Sports marketing; sport consumer behavior; impact of race and/or gender on sport consumption; sport behaviors of women and consumers of African descent.

Sport and social impact, corporate social responsibility, organizational theory, interorganizational relationships, strategic alliances.

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

Motor coordination and rehabilitation in aging, stroke, and cerebral palsy populations.

Exercise, diet, and age effects on insulin signaling and glucose metabolism in skeletal muscle.

Innovative and technology-enhanced physical activity interventions; determinants of developing physically active habits; impact of physical activities on physical and psychosocial health and brain...

Dr. Colabianchi’s research focuses on the role of environments and policies in facilitating physical activity behavior in children and adults. She has completed a number of federally-funded studies...

Biomechanics, rehabilitation, prosthetic and orthotics, control of repetitive movements, nonlinear dynamics.

Mechanisms underlying the link between obesity, adipose inflammation, metabolic dysfunction, and breast cancer risk and progression.

Behavioral biomechanics; musculoskeletal biomechanics; active learning.

Causes and consequences of childhood obesity in multiethnic populations.

Protein metabolism and skeletal muscle function with aging, as well as glucose and lipid metabolism with obesity, diabetes, and aging.