Kesver Ermin Memorial Lecture
OXFORD, Miss. – The first Kevser Ermin Memorial Lecture in Health and Kinesiology, set for Thursday (April 3) at the University of Mississippi, will focus on the relationship between physical activity and bone health.
Kathleen Janz, a professor of community health and exercise physiology at the University of Iowa, will speak about jump-starting bone health at 7 p.m. in Bondurant Hall, Room 204C. The event is free and open to the public.
Scott Owens, UM associate professor of exercise science, said he is thrilled that undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty have an opportunity to interact with noted researchers in exercise and health fields through the memorial lecture.
“Dr. Kathleen Janz is an internationally recognized exercise physiologist with a wide -ranging research background in the importance of physical activity and health,” Owens said. “Most recently, she has been focusing on the relationship between physical activity and bone health in young people.”
Janz has been a lead researcher with the Iowa Bone Development Study since 2001. Her recent work has also focused on electronic monitoring of physical activity.
Kevser Ermin, an accomplished doctoral student at Ole Miss, is remembered for her tragic death while cycling near Oxford in October 2011. An academic, athlete and volunteer, Ermin was a daughter, sister, wife and aunt who cherished her family, both in Oxford and back in her native Turkey.