UW-Madison School of Education
April 18, 2018 UW-Madison’s Lisa Cadmus-Bertram’s expertise was recently featured by WalletHub in an article about the Boston Marathon. Cadmus-Bertram is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology. She directs the Wisconsin Physical Activity Epidemiology Lab. Cadmus-Bertram answered two questions in an “Ask the Experts” section, along with a panel of other selected …
UW-Madison’s Andrew Winterstein is being inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame, which is the highest honor awarded by WATA. Winterstein is a distinguished clinical professor with the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology, where he directs the university’s highly regarded Athletic Training Program. He also is an athletic trainer with University Health Services, …
Kinesiology’s Marc Kuklinski (pictured here with SoE Dean Diana Hess) receives the Ann B. Wallace Academic Staff Distinguished Achievement Award during SoE recognition ceremonies at the Education Building on April 4, 2018. Marc is a Senior Instrumentation Specialist, and has been with the Department of Kinesiology for 30 years. Marc provides extensive experience in supporting …
UW-Madison’s Department of Kinesiology is hosting its annual Safrit Lecture on Thursday, April 12, and this year’s presentation will be delivered by the University of Tennessee’s David Bassett, Jr. Bassett, a professor and chair of the Department of Kinesiology, Recreation and Sport Studies, will be examining “The Science of Step Counting” in his talk, which …
Kevin Crombie, a dissertator in Dr. Kelli Koltyn’s Exercise Psychology Lab, was recently selected to receive a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH/NIH) for a project titled “The influence of exercise in reducing anxiety and fear responses via the endocannabinoid system in …
Jessica (Jess) Gorzelitz, a second year PhD student in Dr. Lisa Cadmus-Bertram’s Physical Activity Epidemiology Lab, successfully passed her preliminary examinations over winter break. She has now advanced to candidacy status to work on her dissertation, which will focus on exercise interventions in survivors of gynecologic cancer. Her specific research interests include women’s health, women …
UW-Madison recently hosted its annual Day of Play, a community outreach initiative for elementary school students and their families. The event, which took place at the UW-Madison Natatorium on Friday, Feb. 9, was organized and administered through a partnership between Rec Sports and the School of Education’s Physical Education Teacher Education program. The two groups worked together to …
Dr. Jacob (Jake) Lindheimer, a third-year Post-Doctoral Fellow in Dr. Dane Cook’s exercise psychology laboratory, has been selected by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Research and Development to receive a 5-year Career Development Award (similar to the NIH K99 award). Currently, Jake holds a dual appointment with the New Jersey War Related …
January 31, 2018 UW-Madison’s Jill Barnes will be delivering a presentation at the fourth annual Healthy Hearts for Women Symposium hosted by the University of Kentucky Medical Center.Barnes will be giving a talk on Friday, Feb. 2, titled, “Sex-specific factors regulating pressure and flow.” Barnes is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology. She heads …
On January 18, 2018, the Kinesiology celebrated the years of service of the faculty and staff during the 2018 Commemorate luncheon! 50% of our faculty and staff have been working for the department for 10 years or more and 25% have been around for more than 20 years and we definitely think that is something …