General Information
Awards and Honors
Golisano Health Leadership Award, Service, Professional - 2023
Education
BS, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, Exercise Science, 2011
MPH, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, Physical Activity, 2013
Ph D, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, Exercise Science, Health Aspects of Physical Activity, 2019
Professional Development
Continuing Education Program, Physical Activity and Public Health Postgraduate Research Course, 09/14/2021 - 09/21/2021
Scholarship/Research/Creative Activity
Selected Publications
Schenkelberg, Michaela, Clarke, Emily, Wasser, Heather, Ward, Dianne, Essenmacher, Mikayla, Thompson, Kelsey, Willis, Erik. 2023. A call for obesity prevention interventions for young children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Translational Behavioral Medicine.
Schenkelberg, Michaela, Bavari, Arissa, Essay, Ann, Norgelas, Sara, Rosenkranz, Richard, Welk, Greg, Dzewaltowski, David. 2021. A protocol for coordinating rural community stakeholders in implementing whole-of-community youth physical activity surveillance through school systems, Preventive Medicine Report.
Schenkelberg, Michaela, McIver, Kerry, Brown, William, Pate, Russell. 2020. Preschool environmental factors associated with physical activity in young children with developmental disabilities, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise .
Schenkelberg, Michaela, Brown, William, McIver, Kerry, Pate, Russell. 2020. An observation system to assess physical activity of children with developmental disabilities and delays in preschool, Disability and Health Journal.
Pate, R, McIver, K, Dowda, M, Schenkelberg, Michaela, Beets, M, Distefano, C. 2018. EASY-An Instrument for Surveillance of Physical Activity in Youth., Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 50, 6, 1216-1223.
Service
Department, College, and University
Exercise is Medicine - On Campus, Faculty Advisor, 03/01/2021 - 03/31/2021
Graduate Program Committee, Committee Member, 09/01/2020 - 09/30/2020
Academic Standards and Policies Committee, Committee Member, 09/01/2021 - 09/30/2021
Professional
UNMC Building Excellence in Academics through STEM (uBEATS), Reviewer, Instructional Material, I serve as the subject matter expert for the physical fitness and obesity uBEATS modules (unmc.edu/ubeats), 12/01/2022 - 12/31/2022
Community
Special Olympics Nebraska , Board Member, 01/21/2020 - present
Media Contributions
Internet Publication, Sports Medicine Bulletin, 12/08/2020
TV, Access the Experts, https://www.unomaha.edu/news/access-the-experts-with-uno/michaela-schenkelberg.php, 01/01/2021
Internet Publication, American College of Sports Medicine American Fitness Index Blog, Nocera, V, Taverno-Ross, SE, Schenkelberg, MA. (2023, June) Play(grounds) for All: Inclusive Playgrounds and the Fitness Professional. Article for the Published in the American College of Sports Medicine American Fitness Index Blog. (Invited) https://americanfitnessindex.org/playgrounds-for-all-inclusive-playgrounds-and-the-fitness-professional/, 06/01/2023