APDA Diversity in Parkinson’s Disease Research Roundtable with Dr. Laura Prieto and Dr. Luis Columna.
Laura Andrea Prieto, PhD is a primary care postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Wisconsin Madison working with Dr. Kristen Pickett from the Sensory Motor Integration Lab. Dr. Prieto received her Ph.D. in Kinesiology with a concentration on Motor Control and Behavior at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Her research focus is on adapted physical activity and dance for Latino/a older adults with and without disabilities. Dr. Prieto is especially interested in the factors that affect motivation and access to physical activity opportunities and the development of culturally relevant physical activity interventions. Recently, she co-led a parent-mediated physical activity program for autistic children and their families with Dr. Luis Columna, known as Fit Families. Dr. Prieto aims to translate her skills working with families to focus on how to reach more Latino/as with PD and their care partners with meaningful and culturally relevant physical activity interventions.
Luis Columna, PhD is an Associate Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and his research is focused on ways to increase the participation of families of individuals with disabilities in physical activity, with a focus on Latino families. He is one of only a few Latino faculty members in a research-focused Kinesiology department in the United States. Dr. Columna has spent over a decade engaged in research exploring and examining physical activity experiences of Latino families who have children with and without disabilities. Importantly, he is the developer of the Fit Families intervention and has led several research teams to conduct randomized controlled trials to explore the efficacy of this program for parents of children with developmental disabilities such as autism. Dr. Columna aims to share his cultural background, expertise, leadership, training, and passion for this most recent project for Latino/as with PD.
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