We conduct high-impact initiatives that have a positive and lasting effect on human health and well being. Our faculty are contributing to the development of new knowledge about a wide array of diseases and injuries, as well as issues related to wellness and health promotion, including nutrition, health education, and exercise.
Health sciences research is remarkably broad in scope, and our faculty are doing work on a broad spectrum of topics within the field of health sciences. This page is designed to serve as a health sciences research portal by providing community members with health information, links to services, and even opportunities to participate in research studies. It is also designed to facilitate the scholarly activity of faculty, academic professionals, students and our many research partners. Here you may obtain key research resources and information on emerging research opportunities.
Research in the College of Health Sciences encompasses the entire lifespan, from bench to bedside. A non-inclusive list of topics being studied in College’s four schools/departments includes:
- Effects of a skin-to-skin prenatal educational program on neonatal outcome
- Evaluating neurological and neuroendocrine correlates of high risk behaviors in females
- Dietary and environmental infl uences on brain function and behavior
- Effectiveness of infant simulators in changing teens’ perceptions of teen parenting
- Psychosocial outcomes of online support for informal caregivers
- Symptom clusters in outpatients receiving chemotherapy for cancer
- Psychosocial outcomes of online group support for caregivers of people with chronic disease
- Telephone intervention and adherence to weight management programs after bariatric surgery
- Hospital length of stay for patients with chronic heart failure with and without depression
- The effects of aging and alcohol on driving, and predictors of motor vehicle crashes in seniors
- Anatomical determinants of blood pressure differences from upper arm and forearm measures
- Effectiveness of self-effi cacy based restorative care programs for individuals with PD
- Nervous system control in individuals with movement disorders such as stroke or Parkinson’s disease
- Algorithm development to reduce the effects of measurement error from motion capture data
- Mechanisms of vascular dysfunction in patients with chronic kidney disease
- Motor coordination in children with autism, dyslexia, and developmental coordination disorder
- Motor skill profi ciency, physical activity, and obesity in young children
- Barriers to physical activity participation in aging populations
- The effect of high-frequency, low-magnitude vibration on bone in children with OI
- Blood pressure regulation and autonomic nervous system function in humans
- Linkages between alterations in plasma osmolality and sympathetic outflow
- Mathematical modeling of hemodynamics and cardiovascular control
- Mild traumatic brain injuries in women’s soccer
- The role of natural killer cells on cancer cell function
- The generation of a protective immune response against Bubonic plague
- The effect of a direct renin inhibitor (i.e., Aliskiren) on nerve dysfunction in persons with diabetes
- Changes in cardiovascular autonomic nerve function and determinants of insulin sensitivity following bariatric surgery
- Coordination disorders in persons with neurological impairments resulting from stroke
- Influences of early movement behaviors on later skills such as reaching, sitting and walking
- Creating the technology and training for infant power mobility
- The capacity of neuromuscular electrical stimulation and rehabilitation programs to infl uence knee and shoulder rehabilitation
- Non-surgical approaches to rehabilitating knee joints following ACL reconstruction
- Rehabiltation strategies to reduce the potential of postsurgery arthritis on the non-surgical limb
- Treadmill training and functional electrical stimulation to improve the walking patterns of individuals who have experienced strokes
- Using fast to train stroke patients to increase their mechanical effi ciency during walking
- Exercise interventions for adults with chronic low back pain
- The effect of barefoot and minimal footwear on running mechanics
