Award Winners / Grant Recipients
July 2011: Melanie Adams, a PhD student in the Department of Kinesiology
Melanie Adams and Dr. Diane Gill of Kinesiology have been awarded a grant to work on a project entitled "On our Feet Using Social Cognitive Theory to Reduce Sedentary Behavior and Increase Physical Activity in Overweight Women" from the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP). Melanie also received a Graduate Research Grant from the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA).
July 2011: Dr Cindra Kamphoff, Department of Kinesiology Alumna
Kinesiology (formerly Exercise and Sport Science) alumna, Dr Cindra Kamphoff of Minnesota State University-Mankato, also received an AASP Research Grant for, "The Development and Maintenance of Mental Toughness." and received an AASP Outreach Grant award for her project, "Implementing Brief interventions with Runners: The Mankato Marathon Sport Psych Team".
Dr. Kamphoff is also the recipient of the 2010 Dorothy V. Harris Memorial Award from AASP. The Award acknowledges the distinguished contributions of Dot Harris, a UNCG HHS (formerly HHP) Distinguished Alumna, to sport psychology by recognizing the efforts of an AASP scholar/ practitioner in the early stage of his/her scientific and/or professional career.
March 2010: Cody Talbert Wins Physical Education Major of the Year Award from NASPE!
Department of Kinesiology senior, Cody Talbert, is quickly becoming an excellent physical education teacher. She has excelled in courses and practicum in the Physical Education Teacher Education program and is currently student teaching at Dudley High School in Greensboro (Guilford County Schools).
The Kinesiology teacher education faculty selected Cody from a host of outstanding applications for the prestigious award given by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE). Sponsored by the UNCG/HHP Physical Education Major of the Year Travel Fund, Cody traveled to Indianapolis last week to attend the 2010 American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Convention and receive her Major of the Year Award!
Kinesiology Ph.D. student Jonathon Mungen, Cody Talbert, HHP Dean, Dr. Celia Hooper, Kinesiology professors Dr. Catherine Ennis and Dr. Ang Chen.
Past-President Dr. Fran Cleland, Cody Talbert, and NASPE President Dr. Steve Jefferies.
March 2010: Dr. L Buettner receives the 2010 Barry Reisberg Award !
Dr. Buettner of the Department of Recreation, Tourism, and Hospitality Management has received the 2010 Barry Reisberg Award for Non-Pharmacologic Research, Theory, and Clinical Practice. This award honors an accomplished clinician and researcher each year for their distinguished contributions to the field of non-pharmacologic Alzheimer’s disease treatment and care.
It is named for Dr. Barry Reisberg, Clinical
Director of New York University's Aging and Dementia Research Center, who
is a psychiatrist,
geriatric psychiatrist, and psychopharmacologist and whose research and
practice bridges all forms of treatment. Dr. Reisberg received the
Foundation’s first award in 2002 and past honorees have included
- Cameron Camp, PhD (2006),
- Michelle Bourgeois, PhD (2007),
- and Linda Terri, PhD (2009).
- Laura Gitlin PhD (2008),
- Michelle Bourgeois, PhD (2007),
- Cameron Camp, PhD (2006),
- Ladislav Volicer, M.D., PhD (2005),
- Cornelia Beck, PhD (2004),
- Jiska Cohen-Mansfield, PhD (2003)
Dr. Buettner has been invited to New York City where she will present a lecture at a public awards ceremony in June and receive this wonderful honor. The award and lecture are jointly sponsored by Forest Laboratories and The Hearthstone Alzheimer’s Foundation (founded in 1995 by Dr. John Zeisel), which promotes primarily non-pharmacologic approaches (e.g., environmental design, therapeutic gardens, caregiver communication training, family awareness, family participation in care giving, alternative health care, diet, exercise, music, art, etc.) to treatment for the millions of people coping with Alzheimer’s.
The Foundation’s mission is to develop approaches to care and treatment that coordinate non-pharmacologic with pharmaceutical treatment to address the complex needs of this growing population and their care partners. Non-pharmacologic treatments that are believed to improve health outcomes.
