PAEL researchers publish network meta-analysis

Dr. Zan Gao portrait
Zan Gao, PhD

The School of Kinesiology’s Physical Activity Epidemiology Laboratory (PAEL) researchers Mohamed Hassan, PhD,. and Zan Gao, PhD, professor and director of the PAEL, have published a network meta-analysis for the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health entitled, “Comparative effectiveness of physical activity intervention programs on children’s motor skills: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.” The review evaluated how different physical activity interventions impacted children’s motor skills. Mohamed Hassan is a post-doctoral researcher in the lab. Other co-authors, Wenxi Liu, Daniel McDonough and Xiwen Su were former graduate students in the lab. All researchers were under Gao’s mentorship when this project was completed.