Laura Andrea Prieto

Position title: Postdoctoral Trainee, School of Medicine and Public Health

Laura Andrea Prieto, PhD is a Postdoctoral Trainee in the UW–Madison Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. She earned her PhD in Kinesiolgy at UW–Madison with a concentration on Motor Control and Behavior and adapted physical activity. Her research focus is on adapted physical activity and dance for people with disabilities, specifically for Latine/x older adults with disabilities. She plans to expand her dissertation work to working with Latine/x older adults with Parkinson’s disease.