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Francesco BiondiProfessor Francesco Biondi and Windsor Police Service are teaming up to study distracted driving in school zones, aiming to enhance safety with targeted campaigns and policy recommendations based on comprehensive data collection and analysis.

Researcher teaming up with Windsor police to study distracted driving

Feb 26th, 2024

The Windsor Police Service is teaming up with a researcher at the University of Windsor to study distracted driving in school zones and other elevated-risk areas of the city.

Francesco Biondi, an expert in how drivers behave behind the wheel, will be leading the study together with Barry Horrobin, director of planning and physical resources for Windsor Police.

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Melissa Paré and Aidan Kovacs, and kinesiology professors Krista Chandler, Chad Sutherland, and Todd LougheadThe University of Windsor is the recipient of a $100,000 grant from the Bell Let’s Talk Post-Secondary Fund to expand the UWorkItOut UWin program. Pictured here are UWorkItOut UWin grad students Melissa Paré and Aidan Kovacs, and kinesiology professors Krista Chandler, Chad Sutherland, and Todd Loughead.

Exercise program promoting mental health wins support

Jan 24th, 2024
The University of Windsor is the recipient of a $100,000 grant to expand the UWorkItOut UWin program.
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Melissa Paré
Aidan Kovacs
Krista Chandler
Chad Sutherland
Todd Loughead
couple running in snowy outdoorsCold weather doesn’t have to mean an end to outside exercise. Kinesiology professor Kevin Milne and PhD student Kurt Downes offer advice on how to run safely outdoors in winter in a recent article published in The Conversation. Photo by Julia Larson (Pexels).

Jump-start your new year with cold-weather running, say researchers

Jan 16th, 2024
Kinesiology professor Kevin Milne and PhD student Kurt Downes offer advice on how to run safely outdoors in winter in a recent article published in The Conversation.
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Spotlight on Graduate Research
Katie HirschDoctoral candidate Katie Hirsch has been recognized by the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity for her work elevating student voices in the international organization.

Kinesiology doctoral candidate receives global recognition

Nov 29th, 2023
The North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity recognized Katie Hirsch for her work elevating student voices in the organization.
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Todd Loughead
Dave Andrews holding illustration of anatomyKinesiology professor Dave Andrews has teamed up with researchers at the University of Calgary to build a repository of illustrations and videos that better represent the diversity of humans, including people of different ages, sexes, body compositions, skin tones, and more.

Project adds diversity to human anatomy images

Nov 21st, 2023
The Anatomy Video and Imagery Diversity project is building a repository of illustrations showcasing the diversity of humans.
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