Movement for Health & Well-Being
Movement for Health & Well-Being
Several of our labs investigate how physical activity affects the body and mind on all levels: From maintaining the integrity of DNA, to improving mental health and glucose metabolism, to managing Type 2 Diabetes.
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Affiliated Labs
Promoting inclusive mobility across the lifecourse
Implementing and evaluating health behavior interventions for cancer survivors to reduce health disparities
Exploring glucose, fat, and protein metabolism in healthy and disease states
Discovering how exercise maintains the structure and integrity of DNA
Evaluating evidence-based strategies for improving arterial health in ways that work for real people
Developing tools to engage people in the ordinary behaviors that have an extraordinary impact on health and well-being
Understanding neurodivergent and neurotypical motor and visual development
Evidence-based training, rehabilitation, and health promotion across the lifespan
Promoting physical activity across the lifespan for health and well-being
Understanding how exercise and diet improve metabolic health
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Affiliated Faculty
Laura A. Richardson, PhD, RCEP
Areas of Interest
Exploring subjectivity centered on obesity stigmatization and fat bias among fitness professionals; raising awareness for weightism and breaking barriers for improving physical activity adherence with...
David Conroy, PhD, FACSM, FSBM
Areas of Interest
Motivation, habit formation and automaticity, behavioral intervention, digital health, adherence to behavior change, healthy aging
Lab:
Melissa Gross, PhD
Areas of Interest
Behavioral biomechanics; musculoskeletal biomechanics; active learning.
Weiyun Chen, PhD
Areas of Interest
Innovative and technology-enhanced physical activity interventions; determinants of developing physically active habits; impact of physical activities on physical and psychosocial health and brain...
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