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Michaela Schenkelberg

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Dr. Michaela Schenkelberg

  • Health and Kinesiology, School of, Associate Professor

email:
maschenkelberg@unomaha.edu
office:
HK  207U
office phone:
402.554.3300
Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aP-DoaAAAAAJ&hl=en
ORCID:
0000-0002-0354-8122

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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

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