William P. Morgan is widely recognized as the founder of the contemporary field of Exercise Psychology. This year’s William P. Morgan Lecture given by Dr. Kelli Koltyn will honor his legacy and is titled “The Psychobiology of Exercise: The Enduring Impact of Bill Morgan’s Research”. Join us on Friday, October 27th at noon in Rm …
Last month Dr. Julie Stamm was interviewed by CNN in regards to her work on concussions in sport and its relationship to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). During the interview Dr. Stamm states: ‘We have to act on what we know now’ “There are researchers out there who, rightfully so, want really strong data. We all …
Our very own Cindy Kuhrasch is one of the Spring 2023 Staff Innovation Grant recipients! The Staff Innovation grant was developed by the Dean’s Office in the School of Education (SoE) seeks to reward the ingenuity and dedication of SoE university and academic staff through a new funding opportunity for innovative projects. The grant seeks …
The Occupational Therapy Program will be hosting a webinar on Tuesday 10/11 at 4:00 PM CST. The webinar will include information about the Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) Program at UW-Madison. Attendees will have the opportunity to receive information from the UW-Madison OTD Program Director, Admissions Coordinator, Fieldwork Coordinator and Capstone Coordinator. The webinar will …
Dr. Kathleen Miller is an alumnus of the Kinesiology program, having received her BS, MS, and Ph.D. here. Today she was invited back to the program to speak at the graduate student seminar. She currently works at National Institute of Aerospace (NASA) as a Research Scientist and her presentation was titled “Ionizing Radiation and the …
We are excited to announce that we will be hosting the Jo Safrit lecture again this year! Join us on Friday Septemer 30th from 12:05-12:55 in Ingraham Hall for this years Jo Safrit Lecture from Dr. Weimo Zhu. Dr. Zhu will be providing his lecture titled “Variability: Human Nature and it’s Impact on Measurement …
Welcome to Kinesiology Rebecca Gray Rebecca comes to the UW Madison after working for 20 years in healthcare administration. She has a Bachelor’ Degree in Healthcare Management as well as a Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Management. Rebecca looks forward to using her vast background in her new role as the Program Administrator in …
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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 …
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 …