Research
“The Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences Department at Pacific has given me the opportunity to pursue research in a field that excites me! We even presented our research at the American College of Sports Medicine.”
— Emily Freund '20
Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences student
Both undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to participate in ongoing research with Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences faculty.
- Students are involved with everything from data collection and analysis to presenting and publishing.
- Several of our students have presented research findings at local, regional and national conferences.
Some of the research areas our students are involved with include:
- Exercise and fatigue
- Performance enhancement
- Clinical decision making
- Sports injuries
- Eating disorders
- Sports and general nutrition
- Legal issues in sport
- After school physical activity programs for at-risk youth
- Leadership