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Lesa Lorenzen Huber

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, Applied Health Science Department

Education:

  • Ph.D. at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1989
  • M.S. at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1983
  • B.A. at University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1978

Contact Information:

(812) 855-1733
[send e-mail]
Smith Research Center, Room 197

Background:

  • 2007 - Privacy in Home-Based Ubicom. Grant funded by the National Science Foundation. PI: Camp. Co-PI: Connelly, Huber, Shankar. Amount: $821,000. Start 8/15/07
  • 2006 - Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Health, Technology, and Aging. Grant funded by the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship, Kelley School of Business. PI: Huber Amount: $15,000. Start 5/1/06
  • 2006 - Creative Aging: A One Day Workshop for Bloomington Practitioners with the Director of the National Center for Creative Aging. Grant funded by the American Society on Aging. PI: Huber, Hill, Stafford. Amount: $1,000.00
  • 2005 - Understanding and Applying Research: The Example of Health Promotion, A Continuing Education Module for K-12 teachers. Grant funded by the Indiana Higher Education Telecommunications Systems. PI: Huber Amount: $15,000. Start 1/31/05
  • 2005-2006 - Interim Center Director, Indiana University Center on Aging and Aged
  • 2000 - Gerontology Education Through Linking into Networked Knowledge Systems Grant funded by the Fund for Improvement of Post Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education, to deliver gerontology training online. Co-PI with Dr. Barbara Hawkins. Amount: $491,649.

Research:

Lesa Huber

Her research interests include gerontology and geriatric education for health care professionals, physical activity and aging, creativity and aging, gerotechnology, and pedagogical strategies in distributed education. Dr. Huber is also a Certified Personal Trainer and has enjoyed leading exercise classes with older adults in Bloomington retirement communities.

Publications:

Books

Lorenzen-Huber, L., Bayless, K., Ross, C., Mull, R., & