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Rebecca Hasson is a Victor L. Katch Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan's School of Kinesiology with dual appointments as Associate Professor in Movement Science and Nutritional Sciences. She is the director of the Childhood Disparities Research Laboratory and has led significant research initiatives aimed at understanding and addressing childhood obesity disparities in multiethnic populations. Her scholarly work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals including Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, the American Journal of Health Behavior, and Pediatric Obesity. Dr. Hasson is a recognized researcher with over $1 million in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health and the American Diabetes Association. She is actively involved in academic rigor as a reviewer for over 30 journals and has contributed to professional organizations such as the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Psychosomatic Society. Dr. Hasson is passionate about teaching, demonstrated by her receipt of the School of Kinesiology's Excellence in Teaching Award and the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program's Outstanding Research Mentor Award. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses focused on Movement Science, advocating for increased youth physical activity to foster healthy habit formation from an early age.
University of Michigan, School of Kinesiology • Ann Arbor, MI
Leading research and instruction in Kinesiology.
University of California, San Francisco •
W.K. Kellogg Health Scholars focusing on social disparities in health.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science