Oct. 25, 2025 | Ethan Simmons Can regular exercise reduce the protein needs of adults with type 2 diabetes? For healthy adults, roughly .8 grams of protein per kilogram of bodyweight per day is enough to maintain muscle mass and support daily function. But for adults with type 2 diabetes, an estimated 1 in 10 […]
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Announcing our faculty promotions for 2025-26
Aug. 14, 2025 | AHS Staff Seven AHS faculty received promotions for the 2025-26 academic year Seven faculty at the College of Applied Health Sciences received promotions prior to the 2025-26 Academic Year. Here are their new faculty titles. Professor Nicholas Burd, Health and Kinesiology Andiara Schwingel, Health and Kinesiology Associate Professor Susan Aguiñaga, Health […]
Allen receives NIH grant to study and combat rise of IBD
Oct. 22, 2022 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo KCH Assistant Professor Jacob Allen got an NIH grant to study and combat rise of IBD. In 1999, an estimated 1.8 million adults in the United States had inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to the Centers for Disease Control. By 2015, that number had risen to 3.1 million. Not only are […]
A Few Minutes With … Jacob Allen
Jan. 04, 2021 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo AHS media relations specialist Vince Lara speaks with Jacob Allen, an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, to discuss his research on how diet, exercise and stress influence the gut microbia community. Editor’s note: To reach Vince Lara-Cinisomo, email vinlara@illinois.edu. Related news
Allen gets grant to study additive effects of fiber and exercise
June 21, 2021 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo No controlled studies have looked at the fiber-exercise combination KCH Assistant Professor Jacob Allen received a grant from the Center on Health, Aging & Disability for his project, “Gastrointestinal And Metabolic Effects from a Prebiotic, Lifting, and Aerobic iNtervention (GAMEPLAN).” Allen received $30,000 from CHAD for the 18-month project, […]
Exercise can improve gut health, study shows
Two Studies – one in mice and the other in human subjects – offer the first definitive evidence that exercise alone can change the composition of microbes in the gut