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In Ryan McGrath’s lab, NDSU undergraduate students get advanced research experience working with the aging population of North Dakota. Healthy Aging North Dakota, or HAND, investigates human lifespan health. Specifically, the lab evaluates the role of muscle function on health during aging. The lab has been active for a year. “The older adult demographic is a rapidly growing age demographic locally, nationally and globally,” said McGrath, assistant professor of health, nutrition and exercise science and director of HAND. “With that rapidly growing older adult population comes increased age-related disease and disability. Preventing those things now will help to lower the health burden in the future.” Undergraduate students in the lab work closely with study participants and conduct data collection and analysis. Participants are volunteer, local community members who fit the study criteria. Participants are asked to make two lab visits. Students conduct intake surveys, take body measurements, administer cognitive questionnaires and collect data related to the main study. This involves five different assessments, including hand grip and walk tests. After the second visit, the students input and process the collected data. “It’s a great and fascinating opportunity to be a part of the research process. It’s more of an immersive learning experience,” said Halli Heimbuch, a senior nutrition science student from Moorhead, Minnesota. For more on the HAND lab, visit https://www.ndsu.edu/hnes/. #ndsu #fargo #northdakotastateuniversity #ndsustudentresources