How Tissue Stiffness Helps Doctors Detect Disease

What Your Body’s Stiffness Can Say About Your Health Most people think of things like blood tests, X-rays, or heart monitors when they hear the word “diagnosis.” But believe it or not, there’s something much simpler that can help doctors figure out if something’s going wrong inside the body: how soft or firm your tissuesContinue reading “How Tissue Stiffness Helps Doctors Detect Disease”

Starting Strong: Reflections on the Early Stages of My Menopause & Sleep Study 

Hello everyone! This is Hayley Schermer again with an update on the research project I’m conducting with Ella Vizzini, focused on how exercise influences sleep patterns and menopausal symptoms in postmenopausal women. While we haven’t begun collecting data just yet, there’s been a lot of exciting progress behind the scenes. Over the past few weeks,Continue reading “Starting Strong: Reflections on the Early Stages of My Menopause & Sleep Study “

Investigating Women’s Health during Menopause

My name is Ella Vizzini, and I am a junior studying Exercise Physiology on the pre-medical track at Florida State University. My research journey began in the fall of my sophomore year when I joined the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) through the FSU Center for Research Excellence (CRE). This program introduced me to theContinue reading “Investigating Women’s Health during Menopause”

Kate Everett: Sodium Density and Cardiovascular Health

My name is Kate Everett, and I am a sophomore majoring in Dietetics with a minor in chemistry. After my undergraduate degree at FSU, I will be pursuing a master’s degree and internship in the hopes of becoming a dietitian. As a future dietitian, I am planning to work in either a sports, clinical, community,Continue reading “Kate Everett: Sodium Density and Cardiovascular Health”