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

University-Wide Initiatives

Dr. Broglio (left) and student in the Michigan Concussion Center

Labs & Centers

Dr. Gross (center) and students in the Behavioral Biomechanics Lab

Behavioral Biomechanics Laboratory

Discovering the link between emotions and movement

Dr. Broglio (right) and students in the NeuroTrauma Research Lab

NeuroTrauma Research Laboratory

Improving concussion diagnostics and injury management

Michigan Concussion Center

Maximizing societal and individual health through the relentless pursuit of concussion knowledge

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Faculty Interests

Eleanna Varangis, PhD

Lab:

Assessing Traumatic Head Injury with Neurocognitive Approaches Lab, Michigan Concussion Center

Mild traumatic brain injury; cognitive neuroscience; aging; magnetic resonance imaging

Teacher Cesar Reyes and students at Munger Elementary-Middle School

Rebecca Hasson, PhD

Lab:

Childhood Disparities Research Laboratory, Exercise and Sport Science Initiative

Causes and consequences of childhood obesity in multiethnic populations.

Dr. Mark Rosentraub (center) at Titletown / Lambeau Field in Green Bay, WI

Mark Rosentraub, PhD

Lab:

Center for Sports Venues & Real Estate Development

Economic, community, and social development; urban policy, management, and administration; public finance; the economics and management of sports; tourism, amenities, social and economic development...

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