More than 100 years ago, the field of occupational therapy emerged in the U.S. to support the health and well-being of World War I veterans and people with mental health conditions. The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s …
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Dr. Farrar-Edwards Interviewed on Massive Medical Database Project
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE INTERVIEW Kinesiology Professor Dr. Dorothy Farrar-Edwards was interviewed on “For the Record” on the new “All of Us” project that is aiming build the largest medical database ever created. This …
High School Lab Visits for Potential Future Kinesiologists
On November 13th, 50 High School students from the Hmong American Academy came to the Natatorium to visit different labs and learn about all of the wonderful opportunities someone with a Kinesiology major has in …
Trio with ties to UW-Madison to examine, ‘Building Relationships to Teach All Students’
Three people with ties to UW-Madison’s physical education teacher education program are co-presenting a session on Friday, Oct. 26 at the Wisconsin Health and Physical Education Convention. The presentation is titled, “Building Relationships to Teach …
Early Morning Fitness Open House
Early Morning Fitness at the NAT – Open House October 22 – November 2, 2018 Women aged 40+ are invited to Our Open House to participate in the Early Morning Fitness Class at the UW …
Assistant Professor Brittany Travers Secures RO1 Grant from NICHD to study “Brainstem Contributions to Sensorimotor and Core Symptoms in Children with ASD
The brainstem is a complex and early-developing brain region that is responsible for sensory, motor, autonomic, and critical-for-life functions. However, technological barriers have prevented researchers from being able to examine substructures of the brainstem with neuroimaging. In this research, we …
2018 William P. Morgan Lecture
Please join the Kinesiology Department for the 2018 William P. Morgan Lecture on Thursday, October 25 at 4:00. This years lecturer is Professor John S. Raglin, PhD from Indiana University who will be giving a …
Welcome New Kinesiology Students!
The Kinesiology Department started another academic year off with a bang! We invited all of our students both old and new to come together for pizza, laughs and to welcome all of the new students!
75th Anniversary a Huge Success
Thank you to the 150+ alumni who traveled from all around the country and world to come together to celebrate the 75 years of the UW-Madison Occupational Therapy Program and all the amazing accomplishments of …
All in the Family: An OT Story
This alumni story was sent to us by Randi Bryn Simenson, MS, OTR/L, C-NDT from the Children’s National Medical Center: I come from a triple OT loving family! Please let me introduce 3 OT’s from 2 generations: Katie, …