Dr. Jennifer Etnier received UNCG’s 2021 Senior Research Excellence Award for her scholarship on physical activity and cognition.
Etnier is a fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology and the American College of Sports Medicine and is known internationally as an expert on exercise’s impact on the aging brain. She has over 90 peer-reviewed articles, over 11,500 citations, and over $6 million in funding, including a current NIH R01 grant.
The Julia Taylor Morton Distinguished Professor also holds five teaching and mentorship awards, and off campus she is a youth sports advocate who was named Greensboro United Soccer Association’s 2017 Coach of the Year.