Cara Fowler presents research at NEACSM and receives Undergraduate Research Experience Grant

Cara Fowler ’14, an applied exercise science major, recently presented her research titled "Agility Performance is Impacted by Acute Cold Exposure" as a finalist in the Student Investigator Research Award at the 51С»Æ³µ chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (NEACSM) conference in Providence, Rhode Island.  She was one of only five undergraduates who presented.

During the spring semester, Fowler, as the principal investigator, and her classmates from an environmental physiology course, developed and taught by her research advisor Lara Carlson, Ph.D., FACSM, traveled to Iceland in May for the data collection.

At the conference, Fowler also received the NEACSM Undergraduate Research Experience Grant for her cold exposure and performance research.

Michael Lawrence, M.S., from the Department of Physical Therapy, assisted with the data analysis. 

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