St. David’s CHPR Colloquium Series: Darla Castelli – October 26, 2018

Date: October 26, 2018

Time: 12-1 PM

Location: NUR 4.180 | School of Nursing | 1710 Red River St., Austin, Texas

Speaker: Darla Castelli, PhD
Parker Centennial Professor in Education
College of Education
Department of Kinesiology & Health Education

Research Area: Effects of physical activity and metabolic risk factors on cognitive health

Biography: Darla M. Castelli, Ph.D. is a professor of physical education pedagogy and health behavior health education in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education at the University of Texas at Austin. She is an active fellow in the National Academy of Kinesiology, who examines the effects of physical activity and metabolic risk factors on cognitive health. Dr. Castelli strives to understand how physical activity can reverse the effects of health risk. She has been working with school-age youth in physical activity settings for more than 25 years, leading several physical activity interventions (e.g., Kinetic Kidz, FITKids1,FITKids2, Active + Healthy = Forever Fit, Fitness4Everyone).

Contact: Call us at (512) 471-9910 or email us at CHPR@mail.nur.utexas.edu.