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Ji's award celebrates his decades-long collaboration with China.

Ji was a panel speaker for the conference in Chengdu, China.

Li Li Ji, PhD, professor of exercise physiology in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene and Exercise Science (LPHES), received an honorary doctoral degree from the Hungarian University of Sport Science. Ji was awarded the degree in 2020 but celebrated in Budapest in May of 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Li Li Ji, PhD, professor of exercise physiology in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene and Exercise Science (LPHES), received an honorary doctoral degree from the Hungarian University of Sport Science. Ji was awarded the degree in 2020 but celebrated in Budapest in May of 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Li LI Ji, PhD, professor of exercise physiology in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene and Exercise Science (LPHES), has been selected as a fellow with the Society for Redox Biology and Medicine (SfRBM).

Li LI Ji, PhD, professor of exercise physiology in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene and Exercise Science (LPHES), was the opening keynote speaker at the 5th Conference on Innovations in Food Science & Human Nutrition (IFHN-2022) held in Barcelona, Spain on September 20. He gave a talk entitled, […]

Otto Sanchez, PhD, MD, exercise physiology lecturer and Anton Hesse, graduate assistant and PhD candidate in the School of Kinesiology, have published an article entitled, "Cardiovascular Fitness and Associated Comorbidities in An Executive Health Program" in the Journal of Exercise Medicine.

Li LI Ji, PhD, exercise physiology professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene and Exercise Science (LPHES) recently published an article in the journal Cells, entitled "Maintenance of NAD + Homeostasis in Skeletal Muscle during Aging and Exercise".

kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene and Exercise Science (LPHES), Dr. Li Li Ji's article, "Protective Effects of Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Exercise Training on Rat Skeletal Muscle against High-fat Diet Feeding" was recently accepted and published to the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Nick Foreman and Anton Hesse, graduate assistants in the School of Kinesiology, along with Li Li Ji, PhD, professor and director of the Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene and Exercise Science (LPHES), have published an article entitled, “Redox Signaling and Sarcopenia: Searching for the Primary Suspect” in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Dr. Li Li Ji, professor of kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene and Exercise Science (LPHES), his former graduate student Dr. Tianou Zhang, now an assistant professor of kinesiology at the University of Texas San Antonio, and colleagues have had their research cited in an Eat This, Not That! article.

With COVID-19 bearing down, Dr. Art Leon relocated his Cooke Hall emeritus office at the end of last spring semester to his home in the western suburbs of Minneapolis … and without missing a beat simply picked up where he left off.

A team of School of Kinesiology graduate students took third place in the 2020 American Physiology Society’s Integrative Physiology of Exercise conference Quiz Bowl. This “Jeopardy”-like competition tested the participants’ knowledge of the Integrative Physiology of Exercise. The UMN team received $500 for their third place victory. Team members were Will Juckett, Nick Foreman, and Anton […]

Director of the School of Kinesiology‘s Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene and Exercise Science (LPHES), Li Li Ji, PhD and former lab member and School of Kinesiology doctoral graduate Tianou Zhang published an article in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, on July 25, 2020, titled “Avenanthramide supplementation reduces exercise-induced inflammation in young […]

Li Li Ji, PhD, professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene and Exercise Science is the senior and corresponding author of an editorial article titled “The COVID-19 Pandemic and Physical Activity” published in the Sports Medicine and Health Science journal.  The goals of this article are to highlight […]

Anton Hesse, a PhD student in the School of Kinesiology and member of the Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene and Exercise Science (LPHES), has been awarded the Robert and Corrie Beck Graduate Fellowship. The fellowship is based on merit and is given to a graduate student whose studies reflect Dr. Beck’s interests in the intersections of […]

Li Li Ji, PhD, spoke at the 9th International Conference of Polyphenol and Health (2019 ICPH) and the International Conference of Function Food (ICoFF) held in Kobe, Japan from November 30 to December 3, 2019. The title of his presentation was “Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory Function of Oat Avenanthramide.” For more information about his presentation, see […]

Li Li Ji, PhD, professor in the School of Kinesiology, gave a talk on September 19 at the Richard M. Schulze Family American Cancer Society Hope Lodge, in Minneapolis. His lecture on nutrition and exercise in cancer patients was sponsored by the U of M’s Department of Urology and the American Cancer Society. Hope Lodge […]

The School of Kinesiology’s Student Council put on the fourth annual Research Day event on Friday, April 26, at the McNamara Alumni Center. This year’s event featured flash talks by five School of Kinesiology graduate students, Qiyin Huang, Saurav Dubey, Anton Hesse, DJ McDonough, and Eydie Kramer; a keynote address by alumnus Zachary Pope, PhD, […]

Li Li Ji, PhD, professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene and Exercise Science, recently published a book chapter titled “Avenanthramide” with former advisee Tianou Zhang, PhD, (2018) in a book Whole Grains and their Bioactives: Composition and Health published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Their chapter […]