Health and Kinesiology | College of Applied Health Sciences

Matt Hanks wheelchair testing

Hanks works with wheelchair athletes on human performance testing

Five students stand and pose for picture.

AHS program trains—and pays for—skilled speech-language pathologists

Community Health

Wendy Rogers, center, says Shannon Mejia, left, is ready to lead the Health Tech program (Photo provided)

Health Technology program undergoes leadership change from Rogers to Mejia

Community Health

Praachi Mudar

My summer internship at the McKechnie Family LIFE Home

From left to right, Hank Huang, Diego Hernández-Saavedra and Clay Weidenhamer.

Hot wheels: A stationary track for mice could lead to breakthrough

Six-time weightlifing champion Andy Askow is pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Illinois

For HK’s Askow, a heavy lift is no burden

Retired Health and Kinesiology Associate Professor Synthia Sydnor smiles outside of the Siebel Center for Design.

Even in retirement, Synthia Sydnor stays connected to kinesiology

Community Health

Imani Canton photo garden

Canton grows program within public health

Members of the Lifetime Fitness Program swing medicine balls overhead for an upper body exercise. Classes in the spring and fall terms are hosted at the Campus Recreation Center East in Urbana.

Fresh legs carry on the Lifetime Fitness Program

Kinesiology juniors Elizabeth Martinez (center) and Aubrey Cervantes (left) present their research at the AHS Undergrad Research Expo on April 24, 2024.

AHS students present diverse projects for Undergrad Research Week