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Dr. Nancy Anai Uriegas

  • Assistant Professor - Dept of Health & Human Performance
Portrait of Dr. Nancy Anai Uriegas

Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in Exercise Science

Univ of South Carolina Columbia, 2024

Master's Degree

MS in Advance Athletic Training

Univ of South Carolina Columbia, 2019

Bachelor's Degree

BS in Athletic Training

University of Texas at Austin, 2015

  • Uriegas, Nancy Anai (Principal). Marching Bands' Health and Safety Through the Lens of Their Directors, Texas State University, $8000. (Submitted: October 9, 2024, Funded: January 27, 2025 - May 31, 2026). Grant.
  • Uriegas, Nancy Anai (Principal). Nutrition and Mental Health Related Factors Across Historically Black Colleges and Universities’ Students: A Qualitative Study on the Dimensions of Food Access, Mid-Atlantic Athletic Trainers' Association, Foundation, $1000. (Submitted: May 2023, Funded: August 2023 - December 2023). Grant.
  • Uriegas, Nancy Anai (Principal). Exertional Heat Illness in Marching Band Artists, Mid-Atlantic Athletic Trainers' Association, Foundation, $1040. (Funded: December 2020 - December 2022). Grant.
  • Miller, K. C., Beck, J., Valadez, S., Koldenhoven, R. M., Uriegas, N. A., & Lally, E. M. (2025). Using ice packing and the Polar Life Pod to treat severe hyperthermia. Am J Emerg Med, 99, 201–206.
  • Uriegas, N. A., Emerson, D. M., Winkelmann, Z. K., Ortaglia, A., & Torres-McGehee, T. M. (2024). Examination of Energy Needs and Low Energy Availability Among Historically Black College and University Female Student-Athletes. Nutrients, 16(23), 4160. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16234160
  • Uriegas, N. A., Winkelmann, Z. K., Emerson, D. M., Moore, K., Portillo, B., & Torres-McGehee, T. M. (2024). Treble or Trouble: Mental Health Experiences of Gender-Diverse Collegiate Marching Band Artists. Journal of Athletic Training, 59(5), 514–521. https://doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-0367.23
  • Uriegas, N. A., Moore, K., & Torres-McGehee, T. M. (2023). Prevalence and Association of Exercise Dependence and Eating Disorder Risk in Collegiate Student-Athletes. Journal of Athletic Training, 58(10), 813–820. https://doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-0553.22
  • Uriegas, N. A., Emerson, D. M., Smith, A. B., Kelly, M. R., & Torres-McGehee, T. M. (2021). Examination of eating disorder risk among university marching band artists. Journal of Eating Disorders, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-021-00388-7
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Excellence in Access and Opportunity Award, University of South Carolina Graduate School. 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2022 Rising Graduate Scholar, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. 2022
  • Award / Honor Nominee: 2026 NATA Foundation David H. Perrin Doctoral Dissertation Award, NATA Foundation. October 2025
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Doctoral Scholar Award, American Kinesiology Association. 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Doctoral Student Achievement Award, University of South Carolina - Graduate Student Association. 2023
  1. Reviewer / Referee

    Frontiers in Nutrition

  2. Member

    Scholar's Day Committee

  3. Reviewer / Referee

    Journal of Athletic Training

  4. Member

    Performing Arts Athletic Training Society Education Committee

  5. Organizer

    TXST Athletic Training Social Media Coordinator

  6. Other

    Texas State Athletic Training Summer Camp

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