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

Breast cancer with lymphatics medical illustration

Exercise Oncology Laboratory

Overhead view of Kaohsiung National Stadium, Taiwan

Center for Sport & Sustainability

Grounded in research. Driven by impact. Focused on the future of sport.

Sport Management students, faculty, and alumni

Michigan Center for Sport Management

Researching and disseminating knowledge about sport management

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Faculty Interests

Jan Boehmer, PhD

Lab:

Center for Sport Marketing Research

Sport media, sport consumer behavior, sport marketing, and data analytics

NaRi Shin, PhD

Lab:

Michigan Center for Sport Management

Sport participation of diasporic and minoritized communities in the US; Korean diaspora and its relation to sport development; Sport development in the global context; Sport for development and peace

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

Steven Broglio, PhD, ATC

Lab:

NeuroTrauma Research Laboratory, U-M Concussion Center

Sports medicine: mild traumatic brain injury prevention, biomechanics, assessment, and treatment, postural control.

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