A national position statement on emergency action plan development and implementation in sports has been updated by Samantha Scarneo-Miller, a University athletic training researcher, setting in motion new priorities for responding to catastrophic injuries to help reduce unnecessary deaths from sport participation.
Research
Undergraduate researchers who plan to present their research at the 17th Annual Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium July 25 at the Mountainlair should submit their final abstracts by July 7.
University researchers will put a sleep apnea detection device at the fingertips or wrists of patients facilitating early diagnosis and treatment of the disease with support from a National Science Foundation grant. Dr. Sunil Sharma received the award after working with other researchers to develop prototypes and secure a patent.
University researchers are looking for healthy adults with physically active jobs to participate in a research study which is seeking to understand the effects of physical activity at work on cardiovascular health.
University research illustrates that American Heart Association and American Stroke Association guidelines are effective at speeding up hospitals’ response times for stroke treatment and can be mastered even by members of “ad hoc” medical teams that assemble rapidly on the fly.
Under the American Security Drone Act of 2023, the use of federal funds awarded through contracts, grants or cooperative agreements to purchase and/or operate foreign, commercial, off-the-shelf drones or unmanned aircraft systems manufactured or assembled in “covered” countries, most notably China, will be prohibited starting in December 2025.