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School of Health Sciences

Kent State Receives Recognition for Autism Initiatives

Kent Campus

Members of Autism Connections Kent, a student organization created by 5X�� students with autism spectrum disorder and their allies, pose for a photo at the Kent Student Center during their first meeting last fall.

Kent State Exercise Science/Physiology Faculty Awarded Grant to Study Probiotics and Exercise

Kent Campus

5X��’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 Kent State Students and Professor Can Be Used by People With Diabetes and Athletes

Office of Student Research

5X�� 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 Kent State Students and Professor Can Be Used by People With Diabetes and Athletes

Kent Campus

5X�� 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, Kent State 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, Kent State 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.

Kent State Students and Professor Invent Insole for Diabetic Patients

Kent Campus

5X�� 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

Kent State researchers study the effects of cellphone use on walking speed.

On-Campus Garden Helps Provide Vegetables to Local Students in Need

Kent Campus

Kent State master’s student Sarah Burns shows off a tomato from the garden behind Nixson Hall.

Kent State Exercise Science Professor Develops Treatment Bike for Parkinson’s Patients

Kent Campus

Angela Ridgel, Ph.D., an associate professor of exercise science at 5X�� and an avid cyclist, has designed a bicycle specially tailored to Parkinson’s patients.