From the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences…
February 2025 Research Highlights reported by the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences.
Sarah Wakefield, AuD
Over the past year, Dr. Wakefield has embarked on a one-year meditation teaching certification to create a specialized program for managing tinnitus, with plans to research its effectiveness next summer. Additionally, she aims to design a student success program to support graduate students in managing stress and anxiety. She is excited to share these new insights and strategies with both patients and students to enhance their well-being and success.
“Sound healing” submitted to Journal of Yoga Studies
Caroline Dadowski, AuD and Jackie Davie, PhD
Drs. Dadowski and Davie conducted a survey to investigate how reflective journaling influences student perceptions of themselves as learners. The results revealed that, overall, students did not perceive reflective journaling as beneficial. The study highlighted several potential avenues for future research, such as identifying which students might benefit most from reflective practices and determining the most effective methods for teaching these practices. They presented their findings at the American Academy of Audiology conference in Atlanta, GA, in April 2024.
Several faculty from the Department of Speech-Language Pathology, College of Health Care Sciences presented at the recent Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in Seattle, Washington in December.
Dr. Raquel Garcia presented multiple talks featuring interprofessional collaboration in the treatment of feeding disorders in infants and toddlers.
Dr. Jackie Hinckley presented on the topic of helping working-age people with stroke and aphasia to return to work.
Mr. Steven Vertz presented on national service opportunities with ASHA.
Dr. Carole Zangari presented on classroom supports for students who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication devices.
Corey Peacock, PhD, Chair of the Department of Health and Human Performance, Professor, Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences
Corey Peacock, PhD, of the Department of Health and Human Performance, has made significant contributions to sports science research, particularly in understanding neuromuscular performance and its impact on athletic outcomes. As the senior author of three peer-reviewed articles (2024-2025), he has collaborated with colleagues from other universities to analyze jump loads, force, and velocity metrics in Division I volleyball athletes over the course of an entire competitive season. By integrating wearable technology and force plate data, his work has provided important insights into fatigue modeling and positional differences in performance, offering valuable applications for optimizing training, enhancing recovery, and reducing injury risk in high-performance sports. This research is vital for keeping athletes on the court, healthy, and performing at their peak throughout demanding seasons.
Article 1: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39723419/
Article 2: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11722855/
Article 3: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39705120/
Jose Antonio, PhD, Professor, Department of Health and Human Performance, Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences
Jose Antonio, PhD, a professor from Nova Southeastern University’s Department of Health and Human Performance, participated in a roundtable discussion at the ENHANCED Conference at Oxford University, focusing on the use of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in competitive sports. The session explored the physiological impacts of PEDs on athletic performance, strategies for their safe and informed use, and their role in creating an even playing field. Dr. Antonio provided evidence-based insights into how education and clear guidelines can help athletes make informed decisions while fostering fairness and transparency in competition. His contributions emphasized the importance of addressing the complexities of PED use through balanced discussions and research-driven solutions to support athlete health and performance in the evolving landscape of sports.
https://www.enhanced.com/conference-on-human-enhancement
Monique Mokha, PhD, Professor, Department of Health and Human Performance, Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences
NSU Exercise and Sport Science is first to establish high-tech performance and body composition profiles of American style football players training for the National Football League draft. Monique Mokha, PhD, and an interdisciplinary group of NSU students collaborated with high performance coach Pete Bommarito to use force plates, 3D motion capture synced with an instrumented treadmill, and an InBody device to measure the data and create the profiles which were used to understand player position differences and inform training
Article: https://www.mdpi.com/2673-7078/4/4/49