Since 2003, Hal Meyer has suffered from the second-most prevalent brain disease in the U.S., Parkinson’s Disease. The Army veteran was forced to retire, and his disease progressed to the...
You can learn about the social determinants of health in the classroom, but for Anna Smyth, hands-on work in Guatemala proved much more illustrative. Today Smyth is a sought-after mindfulness...
Triple the submissions, five times the funding. In the second cycle of grants for the Nature and Human Health-Utah Group (NHH-UT), nine projects received more than $60,000 to explore the...
Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology Associate Professor Anandh Babu Pon Velayutham, PhD, is passionate about the causal association between dietary berries, gut microbiome, and vascular health. That passion is...
Machine learning and physical therapy don’t seem like they’d go hand in hand. But a recent PhD graduate from the Rehabilitation Science Program is using her data skills to help...
The Haumana 'O Pasifika Research Program is positioned for significant national funding and growth as it creates training opportunities for Pacific Islander students.
At 90 years old, Bart wanted a stronger, balanced body. Thanks to his work with the Balance and Mobility Clinic, it’s mission accomplished. When he noticed that his body was...
The College of Health has a world class student advising group—and that’s no exaggeration. Shari Lindsey, EdD, the COH’s assistant dean of students, received the NACADA Outstanding Administrator Award in...
Samantha Schmidt recently received the Community Impact Award from the American Physical Therapy Association. The organization recognizes a single member of the Private Practice Section who demonstrates core value of...
Kelly Tappenden, PhD, RD, is many things to many people. For the chronically ill, she's a champion who helped develop the only drug of its kind to treat patients with...
The Department of Defense awards multi-site team with COH researchers $2.5 million for clinical trial to investigate wearable sensors for mTBI monitoring and recovery.
Tim Brusseau, PhD, Chair of the Department of Health & Kinesiology, has received one of the highest honors in the profession. He’s been inducted as a fellow into the National...
