Kelsey Hassevoort, Phd Email & Phone Number

• Key Responsibilities:
• Lead IHSI's Community-Academic Partnerships Core
• Connect faculty, students, and community partners to conduct impactful community-engaged research
• Direct and grow multiple community engagement programs for undergraduate and graduate students
• Supervise program support staffNotable Achievements:
• Led the expansion of the Community Seminar Series, a science communication and outreach initaitve

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Spinning, BODYPUMP, and TRX-certified group fitness instructor at Illinois Campus Recreation.Key Responsibilities:
• Develop and deliver group exercise programming across multiple formats
• Mentor group fitness instructor traineesNotable Achievements:
• Certified Cycling, BODYPUMP, and TRX instructor.
• Developed and implemented an instructor mentoring program to develop instructors’ teaching philosophy, class design, inclusivity, and safety skills.
• Created and distribute weekly newsletter to provide Campus Recreation participants with wellness information and home workout plans in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign

• Key Responsibilities:
• Support multi-stakeholder research teams tackling community health challenges
• Deliver targeted programs and workshops to support faculty development
• Monitor the health sciences research funding landscape and communicate relevant funding opportunities to researchers
• Support contract/grant proposal development within the health sciences
• Coordinate multiple community engagement programs for undergraduate and graduate studentsNotable Achievements:

• Key Responsibilities:
• Develop and implement experimental designs to examine the relationship between diet, memory performance, and hippocampal structure in older adults
• Train and mentor graduate student researchers
• Provide proposal development support for brain-health researchers
• Coordinate symposia, meetings, and other events
• Monitor the brain health research funding landscape and communicate relevant funding opportunities to researchersNotable Achievements:

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Key Responsibilities:
• Manage multiple longitudinal and cross-sectional research studies involving the collection of neuropsychological, cognitive, diet, physical activity, and body composition data
• Develop and maintain partnerships with multiple internal and external collaborators
• Design and implement experimental designs to investigate the relationship between diet, aerobic fitness, and memory performance across the lifespan
• Train, supervise, and mentor undergraduate students and laboratory staffNotable Achievements:
• Coordinated collaborative projects among 3 independent lab groups.

Kalamazoo, Michigan Area

Kalamazoo, Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Supported by a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) undergraduate research fellowship. Conducted undergraduate thesis research in the Neuromotor Behavior Lab (research supervisor: Dr. Rachael Seidler). Utilized fMRI to examine functional connectivity networks involving the human cerebellum in neurologically healthy young adults.

Kalamazoo, Michigan Area

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Neuroscience

Title of Dissertation: The Impact of Lifestyle Factors and Development on Relational Memory

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Biology, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Women's Varsity Tennis Team, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Lambda Delta, Chi Alpha SigmaTitle of Undergraduate Thesis.

Education record

International student at the University of Aberdeen