Academic Opportunities

Pilot Award

The AHPRC research pilot awards began in 2018 and are aimed to build an interdisciplinary team of researchers for collaborative health- and performance-related research. 

The AHPRC will not be offering a 2026-27 Pilot Award. Please check back in Fall 2027.

2025-26 Pilot Award Winners

鈥淧ain in Athletes Intervention (PAIN) Pilot Study in Aging Former Athletes, Master鈥檚 Athletes, and Nonathletes鈥� - Dr. Jacob Capin, assistant professor of physical therapy; Dr. Marie Hoeger Bement, professor of physical therapy; and Dr. Danilo Tolusso, clinical assistant professor of exercise science and co-director of graduate studies in sports and exercise analytics.
鈥淏ehavioral Coaching to Increase Engagement in Yoga Among Women Veterans with PTSD鈥� - Dr. Jacklynn Fitzgerald, assistant professor of psychology; and Dr. Rachel Bollaert, clinical associate professor of exercise science; with collaborator Dr. Meghan Bennett from the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center; and community partner Michelle Marrero from Beyond Yoga, LLC.
  • Summer Student Research Initiative 
  • Past SRI Awardees

The Marquette AHPRC Summer Student Research Initiative (SSRI) is designed to facilitate student research experiences and support the mission and global goal of the AHPRC. Stay tuned for the next call for SSRI applications.

2023-24 SRI Award Winners

  • Tess Birmingham, exercise physiology major (mentored by Dr. Christopher Sundberg): 鈥淚mpact of Blood Flow Restriction on Satellite Cell and Capillary Content in Skeletal Muscle of Older Adults鈥�
  • Lilianna Buss, medical laboratory science major (mentored by Dr. Nilanjan Lodh): 鈥淗ealth Monitoring and Educational Intervention: Improving Well-being of the African American Community鈥�
  • Joanna Lee, biomedical sciences major (mentored by Dr. Christopher Sundberg): 鈥淧otential Role of Cellular Senescence on Skeletal Muscle Fiber Type-Specific Atrophy with Aging鈥�
  • Grace Tostrud, exercise physiology major (mentored by Dr. Jacob Capin): 鈥淏one Density in Athletes Participating in Jumping, Cutting, and Pivoting Sports: An Understudied Population鈥�

2021 SRI Award Winners:

Emily Anderson, Stephanie Jansen, Sarah Lessila, Jane Layden, Charlie Rydeski

2020 SRI Award Winners:

Isabell Dobrzycki, Jane Layden, Davina Lettau, Emily Olsen, Katie Slater, Brianna Weibye

View the research posters of the 2020 academic year SRI awardees here!

Watch the SRI Students present their posters: