Faculty Research

Our full time faculty in the Health and Human Performance Program are scholars and experts in their fields. Current active research agendas for HHP faculty include:

Faculty Research
Dr. Amy Allnutt, Assistant Professor,  Health and Human Performance Program

Research Interests:

  • Obesity treatment and prevention through exercise and lifestyle intervention

Faculty Research
Dr. Julia Doto, Assistant Professor, Health and Human Performance Program

Research Interests:

  •  Designing Public Health Awareness and Education Campaigns
  • Assessing Health Literacy in Vulnerable Populations
  • Improving Patient-Provider Communication
  • Exploring Consumer Nutrition Behaviors
  • Reducing Consumer Waste, Consumption, and Packaging

Faculty Research
Dr. Gwendolyn Francavillo Associate Professor, Health and Human Performance Program

Research Interests:

  • Sexual Assault
  • Stress Management

Faculty Research
Dr. Michael Nordvall Professor, Health and Human Performance Program

Research Interests:

  • Biathlon physiology
  • Alterations in physiology during the competitive season in triathletes and cross-country runners

 Faculty Research
Dr. Sara Pappa Assistant Professor, Health and Human Performance Program
Research Interests:

  • Falls prevention in the aging population
  • Public Health

 

  Faculty Research
Dr. Michelle Walters-Edwards
 
Associate Dean, College of Health and Education; Associate Professor,  Health and Human Performance Program

Research Interests:

  • Human performance evaluation of elite athletes
  • Prevention of lower limb injury in female athletes
  • Prevention  and reversal of childhood obesity
  • Neuromuscular control of the knee joint (ACL injury prevention)

Faculty Research
Dr. Alexei Wong Associate Professor, Health and Human Performance Program

Research Interests:

  • Exercise interventions and cardiovascular function
  • The effects of supplementation on cardiovascular health
  • The acute effects of kettlebell exercise on blood pressure and autonomic function
  • The effects of a foam rolling session on cardiovascular function