News: Kinesiology
CHPS Students Charge On And Continue Internship Experiences During COVID-19
Across the College of Health Professions and Sciences, students participate in internship experiences to enhance their learning and best prepare them for their future careers — all of which involve...
UCF Researcher Aims to Preserve Astronauts’ Muscle Function in Space
Twenty years ago, landing people on Mars seemed like sci-fi, but with commercial spacecraft launching into space almost every month and NASA’s Mars Perseverance landing on the Red Planet last...
Research Roundup: Recent Publications By CHPS Faculty Fall 2020
Our faculty pursue big ideas and share what they learn by publishing their research to advance the profession. As part of an institution designated as “very high” research activity by...
Director Appointed to UCF Institute of Exercise Physiology and Rehabilitation Science
Matt S. Stock, an associate professor of physical therapy, has been named as the director of the UCF Institute of Exercise Physiology and Rehabilitation Science. The institute is the research...
Study: Using Technology-based Fall Risk Assessments for Older Adults
Falls in older adults are the leading cause of fatal injury, and the most common cause of nonfatal trauma-related hospital admission according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Six Kinesiology Students Earn National Scholarships
Six Ph.D. students in the Division of Kinesiology have been awarded scholarships from the National Strength and Conditioning Association. David Boffey, Nick Clark, Kylie Harmon and Ryan Girts are recipients...
Four CHPS Students are Members of the 2020-21 President’s Leadership Council
Four students from the College of Health Profession and Sciences join 31 other University of Central Florida students as members of the President’s Leadership Council. The 2020-21 representatives from the...
Graduate Kinesiology Student Gets Strength from Law Scholarship
Maxine Furtado is the first recipient of the Jeffrey D. Law Memorial Scholarship for students in the kinesiology M.S. program. Recently, she was able to meet the donors of the...
Online Jiu Jitsu Teaches Important Lesson for Students Grappling with the Pandemic
When Antonio “Ricardo” Liborio, a world-champion Brazilian jiu-jitsu sixth-degree black belt, introduced the sport to the University of Central Florida in 2018, his goal was to do more than teach...
UCF’s Doctoral Program in Exercise Physiology Ranks No. 1 in Florida
The UCF School of Kinesiology and Physical Therapy recently earned the No. 1 ranking in Florida and ninth in the nation for its doctoral program in kinesiology by the National...
