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Julie Stamm was recently interviewed by WPR regarding her response to the new PSA from Brett Favre about waiting until high school to play tackle football. Repetitive head impacts can have serious impacts on brain development and Julie notes “I think it’s important to make the point that it’s not about not playing football,” she …
The Department of Kinesiology is thrilled to house so many amazing faculty and staff who are doing really important and exciting work! Among them is Julie Stamm, assistant professor and author of “The Brain on Youth Sports: The Science, the Myths, and the Future” which will be released on July 6th. Julie was recently contacted …
Dr. Beth Fields has partnered with Beaming Inc., a non-profit that provides equine-assisted therapeutic riding, to create the “Riding in the Moment” program to help people living with dementia. This is the second program of this kind in the U.S. and the first in Wisconsin! According to Dr. Fields, primary investigator of the Geriatric Health …
Congratulations to Dr. Jake Lindheimer for winning the 2021 New Investigator Award from the American College of Sports Medicine! This award is intended to recognize new investigators who, as a consequence of their educational background/training and quality of initial independent research productivity, have begun and are likely to continue to make a significant contribution to …
Congratulations to the Geriatric Health Services Research Lab for securing Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment grant funding! Students in the lab, Alicia Oestreich, Samantha Schwartz, Lesley Thao, and Olivia Condon worked together along with their supervisor to submit their proposal for The Riding in the Moment Project: Preparing Community Partners to Enhance Dementia Quality of Life. …
Cindy Kuhrasch, the program coordinator of the PETE program was recently featured on NPR’s Ideas network. During their time together Cindy and Larry Meiller discussed the differences between and the benefits of physical activity and exercise. They also spoke with callers about the physical, mental, and emotional benefits of activity, especially during the pandemic. Cindy …
Julie Stamm has been featured in two different podcasts in the last couple of months to discuss her career, research, and upcoming book! Concussion Corner Podcast Concussion Corner is a podcast hosted by Dr. Jessica Schwartz PT, DPT, CSCS. Earlier this month, Dr. Julie Stamm was invited to discuss repetitive brain trauma in youth sports, …
Throughout the pandemic, Cindy Kuhrasch has been featured multiple times in the news for her work in helping families find ways to stay engaged in physical activity while also having fun. We are deep in the winter months and the way we exercise is a little different, but perhaps more important than ever. Cindy reminds …
Cindy Kuhrasch has been working with St. James Catholic School in Madison since they began reopening their school to children. Their partnership has been a great experience for Cindy’s students studying physical educations as they have been able to gain student teaching experience. Over the last week Cindy organized a “bowling for a cause” event …
Congratulations to Kevin Biese for publishing his original research, “Association of lower extremity injuries and injury mechanism with previous concussion history in adolescent athletes” in volume 48 of Physical Therapy in Sport! Kevin is a graduate student in Dr. Dave Bell’s Wisconsin Injury in Sport Lab. The objective of this research was primarily to determine …