AHPRC announces 2021-22 Pilot Award winners 

The Athletic and Human Performance Research Center (AHPRC) pilot award program is designed to facilitate and foster collaborative health-and-performance-related research between disciplines at Marquette and with partner institutions.  

The winners of the AHPRC Pilot Awards for the 2021-22 Academic Year are: 

“Motor Training to Improve Cognitive-Linguistic and Motor Learning Function in Typically-Developing Children” 


“Effects of Ischemic Conditioning on Language, Cognitive, and Motor Outcomes in Persons with Chronic Aphasia” 


“Student Health Allies & Peer Educators Competencies and Mindfulness Training and Its Effect on Their Mental Health” 

  • Dr. Lee Za Ong, assistant professor of counselor education and counseling psychology  
  • Dr. Karisse Callendar, assistant professor and online clinical mental health counseling coordinator for the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology 

“CUped: A New Method for Using Exercise As Medicine After Stroke”