UW-Madison School of Education
Congratulations to Dr. Kristen Pickett on receiving an ICTR KL2 Career Development Award! Kristen’s proposed study is titled “Examining the effects of social engagement on exercise outcomes: In-home cycling for individuals with Parkinson disease”. The KL2 Scholars Program provides promising young clinical and translational investigators the training, mentoring, and protected time to develop an independent …
Dr. Dane Cook of the Kinesiology Department was nominated by is postdoc students to be one of the recipients of the 2018 UWPA Postdoc Mentoring Award! He will be recognized for is excellence in mentorship and the work he puts into their research and career development. He will be recognized during the Postdoc Post-Holiday Celebration on …
Our PETE Program Director, Cindy Kuhrasch, was interviewed by The Badger Harold to weigh in on her opinion of the day old question “are smaller classes or bigger classes best for college students?” Kuhrasch starts by saying “I don’t know if it is necessarily class size that matters, as does the ability to use different …
October 09, 2017 Carla Austin was recently featured by Dallas Doing Good for her career serving children as an occupational therapist and her volunteer work at Chase’s Place. Austin is a member of the UW-Madison School of Education’s Board of Visitors. She graduated from UW-Madison with a bachelor’s degree in occupational therapy. UW-Madison’s OT program is …
September 28, 2017 UW-Madison’s Dorothy Farrar-Edwards spoke with NBC15 about the upcoming Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center’s 16th annual community event about Alzheimer’s prevention. Farrar-Edwards is a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor with the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology. The speakers at the event will be presenting evidence-based strategies to maintain healthy brains, including diet, exercise and …
Shari Clark will receive the Wisconsin Athletic Trainers Association’s (WATA) Outstanding Educator Award. This honor recognizes a member of the WATA for their outstanding contribution to the education of athletic trainers and athletic training students in Wisconsin. Click here to read more!
The work of UW-Madison’s Jill Barnes was recently featured in the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s (NHLBI) “Spotlight on Research.” The release of the story was timed to help draw attention to Brain Awareness Week, March 13-19. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT DR. BARNES’ RESEARCH!