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Safrit Lecture Scheduled for October 9th

10/9/2009

The Department of Kinesiology is pleased to announce the third annual Margaret Jo Safrit Lecture to be held on Friday, October 9th at 4:00pm in room 1335 HSLC (Health Sciences Learning Center, 750 Highland Ave, Madison). Dr. Patty Freedson professor and chair of the Deptartment of Kinesiology in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst will present a talk titled “Novel Analytical Techniques to Process Physical Activity Accelerometer Data: A New Solution to an Old Problem”
 
Dr. Freedson has published over 90 papers and has lectured in the United States and abroad, and her research focuses on physical activity assessment, pediatric exercise physiology, and physical activity & health in selected populations. In 2007 she received a University of Massachusetts Outstanding Accomplishments in Research and Creative Activity Award. She is a former president of the New England Chapter of the AmericanCollege of Sports Medicine and former vice-president of AmericanCollege of Sports Medicine. She is a fellow of the Research Consortium, American College of Sports Medicine, and the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education.
 
The Margaret Jo Safrit lecture was established to honor the contributions to the Department of Kinesiology at UW-Madison by Professor Emerita Margaret Jo Safrit. Margaret Jo Safrit joined the UW-Madison Kinesiology faculty in 1970, served the Department for 21 years with outstanding contributions to the field of measurement in physical education and exercise science, and was the first woman named a Henry Bascom Professor of Physical Education.
 
Please join us if your schedule allows. Light refreshments will follow.