … Read More
Dr. Melinda Ickes was asked to write the following article for the Transformational Collaborative Outcomes Management Blog (TCOM) which was developed by Dr. John Lyons, Director of the Innovations in Population Health (IPH) Center at UK. What Will it Take to Reverse the Youth E-Cigarette Epidemic?
The Chellgren Center named Dr. Michael Samaan Faculty Mentor of the Week for October 20-26, 2019. The Office of Undergraduate Research officially launched the Research Faculty Mentor of the Week recognition program in August 2017 and have since recognized 61 faculty mentors. Each week their office highlights an outstanding and … Read More
Have you ever seen signs on campus indicating how far it would take you to walk to a certain destination? These WalkUK prompts were established to encourage students, faculty, and staff to walk for transportation (walking to get from ‘Point A’ to ‘Point B’) as they go from class to … Read More
Teaching is the best job in the world! I know, I know…it is hard work. It is not always esteemed as the greatest career. The pay isn’t “off the charts”. And the pension system in the state has really been a buzzkill for the profession. But…teaching can be oh, so … Read More
