News
DeJong Lempke receives National Athletic Trainer Achievement Award
Congratulations to Dr. Alexandra (Alex) DeJong Lempke, ESSI’s Academic Clinical Assistant Professor, Associate Director – Academics, Co-Director of the MiPR Lab, and Instructor of ESSI’s inaugural winter 2023 course, Topics in Human Performance!
Dr. Alex DeJong Lempke was selected to receive the 2023 Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine National Athletic Trainer Achievement Award. She will receive the award during the 2023 Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine Conference in Denver, Colorado, on Saturday, 2/4.
Events
ESSI HOSTED FUTURE WEBINARS AND PRESENTATIONS
Thank you for participating and/or viewing our 2022 events.
Please check back for upcoming events in 2023.
If you are an undergraduate student at the University of Michigan, we hope you will enroll in ESSI’s winter 2023 course, AES 313.006, Topics in Human Performance. Details are found here.
Questions:
Contact Susan Rinaldi or by phone 734-647-9503
Prior Sport Science Events
2022 Events
Speaker Event: Monday, November 14, 2022
- Topic: Competition Recovery: Nutrition, Psychological, and Conditioning Factors
- Webinar Announcement
- Watch the webinar recording
Speaker Event: Thursday, October 27, 2022
- Topic: In Pursuit of Human Endurance Limits
- Event Announcement
- Watch the presentation by Brad Wilkins, PhD followed by the Q&A
2020 and 2021 ESSI Panel Series
First Panel Discussion: Thursday, September 24, 2020
- Topic: Keeping youth physically active during COVID-19
- Event announcement
- Watch the panel discussion recording
- Watch Rebecca Hasson’s video on youth physical activity
Second Panel Discussion: Monday, October 19, 2020
- Topic: Athlete Return-to-Play During COVID-19
- Event announcement
- Watch the panel discussion recording
Third Panel Discussion: Thursday, November 19, 2020
- Topic: The Use of Wearables for Return to Play in Sports during COVID-19
- Event announcement
- Watch the panel discussion recording
Fourth Panel Discussion: Tuesday, February 16, 2021
- Topic: Managing Technological Advancement in the Ecosystem of Sport
- Event announcement
- Watch the panel discussion recording
Fifth Panel Discussion: Wednesday, March 24, 2021
- Topic: Concussion Prevention: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach
- Event announcement
- Watch the panel discussion recording
Sixth Panel Discussion: Friday, April 23, 2021
- Topic: The Implications of COVID-19 for the Care of Our Athletes
- Event announcement
- Watch the panel discussion recording
Seventh Panel Discussion: Monday, May 24, 2021
- Topic: Training Through Uncertainty
- Event Announcement
- Watch the panel discussion recording
Eighth Panel Discussion: Tuesday, October 5, 2021
- Topic: The Use of Cannabis for Athlete Health and Performance
- Event Announcement
- Watch the panel discussion recording
Ninth Panel Discussion: Tuesday, November 16, 2021
- Topic: The Changing Classification System in Wheelchair Basketball & Tennis
- Event Announcement
- Watch the panel discussion
News
The Changing Classification System in Wheelchair Basketball and Tennis
Tuesday, November 16, 20211:00-2:00 pm ETRSVPJoin the Exercise & Sport Science Initiative (ESSI) and Adaptive Sports & Fitness for a seminar focused on the implications of the changing classification system in wheelchair basketball and tennis. The...
Outside with commentary from Geoff Burns: Why is Eliud Kipchoge So Much Better Than Everyone Else?
ESSI Research Engineer, Mason Ferlic: U-M grad student (steeple) chases his Olympic dream
Geoff Burns featured in Men’s Health: Elite Runners Catch More Air Than Non-elite Runners, Research Shows
Geoff Burns’ Research Featured in Outside: “To Analyze Running Form, Look at the Big Picture”
