News and Events
2024 News and Events
- University of Houston’s Special Olympics Research Program: A Collaborative Effort for Athlete Wellness.
- Charlie Hodgman Wins 2nd place in the Young Investigator Award for Poster Presentation at ISEI.
- Dr. Cottingham Honored with Community Leadership Award by President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition.
- HHP welcomes New Faculty: Dr. Sally Paulson.
- HHP welcomes New Faculty: Dr. Ashlyne Elliott.
- HHP Games 2024.
- Soccer Starts Now! Introducing Soccer Skills to the Children of HTT.
- Hannah Gustafson Wins NASA Human Research Program's Grant Augmentation Award.
- Dr. Tracey Ledoux Wins UH Teaching Excellence Award for 2024.
- UH Wins National Wheelchair Tennis Championship.
- HHP alumnus and International Space Station Program Deputy Chief Scientist, Dr. Meghan Everett is one of two women leading space station science at NASA.
- HHP Faculty and Students at Ironman 70.3 Texas.
- Rebekah Hunt's Research Highlighted at the 2024 American Physiology Summit.
- Dr. David Walsh is Co-author of 2023 Outstanding Paper from The College Sport Research Institute.
2023 News and Events
- HHP Sport Administration program major James Calderone is featured in UH News for spearheading the campaign to bring ice hockey back to UH.
- HHP Games 2023.
- Dr. Billy Hawkins coauthors new book: Sports and the Racial Divide, Volume II: A Legacy of African American Athletic Activism.
- UH student graduates with 3 majors, 3 minors.
- HHP Student Excellence Awards 2023.
- Celebration of Life for Dr. Joshua Yellen.
- Stacey Gorniak Joins the Editorial Board of the Journal of Motor Behavior.
- CLASS researchers partner with former athlete in bounce reduction study.
2022 News and Events
- HHP Hosts Sport Exchange Program for High School Coaches from Fiji, Kiribati and Tonga.
- HHP Faculty Kirstin Vollrath Talks About Getting Nutrients From Food vrs Supplements in Insider Magazine.
- Morgan Ferrara Wins NCAA Research Grant.
- Dr. Marc Hamilton's pioneering discovery of the “soleus pushup”.
- 10 UH Sport Admin students selected for NCAA Final Four training program.
- UH Professors awarded $768K NIH grant to develop extensive neuromotor training.
- HHP Research Symposium 2022.
- Dr. David Walsh Inducted Into 2022 COSMA Hall of Fame as Master Professor.
- Commission on Sport Management Accreditation 2022 Conference at UH.
2021 News and Events
- HHP Doctoral Student Vivian Rose Featured in the Journal of Experimental Biology.
- HHP Alum Dr. Katharine Forth, CEO and co-founder of Zibrio, selected as one of five finalists in the Female-Founded Business category for the InnovationMap Awards.
- UH Adaptive Athletics students, led by Dr. Cottingham, refurbish 40 disability sport wheelchairs for athletes in Bangladesh.
- USDA Grant to Prepare Hispanic High School Students for Careers in Food and Biotechniology.
- Dr. Melissa Markofski Speaks to the Houston Chronicle on Life Hacks to Sneak Healthy Habits into Daily Office Routines.
- Dr. Pranav Parikh Wins Faculty Excellence Award for 2021.
- Houston Matters talks with Dr. Pearson on the forgotten history of black cowboys in Texas.
- Listen to Dr. Pearson on Houston Public Media, discussing the ways in which Houston has changed the national sports landscape. (Dr. Pearson's segment starts at the 23:48 mark)
- HHP Undergrad Bola Adeyeri Wins the Swope, Rodante P.A. Scholarship for Philanthropic Efforts.
- UH Assistant Professor Awarded CAREER Grant by the National Science Foundation.
- Dr. Melissa Markofski Weighs in With Runners World on the Increasing Use of VO2Max as a Performance Metric.
- Scott Selected as National Nutrition and Dietetics Delegate.
- HHP Research Symposium 2021.
- UH Professor Awarded Research Grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
2020 News and Events
- UH Professor Wins Brad Parks Award from the United States Tennis Association (USTA).
- Dr. Billy Hawkins Wins the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Service Excellence Award.
- Next Level Sports Industry Symposium.
- Dr. Gorniak's Study on Postmenopausal Women with Type 2 Diabetes Featured on UH News.
- HHP Scholarship Winners for 2020.
- Statement on Social and Racial Injustice.
- Dr Billy Hawkins in the New York Times, "Should We Play? Two College Football Teams Have Very Different Answers".
- HHP Chair Dr. Daniel O’Connor Named Interim Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.
- Inside Higher Ed Quotes Dr. Billy Hawkins in an Article on the Effects of Covid19 on College Football.
- Dr. Billy Hawkins is a recipient of the CLASS Distinguished Faculty Award for 2020.
- Irene Buckner Graduate Scholarship Winners for 2020-2021.
- Strengthen Your Immune System with Home Exercise - Dr. Melissa Markofski Recommends Fitness Ideas for Confinement.
