College of Education and Human Development

School of Kinesiology

Doctoral student, Mancilha, presents research

The title of Mancilha’s presentation was "Visceral Adipose Tissue in obesity: A comparison between DXA and MRI measures."

Manchilha in front of her poster at the event

Tamara De Paula e Mancilha, MS, a doctoral student in Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology (LIHP) directed by Don Dengel, PhD, presented at 2024 CTSI Translational Science Symposium & Poster Session, held in McNamara Alumni Center at the University of Minnesota on September 17, 2024. The title of Mancilha’s presentation was "Visceral Adipose Tissue in obesity: A comparison between DXA and MRI measures." Lisa Chow, MD, and Patrick Bolan, PhD, from the Medical School of the University of Minnesota as well as Don Dengel, PhD, professor in the School of Kinesiology, were also co-authors of the presentation.