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Drs. Diane Wiese-Bjornstal and Nicole M. LaVoi, both School of Kinesiology faculty and researchers in the Tucker Center, are presenting at the Mayo Clinic’s Ice Hockey Summit II: Action on Concussions conference, October 8-9, in Rochester, MN. Wiese-Bjornstal and LaVoi are both featured in the Tucker Center’s “Concussions and Female Athletes: The Untold Story” video. […]

 The CEHD Vision 2020 Blog recently featured the School of Kinesiology in two pieces. Dr. Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, associate professor of kinesiology, contributed to an article, “5 Tips to Ensure Children Have a Quality Youth Sports Experience.” In the feature, Wiese-Bjornstal explains that both parents and coaches have a great impact on youth sport and must […]

Dr. Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, associate professor of kinesiology, gave an invited talk on the “Psychological Aspects of Returning to Sport Following Injury” at the Current Concepts in Sports Medicine spring conference sponsored by Fairview Sports and Orthopedic Care, held in Edina, Minn., on May 18, 2013. This year’s conference had national and regional experts come together […]

 Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, Ph.D., associate professor of kinesiology, appeared in a KARE 11 segment on Thursday, May 16, answering viewers’ questions about youth sports. Wiese-Bjornstal. The video from the broadcast is available online here.

Doctoral students Jessica Albers, Julia Dutove, and Hayley Russell presented at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., last weekend. Albers presented work in progress which was titled, “Jump Rope Teams for Youth.” Dutove and Russell presented their dissertation proposals in the graduate student work in progress […]

Dr. Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, associate professor of kinesiology, will be giving a talk titled, “Sports Medicine Psychology: Psychological and Social Dimensions of Sport Injury.” Wiese-Bjornstal will be giving this talk on Saturday, April 12, at 1:00 p.m. at the Northland Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine spring tutorial meeting in St.Cloud, MN.

The Sports Medicine Psychology Lab (SMPL), one of the newest labs in the School of Kinesiology, also has a new blog, focused on current research trends and activities related to sports medicine psychology. Reed Steele, a doctoral student studying sport psychology in the School of Kinesiology, will serve as the blog’s editor. The Sports Medicine […]

Dr. Nicole LaVoi, associate director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport, contributes to The Society Pages Roundtable discussion, “Concussions and Consequences.” To read the full discussion click here.

Dr. Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, associate professor of sport psychology, is giving an invited presentation at the Mayo Clinic Symposium on Concussion in Sport in Scottsdale, Arizona, on September 28. The title of her talk is “Female Athlete Concussions.” This state-of-the-art, two-day symposium highlights the epidemiology of concussion in sport; the pathophysiology of concussion; sideline and outpatient […]

School of Kinesiology associate professor in sport and exercise psychology and Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport Affiliated Scholar Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, was interviewed on the Jordana Green show on WCCO radio Wednesday evening September 12. The topic of discussion was concussions and female athletes.

Tommy Valentini, a Kinesiology Ph.D. student in Sport and Exercise Psychology, has been honored with the 2012 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Steve Wilkinson Coach of the Year Award, named for the eponymous college tennis coaching legend. In his third season as the Gustavus Adolphus College head men’s tennis coach, Valentini improved the team record […]

Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, associate professor in sport and exercise psychology in the School of Kinesiology, and Kinesiology aluma Aynsely Smith, RN, PhD, sport psychology consultant and research director in the Sports Medicine Center at Mayo Clinic, will be faculty in the Mayo Clinic Symposium on Concussion in Sport, September 28-29, 2012 at the Mayo Clinic’s Ashton […]

School of Kinesiology PhD students Maya Hamilton, Emily Houghton, and Ana Bellard Freire Ribeiro were recently awarded academic fellowship awards offered through the College of Education & Human Development. Maya Hamilton, sport and exercise psychology, has been chosen as a runner-up for the Hauge Fellowship, which is reserved for graduate students enrolled in the College […]

School of Kinesiology associate professor and Tucker Center Affiliated Scholar Diane Wiese-Bjornstal and Nicole M. LaVoi, Kinesiology lecturer and associate director of the Tucker Center, will give invited keynotes on concussions and sport parents respectively, at the first USA Hockey American Development Model Symposium for coaches of girls U10-U12, held April 12-15, 2012, in Burlington, […]

Kinesiology Ph.D. students Reed Steele and Hayley Russell, sport and exercise psychology, presented at the 22nd Annual Midwest Sport and Exercise Psychology Symposium at Michigan State University on February 17 and 18. Steele presented a research proposal titled ” A history of life stressors and sport injury: The role of perfectionism.” Steele and Russell co-presented […]

Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, associate professor in sport and exercise psychology, co-authored a chapter in the just published Human Kinetics book, Core Concepts in Athletic Training and Therapy. The chapter, “Psychological aspects of sport injury and rehabilitation”, was created in collaboration with Laura Kenow, current School of Kinesiology doctoral student and Coordinator of the Athletic Training Education […]

Jens Omli, 2008 PhD graduate and Texas Tech faculty member, and his adviser Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, School of Kinesiology associate professor, published a recent paper based on his dissertation work. “Kids speak: Preferred parental behavior at youth sport events” appears in the December 2011 issue of the Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. The citation is […]

Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, associate professor in sport and exercise psychology, is featured in the “Women’s Work” section of the article “Sports Smarts: Stay Healthy as you Play,” which appears in the January/February 2012 New Moon Girls publication.

Tucker Center Associate Director Dr. Nicole LaVoi and School of Kinesiology associate professor and TC Affiliated Scholar Diane Wiese-Bjornstal are quoted in a Star Tribune article about female athletes and concussions, “Girls deal with concussions, too.” The article talks about signs and symptoms as well as changes in process and protection to prevent concussion in […]

In another spinoff from the extensive publicity generated by the TPT/Tucker Center documentary, “Concussions and Female Athletes,” Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, Kinesiology associate professor in sport and exercise psychology and Tucker Center affiliated scholar, was interviewed on WCCO Radio last Friday. She appeared live on the HINESight show with John Hines (Steve Thomson filled in for Hines). […]