Madeline Czeck, MS, a doctoral student in the School of Kinesiology, is the lead author of an article entitled “Total and regional dual X-ray absorptiometry derived four-compartment model” that was recently published in Clinical Nutrition ESPEN. The purpose of this study was to create a regional four-compartment model for the determination of fat mass, lean mass, bone mass and water using dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). The development of a DXA derived four-compartment model would be more convenient compared to current methods which are more time intensive and require the use of specialized equipment. The authors reported no significant differences in regionally DXA derived measures of body composition when compared to traditional methods. The results of this study suggest that DXA can be used as a convenient method to determine four-compartment models of body composition. The development of a DXA derived regional four-compartment allows for tracking of regional changes due to site-specific tumors, cancers, or trauma. Don Dengel, PhD, a professor and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology (LIHP), Erica Roelofs, MS, current doctoral student, and William Juckett, MS, also a current doctoral student and all in the School of Kinesiology, were co-authors on this article.