Department of Health and Human Physiology | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | The University of Iowa

We advance the understanding of health, sport, and recreation through teaching, research, and community outreach.
We advance the understanding of health, sport, and recreation through teaching, research, and community outreach.
We advance the understanding of health, sport, and recreation through teaching, research, and community outreach.
We advance the understanding of health, sport, and recreation through teaching, research, and community outreach.
We advance the understanding of health, sport, and recreation through teaching, research, and community outreach.
We advance the understanding of health, sport, and recreation through teaching, research, and community outreach.

Undergraduate Areas of Study

A student applies a bandage to an athlete's ankle

Athletic
Training (BS)

A student demonstrates a stretching technique during a health fair

Health & Human
Physiology (BA)

A student working in a lab examining a sample

Human
Physiology (BS)

A group of students hold the Iowa flag during a field trip

Sport & Recreation
Management (BS)

A student blows bubbles with a child at the Children's Hospital

Therapeutic
Recreation (BS)

News, Events & Seminars

Jordan Fuqua receives student research fellowship

October 09, 2019
Dr. Thorsten Rudroff receives NIH R21 Grant - Cannabis Use and Risk of Falling in Older Adults

September 18, 2019
Carl Gisolfi Seminar - Aaron Boes - September 20, 2019

September 10, 2019
From the Field House to the Flatirons

September 09, 2019
Sports and Recreation Management students score ‘touchdown’ for networking event

September 09, 2019

Research Spotlight

Melissa Bates

Melissa Bates

Assistant Professor

Lab Name:
Integrative Pathophysiology and Genetics Laboratory

Lab Website:
http://www.ipglaboratory.com

Undergraduate Spotlight

Maggie Baker

Health and Human Physiology (Health Studies) BA

Through research papers and projects, Maggie has explored her interest in rural healthcare.

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Graduate Spotlight

2d Lt. Elena Segre, MSC, USAF

M.S. in Health and Human Physiology, Clinical Exercise Physiology track

After graduating from the department in 2015, Elena Segre matriculated to the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

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