Barr-Anderson’s research on yoga receives Award of Excellence

Daheia Barr-Anderson, PhD

Daheia Barr-Anderson, PhD, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Behavioral Physical Activity Laboratory (BPAL), and graduate students, Amanda Folk and Michael Urvig, have recently submitted a Works-In-Progress abstract and poster on her study entitled “YogaMoves: Developing a Yoga-Based Intervention in Sedentary African-American Women.” YogaMoves is an NIH-funded, two-phase, work-in-progress study to evaluate feasibility, acceptability and safety of a hatha and restorative yoga-based intervention among 60 sedentary, African-American women. The intervention is planned for Summer 2022. The abstract received the Award of Excellence for the Faculty category and Barr-Anderson presented her work at the conference on February 15.