School of Kinesiology > Research Laboratories and Centers > LIHP

About the Lab

The Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology (LIHP) is a teaching and research laboratory located in Mariucci Arena on the University of Minnesota campus. The overall goal of LIHP is to gain a better understanding of the effect of various diseases (e.g., obesity, cancer, metabolic syndrome, etc.) on vascular as well as cardiac systems in an integrative approach as well as to develop a better understanding of how to treat the effect of these diseases on the cardiovascular system. In addition, to its own goals the LIHP serves as a resource to other investigators at the University of Minnesota to assist them in their research objectives involving the measurement of vascular and cardiovascular structure and function. Because of this unique mission the LIHP collaborates with a number of researchers at the University of Minnesota in various departments such as Pediatrics, Epidemiology, Preventive Cardiology, Oncology, as well as researchers in the University of Minnesota General Clinic Research Center, St. Paul Heart Clinic and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Leadership

The LIHP is under the direction of Donald Dengel, Ph.D., who also serves as Director of the Human Performance Core and Densitometry Services of the University of Minnesota's Clinical and Translational Science Institute.

News from the Lab

VanIterson gives talk in research division of Medtronic

On April 29, doctoral student Erik VanIterson gave a talk titled, "Acquisition and Application of Advanced Echo Imaging Modalities for Mechanical Dyssynchrony," to researchers in Medtronic's Physiological Research Laboratory Heart Failure and CRT Research Division. VanIterson is advised by Donald Dengel, Ph.D., associate professor of kinesiology and director of ... [Read Full Story]

Students and alumnae present at Pediatric Research Education and Scholarship Symposium

On Friday, April 19, undergraduate student Ashley Watkins and doctoral student Kara Marlatt (pictured on right) presented at the 27th Annual Pediatric Research Education and Scholarship Symposium held at the University of Minnesota. Marlatt presented her paper titled, "Impact of pubertal development on endothelial function and arterial elasticity," and ... [Read Full Story]

Dengel and Geijer to publish article in American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Donald Dengel, Ph.D., associate professor of kinesiology, and doctoral student Justin Geijer are set to publish an article in the American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. This article pertains to research on bone mineral density in adults with Down syndrome. The article citation is as follows: Geijer JR, Stanish ... [Read Full Story]

McCue and colleagues have research published

Ph.D student in the School of Kinesiology, Meghan McCue, was the lead author in an article published in The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice. McCue, along with co-authors Ph.D student Kara Marlatt and associate professor of kinesiology, Don Dengel, Ph.D., tracked food intake, amount of exercise, ... [Read Full Story]

Dengel to serve as faculty adviser on ICI grant

Donald Dengel, Ph.D., associate professor of kinesiology, will serve as the faculty advisor on a four-year, $600,000 grant housed in the Institute of Community Integration. The grant, Partnership in Wellness: A Training Curriculum for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, focuses on adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities who require ... [Read Full Story]

Kinesiology Ph.D. student and colleagues publish in the Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Kara Marlatt, a third-year doctoral student in the School of Kinesiology, is the lead author of a recently-accepted manuscript written with her advisor, Donald Dengel, Ph.D., associate professor of kinesiology, and kinesiology doctoral alumnus Aaron Kelly, Ph.D. The manucript, which is in press in the Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, is ... [Read Full Story]


© 2013 Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved.
The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer
Last modified on 12/13/2012