Posted 10:46 pm Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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Women cancer survivors sought for special project at UT Tyler
Staff Reports
The University of Texas at Tyler Department of Health and Kinesiology and the College of Nursing are seeking women to participate in an exercise class and research study for cancer survivors, Dr. Scott Marzilli, College of Nursing and Health Sciences interim dean, announced.
Participants must be 55 years or older, must have completed cancer treatment in the past two years and be able to walk.
A mandatory orientation session will be at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 26 in the UT Tyler Herrington Patriot Center. Physician screening forms will be distributed.
The class will be taught by Dr. Joyce Ballard, well-known exercise physiologist, and Dr. Barbara Haas, UT Tyler associate dean for graduate nursing and experienced oncology nurse researcher.
Each cancer survivor will be paired with a kinesiology student who will act as a personal trainer. The eight-week morning classes will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning Feb. 26.
For more information, contact Dr. Ballard at 903-566-7042.
Participants must be 55 years or older, must have completed cancer treatment in the past two years and be able to walk.
A mandatory orientation session will be at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 26 in the UT Tyler Herrington Patriot Center. Physician screening forms will be distributed.
The class will be taught by Dr. Joyce Ballard, well-known exercise physiologist, and Dr. Barbara Haas, UT Tyler associate dean for graduate nursing and experienced oncology nurse researcher.
Each cancer survivor will be paired with a kinesiology student who will act as a personal trainer. The eight-week morning classes will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning Feb. 26.
For more information, contact Dr. Ballard at 903-566-7042.
