HES in the News
HES in the News
Faculty In the News
Mindful Athlete Program with NCAA
Dr. Bullard launches "Mindful Athlete Program" with NCAA grant.
How Rowan University helps people with disabilities Get FIT
Click here to learn more about our Get Fit Program!
Be Prepared for the Unexpected: Rowan University's Wilderness First Responder Course
Learn more about Dr. Willis' Wilderness First Responder Class. Read the blog or watch the video
Dr. Vaughn's Community Based Reserach
"Health is wealth": Dr. Nicole Vaughn, a public health researcher in the Rowan-Virtua School of Nursing & Health Professions, talks about her work with urban farmers in Camden, N.J. Health conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity can all be improved through lifestyle changes—but that’s much harder for some individuals to address than others. To figure out why chronic disease rates in disadvantaged communities are persistently higher than average, as well as to design better solutions, Vaughn enlists the help of people who live and work in underserved and marginalized communities.
Athletic Trainers Are the Backbone to Every Successful Sports Program
Culture of Health Conference
The South Jersey Institute for Population Health, co-led by Dr. Nicole Vaughn(Rowan) and Dr. Naomi Marmorstein (Rutgers-Camden), sponsored the poster session for the 10th Annual Culture of Health YMCA Alliance conference in Atlantic City, NJ. Over 250 attendees, were able to learn more about SJIPH and is mission and meet the researchers, community partners and students working on the 11 funded projects in cycle 1. In addition, 4 Rowan and Rutgers-Camden students (Heather Doerr, Dylan Cardea, Franz Taguinod & Brianna Ucci) volunteered to support the conference operations and attended the breakout sessions to hear speakers from across the state discuss health equity, community innovation, healthcare leadership, health policy and data analytics.
The conference plenary sessions included Commissioners Judith Persichelli & Sarah Adelman (NJDOH), Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver, and Mayor Ras Baraka (Newark).
The conference was led by Dr. Darrin Anderson (President and CEO-NJ YMCA State Alliance) and his team.
Drs. Leslie Spencer, SoJung Kim, Dara LoBuono from the Health and Exercise Science Dept presented with students (Tania Asmal, Leydi Mesa-Polo) and Alumna Jenna Bottiglieri.
Each of the 11 posters include faculty from Rowan University, Rutgers-Camden and community stakeholders across the 7 counties in Southern NJ.
Thanks to all and especially the SJIPH team (Crashell Allen, Amanda Ekelburg and Corey Hofmann) for supporting the cycle 1 grantees in this first dissemination activity for these important health disparities focused research projects. For more info on the cycle 1 awardees see https://SJIPH.org
Dr. Dankel Faculty Profile
Learn more about Dr. Dankel and the Dankel Lab.
Gardening for All: An Inclusive Community
Inclusive Community Gardens is funded by the Division of Disability Services, New Jersey Department of Human Service. A Rowan team, under the guidance of Dr. Spencer, has partnered with seven area community gardens, reviewing each and making changes such as reducing sensory stimuli, adding Braille and images to signage and designing paths and beds that are more accessible
Dr. Bright and Dr. Vaughn and Students at Community Event
Dr. Bright and Dr. Vaughn along with a groupd of students attended a Camden community event. Working with Virtua Health's Eat Well Moible Program, our Profs distributed healthy eating information, fresh produce, and signed up individuals and families for a 1 to 1 nutrition counseling sessions.
Dr. Nicole Vaughn, Remarkable Woman in the Area
Dr. Nicole Vaughn was recognized as a remarkable woman in the area. Dr. Vaughn dedicates her time to student success and research about food insecurity. She consistently leads by example. Check out the full story here!
Inclusive Community Gardens
Dr. Leslie Spencer, principal investigator, and Dr. Dara LoBuono, co-principal investigator, are working together on a project to follow inclusive design principles to build and/or renovate seven community gardens in southern New Jersey and make gardens welcoming to people disabilities, including developmental and intellectual disabilities. Click here to learn more!
National Nutrition Incentive Hub Conference
Dr. Nicole Vaughn gave a presentation, Roots to Prevention in Camden, NJ: Leverageing Partnernships through Evaluation, at the National Nutrition Incentive Hub Conference sponsored by USDA.
Enhancing the Well-Being of Division III Collegiate Athletes During the Pandemic: The Role of Coaches
Check out Dr. JoAnne Bullard's article on the Association for Applied Sport Psychology's Website! This article discusses the critical role of coaches to improve the well-being of athletes during uncertain times.
Get FIT Moves Remote
Get FIT has moved remotely! With social distancing and quarantining, our students have moved online to continue to offer workout sessions to to build strength and and improve overall health Learn more about how Get FIT is handling the pandemic.
