The UAB School of Health Professions, with more than $16 million in research, ranks among the top ten nationally for schools in the allied health area. Our school was ranked first or second for ...

During her intern year of medical residency in 2013, while working at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Nebraska, Dr. Emily Kraus found herself unable to climb a flight of stairs. She was training for a ...

In psychology, there is a stigma against conducting me-search, or self-relevant research about one’s own identity or experiences. This bias overshadows the fact that self-relevant research is common ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.— At Western Michigan University, a new research group in the Mallinson Institute for Science Education is prioritizing inclusion in STEM. Led by post-doctoral researcher Dr. Taormina ...

Action is urgently needed to address the dearth of older women in sport and exercise science, not only for the sake of the growing numbers of female athletes, but women’s health in general, urge a ...

Wheelchair basketball is an opportunity for 14-year-old Sophia Maloney to burn energy and feed her love of sport. She said she was not afraid to compete against men more than twice her age. "When we ...

The Center for Engagement in Disability Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (CEDHARS) is an interdisciplinary center whose core mission is the engagement of people with disabilities in every area of ...

“It’s commonly known in the scientific community that women are underrepresented in research,” says Liz Letchford, PhD, ATC, a doctor of kinesiology and rehabilitation science whose dissertation ...

New research has found that attending live sporting events as a spectator improves levels of wellbeing and reduces feelings of loneliness. This large-scale scientific study included data from 7,209 ...

Emma Zimmerman is a Brooklyn-based writer and journalist. She writes and thinks about the connections between running and social change, gender, and environmental justice. She is currently at work on ...