School of Health Sciences

Exercise Science student smiles during research, his arm slightly raised with a blood pressure cuff attached to his upper arm.

Welcome to the School of Health Sciences!

Our mission is to facilitate a positive learning environment using evidence-based research and the application of knowledge to educate future professionals by promoting overall health and well-being. The office of the School of Health Sciences is housed in Nixson Hall, supporting our diverse undergraduate and graduate programs. Request info.

HS Programs

Athletic Training

Our athletic training programs specialize in the prevention, assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries and illnesses. We offer a challenging curriculum and our dedicated faculty prepare students for rewarding careers in the athletic training profession and related fields.
Exercise Science and Exercise Physiology

The Exercise Science/Physiology program is to promote the development of a healthy physically active lifestyle and prepare its graduates for teaching exercise science and fitness professions. Students will acquire knowledge of human movement, requisite skills and competencies in their area of specialization at the Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral levels.
Health Education and Promotion

Health education is a social science that draws from the biological, environmental, psychological, physical and medical sciences to promote health and prevent disease, disability and premature death through education-driven voluntary behavior change activities.

Integrated Health Studies

This interdisciplinary program aims to educate individuals to serve the present and future needs of an increasingly diverse society in the professional fields associated with health and/or medical services.
Nutrition and Dietetics

The Nutrition and Dietetics program provides students with a broad general education and a strong foundation in nutrition, dietetics and the sciences.
Speech Pathology and Audiology

The Speech Pathology & Audiology Program prepares students to diagnose, treat, and research communication disorders, and provide community service to individuals with communication disorders.
Sports Medicine

The B.S. degree in Sports Medicine focuses on the knowledge and skills that are required for sports medicine and athletic training professionals with specific coursework in anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, biomechanics, chemistry, physics, basics of sports medicine, and more.

Health Sciences Faculty & Student Highlights

EHHS doctoral student wins first place in ACSM Research Awards.

Health Sciences doctoral student wins first place in the American College of Sports Medicine Aging Interest Group Research Awards.

Shelby Montgomery working with young children

A Late Start to Early Intervention

For Kent State alumna Shelby Montgomery, the journey to becoming a speech language pathologist began with an injury on a high school soccer field.

EHHS Faculty Receive Healthy Communities Research Institute Awards

Congratulations to the EHHS members who received the Healthy Communities Research Institute and Bettering Communities research awards.

Exercise science/exercise physiology Hall of Fame

EHHS Professor Delivers Keynote Speech at Midwest Chapter of American College of Sports Medicine

Health Sciences professor Derek Kingsley gives keynote speech at annual conference of the Midwest Chapter for the American College of Sports Medicine.

Lisa Audet Speaks at ASHA Convention

Lisa Audet held a master class in Audiology and Speech Disorder at the 2023 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association convention.

Health Sciences Students Awarded NSCA Scholarships

Doctoral students Lara Boman and Anthony Pinzone are scholarship recipients of the 2023 National Strength and Conditioning Association.

Athletic Director Randale Richmond and Laurie Wagner on the court at a volleyball game.

EHHS Professor Laurie Wagner Named Most Valuable Professor

Health Sciences professor Laurie Wagner named Most Valuable Professor.

Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics, Emily Baker.

EHHS Featured Faculty - Emily Baker

Emily Baker, a nutrition professor in the School of Health Sciences, answered 10 questions for the EHHS Featured Faculty series.

EHHS MVPs Announced

Congratulations to Rachel Cummings and Jay Jonas, instructors in the Athletic Training and Sports Medicine program, for being named Most Valuable Professors!