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

Pathways for Exploration

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

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

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

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

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

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

Melissa Bates received Giles F. Filley Award for Excellence in Respiratory Physiology and Medicine from the American Physiological Society!

April 12, 2019
Meet Me at the Farmers Market: An interview with Dr. Kathy Mellen

April 12, 2019
Human Physiology undergraduate appreciates rewards of science in Vitor Lira's lab

April 10, 2019
National Consortium for Building Healthy Academic Communities WINNER!

April 02, 2019
HHP Spring 2019 Newsletter

March 25, 2019

Research Spotlight

Lucas Carr

Lucas Carr

Associate Professor

Lab Name:
Behavioral Medicine Laboratory

Lab Website:
https://sites.google.com/view/uibehavioralmedlab

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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