Current Students
HHP Doctoral Students
Charles Hodgman
Lab/Advisor: Dr. Emily LaVoy
Research Interests: Exercise Physiology, Energy Metabolism, Exercise Immunology, Immunometabolism
Tiao Hu
Lab/Advisor: Dr. Michael Cottingham
Research Interests: disability sport promotion, athletes with disabilities branding and marketing, and the experience of minorities within the disability sport community.
Wishal Khan
Lab/Advisor: Dr. Heather Caslin/Laboratory of Integrated Physiology (LIP)
Research Interests: To understand the complex relationship between innate immune cells inside adipose tissues.
Jessica Kirschmann
Lab/Advisor: Dr. Craig Johnston, RISE Lab
Research Interests: Lifestyle and nutrition in individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their caregivers and the overall health of athletes from high school students to professionals.
Komal Kukkar
Lab/Advisor: Dr. Pranav Parikh
Research Interests: Stroke rehabilitation, Fall prevention, Neurotechnologies, Machine learning/Deep learning, Computational Neuroscience
Kingsley Okechukwu Oforka
Lab/Advisor: Laboratory of Integrated Physiology/Dr Emily LaVoy
Research Interests: My research focuses on exploring the impact of exercise on the immune system and its application in improving health outcomes, particularly in the context of immune-related conditions such as cancer.
Hyunje Park
Lab/Advisor: MoNeL(Motor Neuroscience and Neurorehabilitation Laboratory) / Dr. Seoung Hoon Park
Research Interests: Neural mechanisms for deficient motor learning and control
Seth Rinehart
Lab/Advisor: Dr. Melissa Markofski
Research Interests: The effects of health interventions on immune and physical function.
Saba Yazdekhasti
Lab/Advisor: Dr. Stacey Gorniak
Research Interests: Motor behavior, biomechanics, sensorimotor function, women’s health, neurocognitive function.