An ESPN report from Baxter Holmes showcases important research from UW-Madison’s David Bell on the potential dangers associated with youth sports specialization. Bell is a faculty member with the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology and its athletic training program. Bell also is director of the Wisconsin Injury in Sport Laboratory (WISL). In a series of studies in 2017 and …
Project connects university’s autism experts and graduate students with Gundersen Boscobel Area Hospital and Clinics As Jessica Muesbeck was working toward her master’s degree in occupational therapy, she was searching for additional opportunities to apply the knowledge she was gaining in the classroom and as a member of Assistant Professor Karla Ausderau’s research lab. Thanks …
The Capital Times recently put the spotlight on the All of Us project, which is being spearheaded by our very own Dorothy Farrar Edwards. Dr. Farrar Edwards is the director of the Collaborative Center for Health Equity and a principal investigator behind the All of Us initiative. As the project takes off, The Capital Times reports how …
UW-Madison’s Jerry Dempsey, who is recognized as a leading authority on pulmonary physiology, received an honorary degree from Western University in his hometown of London, Ontario, Canada, on June 18. Dempsey is the John Robert Sutton Professor Emeritus of Population Health Sciences, and the director of the John Rankin Laboratory of Pulmonary Medicine. He also holds …
The AOTA Academic Leadership Institute (ALI) is designed to develop academic leaders across all levels of occupational therapy education programs. Join us in congratulating Program Director, Sharon Gartland, for graduating with the 2018-19 cohort of the Academic Leadership Institute!
The Kinesiology department is looking forward to participating in Grandparents University July 11-12 and July 18-19! This is an awesome program that we have participated in for the last 3 years! This year, grandparents and their grandchildren will be exploring the study of human movement through lab experiences in anatomy, physiology, occupational therapy, sports injury, …
UW-Madison alumnus Duane Knudson, now a professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance at Texas State University, has been elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK). He will be inducted at the academy’s annual meeting in Bellevue, Washington, on September 14. Election to the NAK is one of the …
UW–Madison researchers, including several with ties to the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology, recently published a study on the effectiveness of activity trackers, including Fitbits, with JMIR Publications’ mHealth and uHealth. Their study focuses on activity trackers, including various models of the Fitbit, which are now ubiquitous in certain populations. The team hoped to …
VSA, the International Organization on Arts and Disability, posted a report highlighting work UW-Madison’s Karla Ausderau and her team conducted with the Madison Children’s Museum to make that facility more accessible to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Check out the report WPR did on our department’s implementation of REACH! Access the news article here!