LSU Kinesiology

The LSU School of Kinesiology is proud to launch the Louisiana Nature & Health Alliance, led by Jessica Stroope, PhD and Colin Wierts, PhD.

The inaugural summit brought together professionals from across Louisiana to explore how access to and interaction with natural environments can enhance physical, mental, and community well-being.

Read more: https://www.lsu.edu/chse/news/2026/nature-and-health-summit.php

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Excellent work being done by our own Efthymios "Makis" Papadopoulos PhD, Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology.

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Louisiana’s rate of head and neck cancer exceeds the national average. Surgery carries risk of complications, longer hospital stays and higher costs. Improving risk assessment before surgery could enhance care and surgical outcomes. Efthymios "Makis" Papadopoulos, PhD, LSU Kinesiology, in collaboration with Dr. Sagar Kansara, LSU Health New Orleans and Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, will use his LCRC New Investigator Award to research whether radiographic skeletal muscle measures can predict short- and long-term outcomes and explore links between muscle characteristics and social vulnerability.