Eat Well Mobile Grocery Store
April Schetler, MS, RD, and Dr. Nicole Vaughn (HES faculty) are reaching out the community to encourage healthy eating in a retro-fitted NJ transit bus. This mobile grocery store will bring elderly and low-income communities access to fresh produce.
COVID-19 Study Aids Student Athletes
COVID-19 has had a significant impact on all our lives, but the impact on our student athletes has been less apparant. Instead of making assumptions, Dr. Bullard set out to determine exactly what our student athletes were feeling based on the gender, race and ethnicity, institution, and academic year. Check out the Study
Grants Awarded
NJ Health Initiatives (Through Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) Grant for $50,000 awarded to Mahbubur Meenar (Investigator, Geography and and Sustainabilty) Dr. Leslie Spencer (co-Invensitgator) to address upstream challenges to health and health equity by focusing on access to affordable healthy food. Click here to learn more about the grant! Get a in depth look with Project Profile: Glassboro Food and Health Equity Project. Learn more about how this program will help our community!
Dr. JoAnne Bullard and student Phillip Brenner have been awarded a $ 2,0099.40 grant for her reasearch project entitled "The Midful Injured Athlete Program: Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Division III Student- Athletes in Athletic Training Rehabilitation". Click here to learn more!
Dr. Scott Dankel was one of several winners of the 2020-2021 Frances R. Lax Fund for Faculty Development. The Frances R. Lax Fund for Faculty Development, established by its namesake, provides stipends to probationary, full-time tenure track faculty who are in the second year of service for professional development activities includuing conference registration, academic travel or academic materials. Click here to learn more!
Students Making Headlines
Check out our 2022 Department Award Winners
National ACSM Conference
"I got offered a great opportunity through Rowan University’s Health and Exercise Science Program to attend the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. I was able to travel to San Diego for it, and it was like nothing I had ever experienced before. I met people from all over world who were interested in many different areas in the realm of exercise science. There was a poster session where I was able to learn what research topics were being studied and what new findings were discovered. I also presented my own poster during one of the sessions, and it felt great to explain to people what research I helped work on and what we discovered. There were also some lectures, sessions, and symposiums that I attended. These events had speakers that explained what research they had been working on and their most recent findings. There were also some lectures about how recent events, like the Covid-19 pandemic, has affected many things in the field and how they had to overcome these obstacles. They also offered some interest group meetings, like ones for people who were interested the most in studying bone or in pediatric sports, which gave me the opportunity to meet and network with people. Even though there were a lot of events to attend at the conference, I liked how I could choose which ones I wanted to attend the most based off my interests. I even had some time away from the conference to explore the city a little bit, which was amazing for me. Overall, this was a great experience for me for educational and personal purposes. I am so thankful to my department and Rowan University for providing me with this opportunity that I will never forget." -Indiana Jenkins, Exercise Science '23
Public Health Week 2022
Students and Dr. Vaughn enjoy Public Health 2022!
Nutrition Major Keyanna Meade on Her Community-Based Research
Senior nutrition major Keyanna Meade started doing qualitative interview based research as part of the summer undergraduate research project. Click here to read more!
Jeramie Cooper Combines Purpose and Community Impace through Dietetics
HES Students Present at Summer Undergraduate
Alan Phong, Francis Ramirez, and Raquel Rodrigues present "Prescision of ultrasound bone sonometer-estimated bone strength in young adults".
Emily Nicholson presented her poster looking at how COVID-19 impacted nutrition and physical activity behaviors of people with Parkinson's disease.
Students Francis Ramirez and Indiana Jenkins standing with Dr. Kim while presenting "The impact of COVID-19 on the perceptions of yoga instructors toward yoga teaching format, potential barriers, and yoga-related injuries".
Natalie DeStefano presented "The effects of verbal instruction on the maximal force and rate of force development testing in people with multiple sclerosis."
Josue Messina Makes Headlines
Josue Messina, who was adopted at age four from a Mexican orphanage and now looks forward to motivating people to reach their health goals with his degree in health promotion and wellness management. Click here to learn more about Josue's story.
Rowan Blog:College During A Pandemic
Hear from Analiz Santana, a Biology major, and Mia Guerra, an Exercise Science major, have to say about being a freshman during a pandemic.Click here to read their blog!
Healthy New Year's Suggestions
Click here to learn some Healthy New Year Suggestions from Health-Related Majors.
Ciani's Story
Click here to learn about Ciani Eugene's story about determination and resilience!
Gideon's Story
Click here to learn about student athlete Gideon Achirem's sucess in and out of the classroom.
Senior Reflections: Samantha's Story
Click here to read Samantha's story.
Senior Reflection: Renee's Story
Click here to read Renee's Story
Rowan Students Working During COVID-19
Click here to learn about all the HES students working hard during COVID 19
2021 HES Award Winners
Click here to learn more about our 2021 Department Award Winners!
2020 HES Award Winners
Click here to learn more about our 2020 Department Award Winners!
