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Topic
Community Partnerships to Enhance the Reach and Effectiveness of The Arthritis Foundation's Walk with Ease
Date & Time

Selected Sessions:

Apr 16, 2025 12:00 PM

Description
About the speaker: Gregory J. Welk, Ph. D. Department of Kinesiology – Iowa State University Gregory J. Welk is the Barbara E. Forker Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and a Distinguished Professor of Human Sciences at Iowa State University (ISU). His research interests focus on the assessment and promotion of physical activity in different populations and settings. A unifying theme in his work is the translation of research into practice. He currently coordinates the campus-wide Translational Research Network at ISU (www.uturn.iastate.edu) and leads several translational projects through this group. He has been leading the statewide dissemination of the Arthritis Foundation's evidence-based Walk with Ease (WWE) intervention in collaboration with the Iowa Community HUB. He is the PI for a CDC-funded cooperative agreement focused on fall prevention as well as the CDC-funded cooperative agreement focused on facilitating the dissemination of fall prevention and evidence-based arthritis programs across the state. The OA Action Alliance Lunch & Learn webinars keep you up-to-date on the latest osteoarthritis research, news, and activities. Each monthly webinar begins at 12:00 pm ET and runs for 30 minutes. Webinars are free and open to the public. Webinars are recorded and archived on our website events page (URL: oaaction.unc.edu/webinar) and on the OA Action Alliance YouTube channel.