Undergrad Research Opportunities
The Department of Health & Kinesiology offers cutting edge research opportunitites for not only graduate students; undergraduate students have the option of a number of centers and laboratories to participate. Research experiences provide undergraduates with a well-rounded education and an upper hand over others if they decide to continue their education towards graduate school.
Undergraduate Research Grant
The objective of this research grant is to facilitate undergraduate research across the four departments in the College of Education & Human Development. Expected learning outcomes include increased proficiency in the research process (e.g., developing research questions, engagement in research projects) and in the dissemination of research findings. Thus, students will work with a faculty mentor on a new or existing project, thereby gaining valuable research experience and understanding and present their work at a local, state, or national setting (e.g., Student Research Week, state or national conferences, or other publications).
Undergraduates will be awarded a $500 stipend to assist with tuition, books and other supplies needed to carry out the research. In addition, the faculty mentor will receive $500 in a research and development account to help cover the costs associated with the research project.
Deadlines
Fall projects - August 31, 2012
Spring projects - November 30, 2012
Undergraduate Research Grant Form
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| The AESL serves a primary role in training students for professions in cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, clinical exercise physiology, sports medicine, sports physiology and worksite fitness/health promotion. | ||
| Dr. Sue Bloomfield's Bone Biology Laboratory studies how bone adapts to exercise and to the environment of spaceflight (microgravity and radiation exposure). We also investigate effects of calorie restrictions and anti-oxidant diets on bone. Students will work alongside graduate students and have the opportunity to learn a number of research procedures and techniques; the specific experience cannot be determined with accuracy until about 1 month before the semester starts, based on which projects are in process at the time. | ||
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The Center for Alcohol and Drug Education Studies focuses on solving problems caused by alcohol & other drugs. CADES provides education and research related to alcohol and other drugs specifically as they relate to traffic safety. |
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| The Center for Sport Management Research and Education is intended to benefit faculty and students studying in sport management at Texas A&M and to further develop the program into a national and international leader in the field. | Gregg Bennett | |
| The mission of CAHRL is to have every child reach their optimal health by creating awareness of child and adolescent health issues by establishing collaborations with other entities in order to improve child and adolescent health, improving knowledge on health through research and translating those research findings into practice. | ||
| The objective of the laboratory is to identify biological mediators of adaptations to exercise training and to elucidate the mechanistic basis for chronic diseases associated with low levels of fitness. | ||
| The lab prepares students to conduct research in basic and applied exercise physiology. Emphasis includes investigation into the underlying mechanisms of neuromuscular efficiency, exercise metabolism, free radical stress, respiratory muscle fatigue and tissue blood flow. | ||
| The ESNL is dedicated to evaluating the interaction between exercise and nutrition on health, disease, and human performance. Moreover, to help disseminate research findings to the scientific and lay communities through research presentations, publications, media interviews, and individual and group counseling. | ||
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Huffines Institute for Sports Medicine and Human Performance |
The goal of the Huffines Institute is to facilitate research, application and communication between sports scientists, practitioners and the world. | |
| The purpose of the HCL is the integrative study of nutritional and exercise countermeasures for the prevention and treatment of the effects of inactivity, aging, and microgravity on musculoskeletal performance and disease. | ||
| Founded in 2003, the purpose of the LDS is to examine and seek to understand how diversity impacts team and organization performance, as well as people's affect and behaviors. The LDS is dedicated to producing and disseminating research related to all forms of diversity within the sport and leisure context. | ||
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The primary mission of the LSIA is to advance and further develop the management of the intercollegiate athletics community through scholarly and progressive inquiry. |
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| The MDL is involved in inquiry related to motor behavior from a developmental perspective. The aim of the Motor Control Laboratory is to understand how the central nervous system controls and regulates coordinated movement in healthy individuals and in those with neurological disease and/or brain injury. | ||
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The focus of the MBL is to better understand the fundamental mechanisms controlling skeletal muscle protein homeostasis. Current studies focus on alterations of muscle protein synthesis and degradation with advancing age, after exercise, and during periods of simulated microgravity or disuse. |
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| The mission of the OHI is to conduct research on the design, implementation, and evaluation of distance education and technology-mediated instructional applications related to conveying health instruction. It also develops, administers, and oversees undergraduate and graduate online and distance education courses. | ||
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The RBCSL is dedicated to investigating the role of pro-oxidants in normal skeletal muscle function as well as skeletal muscle dysfunction with physical inactivity and disease. Pro-oxidants are produced inside the body as a function of metabolism, and contribute to many healthy functions including growth, killing invading bacteria, and control of blood flow. |
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| Research conducted in the Vascular Biology Laboratory (VBL) focuses on the interactive effects of aging and exercise training on skeletal muscle vascular beds. |