Friday, April 19, 2024
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Thought leaders from across the OSU system met Thursday to connect and explore new opportunities to promote healthy lifestyles in Oklahoma.
The 2nd Annual Human Performance Nutrition Research Institute Symposium will showcase HPNRI’s interdisciplinary efforts across the broader OSU system and provide insightful feedback from guests about the transformative potential of performance-based approaches to health and wellness. Perspective provided.
“Today is about bringing us all together,” said HPNRI Rick and Gail Muncrief Executive Director Lance Walker. “We did this a year ago, when we brought the campus together and created a conflict. We’re doing it again this year. Now, we’ve brought another element to this. Here on campus. As we begin to expand our collaboration, we have brought on board a partner to start working with us.”
nike philosophy
Tony Bignell, Vice President of Nike Men’s Performance Footwear, gave a keynote speech about Nike’s innovation through four principles.
“We have agreed on four fundamental principles: Listen to the athletes, listen to the athletes.” Dream big, dream bold. Players and teams respect each other and work hard. And they fail quickly,” Binel said.
Kenyan marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge dreamed big when Nike wanted to help him run a marathon in less than two hours.
“Eliud wanted to be the first person in history to run a marathon under two hours,” Binel said. “The world record at the start was 2 hours and 3 minutes. Now, how can he beat 3 minutes? Well, 3 minutes is equivalent to 1 kilometer. It’s not like he’s going to break the record by this much. It’s really impossible.”
Nike began an innovative approach to designing shoes to achieve its goals.
“It’s all about people,” Bignell said. “It’s all about coming together around a single vision, working hard, checking your ego at the door, and all that.”
Bignell said they started with science to reduce the shoe’s weight, while also strengthening the front to minimize impact on the foot and increase speed. Then, the day before, he listened to athletes who wanted a shoe that wouldn’t hurt their calves after running 20 miles.
Not only was Nike on a mission to create the shoe that would help Kipchoge break through the barrier in 2019, but they were then faced with even more challenges and were forced to fail.
“Once we make a pair and run a race, we have to figure out how to make a pair and make millions of dollars, even though our job is to make shoes and sell shoes. ” says Binel. He said. “That’s often difficult.”
While Nike works with athletes to make clothing and shoes, Binel said the principles of life can also be applied on a personal level and to institutions like HPNRI.
“If you listen and focus, you have to follow your dreams, don’t be afraid to fail and put the team before yourself, good things usually happen,” he said.
Health improvement through extension
Dr. Roger RennekampfThe Extension Health Director of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities also gave a keynote address on the DNA and ethos of land-grant institutions, stressing that their essence is deeply rooted in their DNA and reflected in their infrastructure.
With a career steeped in Extension, Rennekamp has focused on health equity and community empowerment. In that role, he leads an effort aimed at leveraging the combined strengths of the nation’s 111 land-grant universities to prioritize human health and well-being through community engagement.
Cooperative Extension’s extensive national network has traditionally focused on agriculture, but has since expanded its reach to include health frameworks. Similarly, the OSU system reflects that vision through HPNRI and OSU Extensions.
“In general, many people agree that 30% of our health is determined roughly by what we do, what we do, and how we spend our time, but the remaining 70% is determined by clinical care, where we live, and how we spend our time. the physical environment in which they live, and socio-economic factors,” Renkamp said.
As the symposium continued, threads of innovation were woven through Extension, One Health, performance, technology, and research through panel discussions and presentations.
Some important collaborations involve OSU Extension, the College of Education and Human Sciences, and OSU Agriculture through the Partnership to Improve Human Health and Nutrition.
CEHS Dean John Pedersen’s 15 years of teaching experience has taught him that the principles of teamwork, collaborating across boundaries, are essential to transforming lives and improving the human condition.
“We can’t do it alone,” Dr. Pedersen says. “If you think about kids in school and their grades, only 25 to 30 percent of their grades can be attributed to their classroom experience, which means a lot of things are outside of those four walls. means.”
Darren Schramm, OSU’s first Cowboy, talked about how he helped the university dream big by taking a step toward feeding a growing population through the university. student farmstudents engaged in experiential learning to provide fresh food to underserved communities, distributing more than 53,000 pounds to the community in their first year.
Expanding health support
In another panel session, HPNRI shared and expanded its collaboration with the OSU Health Sciences Center and OSU Extension. project echo Through the new ECHO line: Athletic Training – Sports Medicine, Childhood obesity and building healthy school communities.
Seventy percent of Oklahoma counties do not have access to any sports health care for their student-athletes, said Dr. Aric Warren, OSU-CHS athletic training professor and ECHO hub team leader.
In its first year, Sports Medicine ECHO attracted more than 400 participants and provided information to 40 K-12 schools and 30 higher education institutions in 44 Oklahoma counties, 18 states, and two countries.
The Building Healthy School Communities pilot project, launched in January, will assess the physical and health literacy needs of participating school districts and identify ways HPNRI can support them through partnerships and collaborations.
“Recent research shows that nutrition, physical activity, and healthy relationships play a role not only in academic success, but also in students’ mental health,” said Shana Klassen, Director of Health and Physical Education at the Oklahoma State Department of Education. I understand,” he said. “This is something we’ve heard over and over again that we really need to focus on, not just our students and our teachers.”
HPNRI’s collaborative efforts continued to be showcased through sports medicine innovation and athletic training technology with OSU Athletics.
Dr. Jason Moore shared what the integration of OSU-CHS and OSU Medicine has been like with OSU athletics. This consolidation meant bringing Tulsa’s expertise to Stillwater by adding athletic training, behavioral health and physician positions that impact athletic performance.
“Bringing in a facility with extensive experience in health care delivery will further enhance our ability to provide health care to our population and provide insights that may be helpful to athletics,” Moore said.
The symposium not only emphasized research and collaboration within traditional athletes, but also addressed the needs of tactical athletes such as law enforcement, firefighters, and military through the Tactical Fitness and Nutrition Institute.
Emphasis is placed on health, fitness, and performance to enable athletes to effectively perform physically demanding tasks and maintain public safety and national security. Associate Professor of Applied Exercise Science Jay Dawes said that through collaboration and research, the team aims to provide tailored support and resources to improve athletes’ abilities and overall performance.
Dr. Jai Rajendran, OSU Office of Technology Commercialization Technology and Business Development Manager, and Jill Joyce, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Public Health Nutrition, introduce mobile technology to improve human health and performance using The Innovation Foundation in OSU’s App Center. We shared how to develop an app.
Rajendran came to understand cardiometabolic diseases through his family’s experiences. In collaboration with researchers from other disciplines, he set out to develop an important application called BaseMetrics to aid in the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.
Recognizing their needs, Joyce developed an app that integrates with popular fitness apps, utilizing the Healthy Eating Index scoring system to provide clear guidance on nutritional choices. Users can easily prioritize areas for improvement and receive personalized tips. The app also allows you to track your progress over time and provides suggestions for further enhancements.
“The HPNRI Symposium witnessed the convergence of academic research and scientific progress,” said Elizabeth Pollard, Innovation Foundation CEO. Shaping a future where people’s health thrives. Together, interacting, driving insights and driving applied research, we are paving the way to a healthier tomorrow and helping individuals and communities thrive. I will empower you to do it.”
