SMART Lab

We were pleased to host a HS sport medicine class today in the lab and teach the students about VO2max and body composition testing. Thanks for visiting!

Congratulations to our very own Dr. Shane Caswell! Dr. Shane Caswell is the recipient of the 2024 Earle C. Williams Medal for Excellence in Social Impact. Learn more about this award here:

Nomination Information Sub Navigation Nomination Information Recipients Description Sponsored by the Office of the President, the Presidential Awards for Faculty Excellence were created to recognize, promote, and honor outstanding members of our community for excellence in teaching, research, social impact, and diversity....

We hosted a group of high school students in the lab today from Chantilly High School who are taking a personal training course. They learned about several types of physiological and body composition assessments in the SMART lab. Thanks for visiting!

Hot off the press....new SMART lab publication. Congrats to our alumni Victoria Fauntroy for her work on the paper!

Sleep, Dance Exposure Hours, and Injury Risk in Collegiate Dancers - Victoria Fauntroy, Amelia Stork, Jena Hansen-Honeycutt, Rajwinder Deu, Holly Klee, Joel Martin, Jatin P. Ambegaonkar, 2023 Introduction: Sleep is essential for athletes and dancers to optimize recovery. Poor sleep negatively affects cognitive function and injury risk in athletes. In...