The School of Kinesiology’s Physical Activity Epidemiology Laboratory (PAEL) team presented seven research ideas, four oral presentations and three poster presentations, in Tampa, FL, at the SHAPE America national conference and the International Chinese Society for Physical Activities and Health (ICSPAH) international conference during the week of April 8, 2019.

At the SHAPE America national conference doctoral student DJ McDonough was awarded the 2019 SHAPE America Research Council Graduate Student Research Award for the top-ranked abstract submitted among graduate students for his poster presentation. PAEL director and associate professor at the School of Kinesiology, Zan Gao, PhD, and doctoral student Wenxi Liu both presented research posters, and Gao’s former advisee, June Lee, PhD, presented a first-author oral presentation which was funded by SHAPE America.

At the ICSPAH international conference doctoral students McDonough and Xiwen Su were awarded Outstanding Oral Presentation awards; Liu gave an oral research presentation and was awarded the ICSPAH Professional Service Award for his 1-year service as Student Representative; and Gao was awarded the ICSPAH Excellent Leadership Service Award for his 3-year service as the President-Elect, President, and Immediate Past President of the Society from 2017 -2019.