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Texas Tech University

Audra Day, Ph.D., R.N.

Associate Professor of Practice
Kinesiology & Sport Management

Email: audra.day@ttu.edu

Phone: 806 834 0160

Office: KSM 145
Office Hours: To de determined

Curriculum Vitae

Audra Day

Education

  • 2006 - Post-Doctoral Fellow, Gary Lab, University of Texas Southwestern at Dallas
  • 2004 - Ph.D., Medical Biochemistry, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center
  • 1999 - B.S., Microbiology, Texas Tech University
  • 1991 - R.N., Methodist Hospital School of Nursing

Courses Taught

  • HLTH 3301 Epidemiology
  • KIN 3307 Medical Terminology
  • KIN 4306 Exercise Testing and Prescription
  • KIN 5304 Clinical Internship
  • KIN 5337 Electrocardiography

Research Interests

  • Use of case study style teaching to improve student engagement and couse completion
  • Myogenesis, proliferation, and differentiation
  • Cardiomyocyte proliferation and differentiation
  • Molecular factors that regulate cellular growth and repair
  • Identification of stem cell populations within various tissue types

Awards and Honors

  • 2025 - Texas Tech University College of Arts and Sciences President's Excellence in Teaching Award
  • 2023 - Texas Tech University College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Innovation Award
  • 2022 - Texas Tech University Teaching Academy Inductee  
  • 2019 - Lawrence Schovanec Teaching Development Scholarship