IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH ACTIVITY & SPORT

From how movement and function impact our individual health to how physical activity and sport can benefit our communities, research at the School of Kinesiology is addressing a wide range of complex issues that affect us all throughout our lives.

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Research Areas

Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation

Movement for Health & Well-Being

A movement science student shows a young woman on a rowing machine her smart phone

Childhood Physical Activity & Development

Dr. Leah Robinson (center) with students and kids at the Towsley Children's House

Community Impact

The Business of Sport

Labs & Centers

Comparative Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Laboratory

Using preclinical models to discover therapeutic solutions for musculoskeletal injuries

Dr. Chen (right) leads senior citizens in some light exercise

Physical Activity & Health Laboratory

Promoting physical activity across the lifespan for health and well-being

A shirtless person in grey shorts with electrodes attached to their stomach pedals on an exercise bike. A person dressed in navy blue holds up a chart and asks the person pedaling to point to it.

Neuromuscular Physiology of Human Movement Lab

Evidence-based training, rehabilitation, and health promotion across the lifespan

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Faculty Interests

Brian Czajka, DHSc, ATC

Acute care and prevention of common athletic injuries

Jeffrey Horowitz, PhD

Lab:

Substrate Metabolism Laboratory

Regulation of fuel mobilization and oxidation and the impact of this regulation on human health.

Haylie Miller, PhD

Lab:

Motor & Visual Development Laboratory

Use of visual information and attention to guide motor planning, execution, and modification of movement in neurodivergence; health disparities among underrepresented groups in the autism community...

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