The Health and Exercise Science (HES) Department at Wake Forest University has more room to stretch and grow, thanks to a new addition to the Worrell Professional Center.
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Spring semester applications are being accepted through Feb. 12 for the wellbeing project called Move More. Move Often.
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A new wellbeing project is open to students, faculty and staff. It is called Move More. Move Often. This is a research program (IRB# IRB00022164) To apply, visit move.thrive.wfu.edu. Application period will continue through Oct. 6. It is designed as an eight-week step challenge to encourage […]
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A $6 million federal grant, the largest ever awarded to Wake Forest, will enable health and exercise science researchers to further study knee osteoarthritis and successful treatment measures in community-based settings. Health and exercise science professor Steve Messier and colleagues have spent 26 of the […]
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Barbee Oakes, one of the most recognized leaders in Wake Forest diversity and inclusion initiatives, has been promoted to a new position expanding her opportunities to advance those efforts. Recently, Oakes was appointed as Wake Forest’s first chief diversity officer. She retains her assistant provost […]
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Congratulations to Steve Messier, professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Pain Management in Osteoarthritis: Clinical Benefits and Cost Effectiveness” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and by [subaward/subcontract from] Brigham and Women’s Hospital (WFU funding agency). […]
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We are saddened to report that Leo Ellison, associate professor emeritus of health and exercise science, died March 21 in Winston-Salem. Professor Ellison joined the Wake Forest faculty in 1957 and retired in 1999. We grieve Professor Ellison’s death and extend our condolences to […]
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Wake Forest University’s associate provost of research has announced the faculty recipients of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) seed grants to support research on health and wellbeing. “The research being supported with these grants has sustainability potential and will have a […]
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Congratulations to Kristen Beavers, assistant professor of health and exercise science, whose proposal entitled “Pepper Center Research Career Development Core Award: Effects of Exercise Modality During Weight Loss on Bone Health in Older Adults” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and […]
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Congratulations to Oana Jurchescu, assistant professor of physics, whose proposal entitled “Infra Red(IR) Spectroscopy for Electronic Structure Determination of Future Electronic Devices” has been funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Congratulations to Jeffrey Katula, associate professor of health and exercise science, whose […]
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