Faculty News and Achievements
March 14, 2025
College of Health and Human Sciences celebrates student research with annual RSCAD Forum
The College of Health and Human Sciences hosted its annual Research, Scholarly and Creative Activity and Design, RSCAD, Forum March 6 and 7 in Justin Hall. 36 projects were presented by students from around the college. External judges were on hand and listened to each presenter describe their research and their poster. The top three […]
March 3, 2025
Researchers from the College of Health and Human Sciences have been awarded a two-year grant to develop and implement a training module for Family and Consumer Science Extension agents and SNAP educators in Kansas. The U.S. has been experiencing an epidemic of diet-related chronic illnesses, particularly Type 2 diabetes, obesity and associated conditions, which contribute […]
December 3, 2024
There’s a new heart risk calculator coming, and K-State physiologists validated it
MANHATTAN — Cardiovascular disease has long been the leading cause of death around the world, but a new set of predictive scores — validated by physiologists in Kansas State University's College of Human Health and Sciences — will equip doctors and patients with the knowledge they need to make early interventions. Britton Scheuermann, doctoral candidate, Perrysburg, Ohio, in kinesiology […]
October 25, 2024
The Lauren S. Aaronson Pilot Award is presented by the Frontiers, Clinical and Translational Science Institute at the University of Kansas and is given to provide grant funding and other support to grow interdisciplinary, investigator-initiated clinical and translational research across a broad range of scientific disciplines. This year, Emily Mailey, associate professor of kinesiology, received […]