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School of Health Sciences

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Receives Recognition for Autism Initiatives
Kent Campus
Members of Autism Connections Kent, a student organization created by Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ students with autism spectrum disorder and their allies, pose for a photo at the Kent Student Center during their first meeting last fall.

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Exercise Science/Physiology Faculty Awarded Grant to Study Probiotics and Exercise
Kent Campus
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s Adam Jajtner, Ph.D., and Ellen Glickman, Ph.D., stand in their research lab. The two exercise science/physiology faculty members will lead a study related to the use of probiotics and physical exercise.

New Podiatric Product Developed by Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Students and Professor Can Be Used by People With Diabetes and Athletes
Office of Student Research
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ students Nilin Rao (left) and Craig Verdin (right), and Exercise Science and Physiology Professor Ellen Glickman, Ph.D. (center), have invented an insole to help people with ulcerations on their feet.

New Podiatric Product Developed by Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Students and Professor Can Be Used by People With Diabetes and Athletes
Kent Campus
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ students Nilin Rao (left) and Craig Verdin (right), and Exercise Science and Physiology Professor Ellen Glickman, Ph.D. (center), have invented an insole to help people with ulcerations on their feet.

Scholar Gets Students, Â鶹¾«Ñ¡on the Move
Division of Research & Economic Development
Jacob Barkley (left), associate professor of exercise science in Kent State’s College of Education, Health and Human Services, oversees research activities with several students in a classroom in the MAC Center Annex.

Scholar Gets Students, Â鶹¾«Ñ¡on the Move
Kent Campus
Jacob Barkley (left), associate professor of exercise science in Kent State’s College of Education, Health and Human Services, oversees research activities with several students in a classroom in the MAC Center Annex.

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Students and Professor Invent Insole for Diabetic Patients
Kent Campus
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ students Nilin Rao (left) and Craig Verdin (right), and Exercise Science and Physiology Professor Ellen Glickman, Ph.D. (center), have invented an insole to help people with ulcerations on their feet.

Want to Get the Most Cardio Out of Your Walk? Focus on Your Feet, Not Your Phone
Kent Campus
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡researchers study the effects of cellphone use on walking speed.

On-Campus Garden Helps Provide Vegetables to Local Students in Need
Kent Campus
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡master’s student Sarah Burns shows off a tomato from the garden behind Nixson Hall.

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Exercise Science Professor Develops Treatment Bike for Parkinson’s Patients
Kent Campus
Angela Ridgel, Ph.D., an associate professor of exercise science at Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ and an avid cyclist, has designed a bicycle specially tailored to Parkinson’s patients.

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