School of Exercise, Sport, and Health Sciences

Welcome to the School of Exercise, Sport, and Health Sciences.

Our school explores the science of movement and comprises degrees in kinesiology, athletic training, adapted physical education and physical therapy.

Our faculty and degree programs were formerly part of the School of Biological and Population Health Sciences. Learn more about our college name change and restructuring.

Contacts

School head: Megan MacDonald, PhD
Assistant to the school head: Adriana Harper, EdM
School directory
Academic Program Directors

Our undergraduate program

Kinesiology, BS

Graduate programs in kinesiolgy

Kinesiology, MS, PhD (Corvallis, OSU-Cascades, online)
Adapted Physical Education, MAPE
Athletic Training, MATRN
Physical Therapy, DPT (OSU-Cascades)

Academic courses serving all OSU students or faculty

OSU community engagement

Faculty Staff Fitness

Research

Community engagement

Other programs of study

Exercise Physiology Minor

Recent publications

(This is not an exhaustive list. We are still rebuilding our database of faculty publications. Visit individual faculty profiles for more extensive lists of their publications.)

2024

McKenna, C.F., Stierwalt, H., Zemski Berry, K.A., Ehrlicher, S.E., Robinson, M.M., Zarini, S., Kahn, D.E., Snell-Bergeon, J.K., Perreault, L., Bergman, B.C., Newsom, S.A. (2024) Intramuscular diacylglycerol accumulates with acute hyperinsulinemia in insulin-resistant phenotypes American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism.

Newsom, S.A., Robinson, M.M. (2024) Recent advances in understanding the mechanisms in skeletal muscle of interaction between exercise and frontline antihyperglycemic drugs Physiological Reports 12(11)

Huang, Y., Mulligan, C.M., Johnson, S.T., Pollard, C.D., Hannigan, K., Stutzenberger, L., Norcross, M.F. (2024) Differential influence of quadriceps rate of torque development on single- and double-leg landing mechanics in anterior cruciate ligament reconstructed and control females Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Arnold, J.P., Farello, A., Özkoca, N., Ozenbaugh, I.C., Braxling, C., Massey, W.V. (2024) Improving Recess through Collaboration: Exploring the Facilitators and Barriers to Sustaining Positive Playground Behavior The Journal of School Health

Larkin, A., MacDonald, M., Jackson, D., Kile, M., Hystad, P. (2024) Identifying children’s environmental health risks, needs, misconceptions, and opportunities for research translation using social media Exploration of Digital Health Technologies 2

ESHS stories and news

Oregon State dog-training program helps increase physical activity among kids with disabilities
Children in the experimental group increased their moderate to vigorous physical activity by 17 minutes per day
Barefoot and minimal shoes may increase injury risk in young runners
OSU-Cascades kinesiology researchers find increased impact forces
Future physical therapist hopes to help meet the needs of underserved Oregon communities
Meet Dean’s Health Hero Kylie Mannix
Study sheds light on links between cognitive and motor skill development in children with autism
College of Health researchers highlight the ways motor skills and cognitive skills develop in connection with each other in young children with autism.
Do your kids want a dog? Science may be on their side
Kids who have dogs get significantly more physical activity, compared to kids who don't. Researchers followed 600 children over three years, and found young girls got the biggest exercise boost.
Students with disabilities often left on the sidelines when it comes to school sports
Although disabled students are supposed to have equal access to school sports, questions remain about whether they participate at the same rate as their nondisabled peers.