M.S. student Ashley Watkins, B.A/B.S. (Kinesiology, 2013), is the lead author of an article recently published in The Journal of Pediatrics entitled “Childhood wrist circumference is not a predictor of insulin resistance in adulthood.” Ms. Watson conducted the study as part of her KIN 3993 Directed Studies experience as an undergraduate. Donald R. Dengel, Ph.D., kinesiology professor and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology in the School of Kinesiology, is Ms. Watson’s adviser and a co-author of the article.