- UH/Baylor College of Medicine Collaborative Grant for Virtual Platform to Improve Motor-function of Cancer Survivors.
- UH Adaptive Athletics Hosts 2020 Cougar Open.
2019 News and Events
- Professor Named Fellow in American Academy of Health Behavior.
- HHP Faculty at Dietetic Internship Fair.
- HHP Faculty Present at the UH Faculty Senate Conference.
- HHP Welcome Back Week Events - August 28th and 29th 2019 (pdf)
- HHP Scholarship Winners for 2019.
- Dr. Beom-Chan Lee Awarded NIH Grant to Evaluate Rehabilitation Systems for Patients with Parkinson's Disease.
- Dr. Stacey Gorniak Recognized by American Heart Association for Diabetes Research.
- HHP's College Study Tour to Italy.
- HHP Research on Food Insecurity in Veterans Featured in the Media.
- Sport Admin Program Holds Mock Interviews.
- Daisey Vega Awarded Hispanic Health Coalition Scholarship.
- Live Broadcast of HHP's Interprofessional Education Seminar.
- Dr. David Walsh to Speak at UH Wellness Health Workshop.
- MAT Program at the Houston Marathon.
- Dr. Billy Hawkins Featured on Houston Public Media.
2018 News and Events
- HHP's Research Symposium 2018.
- HHP Scholarship Winners for 2018.
- HHP Chair Dr. Daniel O'Connor Talks to Runner's World Magazine on Using Running as an Ideal Workout for Weight Loss.
- HHP Graduate Student Marston Jefferson Recognized in Who's Who in Black Houston.
- Two-Time Olympian Visits Sport and Fitness Administration Graduate Class.
- Dr. David Walsh Elected to The Commission on Sport Management Accreditation.
- Images of HHP Faculty at the 2018 UH Faculty Awards Dinner.
- Dr. Beom-Chan Lee's Research Featured in The American Parkinson Disease Association's Spring 2018 Newsletter (pdf)
- Dr. Daphne Hernandez's Research on Food Insecurity in College Students Widely Featured in News Media.
- Dr. David Walsh Wins UH Faculty Excellence Award.
- HHP Faculty and Doctoral Students Featured in Daily Cougar Article on The Future of Spaceflight Research.
- Junyoung Hong Wins ACSM Foundation Doctoral Student Research Grant.
- HHP faculty Claudia Scott Wins Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award.
- HHP Doctoral Student's Paper Selected as Finalist in NASSM Student Research Competition.
- Dr. Layne's Research Featured in UH Magazine.
- Dr. Daniel O’Connor is President of The UH Faculty Senate.
- HHP Faculty Win William T. Grant Research Award.
- HHP Dietetic Intern Chris Doyle's Tips for the Houston Marathon on ABC 13.
2017 News and Events
- Dr. Beom Chan Lee Wins Most Distinguished Alumni Award.
- Certificate of Congressional Recognition Presented to HHP's Sport Administration Program.
- Dr. Hernandez Wins Best Research Article Award From The National Council on Family Relations.
- HHP Alumna "NASA Mom" Making News in Nebraska.
- Students Present their Research at UH Undergraduate Research Day 2017.
- HHP's Research Symposium 2017.
- HHP Senior Steven Canales and Dr. Hernandez talk about the SURF Program.
- HHP Doctoral Student Katherine Arlinghaus Wins Student Research Paper Contest.
- Destiny Morton Takes part in U.S. Olympic Committee's FLAME Program.
- HHP Faculty Dr. David Walsh Wins Ross M. Lence Award for Teaching Excellence.
- HHP Scholarship Winners for 2017.
- Dr. Lee's Parkinson’s Disease Balancing App Featured on Houston Public Media.
- HHP Research Shows Wheelchair Rugby Lowers Depression and Stress in Spinal Cord Injury Patients.
- Dr. Lee Presents his Research to the American Parkinson Disease Association’s Scientific Advisory Board.
- Dr. Richard Simpson Wins UH Faculty Award for Excellence in Research.
- Dr. Hernandez Wins USDA Grant to Prepare Students for Careers in Obesity and Nutrition.
- Inaugural Sport Administration Career Fair.
- HHP Faculty Collaborate in Project to Improve Public Health in the Third Ward.
- UH Undergrad Sawan Dalal Selected For Summer Internship at NASA's Ames Research Center.
- ACSM Awards Research Grant to Dr. Arellano.
- Dr. Christopher Arellano's Research Featured in The New York Times.
- "Black Cowboys in the American West" Wins Ray and Pat Browne Award.
- HHP Faculty Claudia Scott Elected Vice Chair of Nutrition and Dietetic Educators and Preceptors.
- Sport and Fitness Administration Program Hosts Brazilian Sport Administrators.
- HHP Faculty Kevin Haubrick Wins Outstanding Dietetics Educator Award.
- Dr. Melissa Markofski Featured in TMC Pulse Magazine.
- HHP Doctoral Student Bridgette Rooney Featured by NASA.
- Dr. Melissa Markofski Featured on Houston Public Media.