Category: Department of Kinesiology

By Laurel White  A School of Education faculty member recently received a $7 million funding award for a five-year project aimed at improving access to community health care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.  The project will be led by Karla Ausderau, a professor of occupational therapy in the School of Education’s Department of …

By Laurel White A new study from a School of Education faculty member shows that, despite experiencing ageism at similar levels, the physical health outcomes related to these experiences are different among white and Black adults in the U.S.  The study, published in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, used data from roughly …

By Laurel White Uncovering whether strength training can help individuals combat depression is at the heart of new UW–Madison research led by a School of Education faculty member.  Jacob Meyer, an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology, is leading the four-year, $2.7 million project funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Meyer says there …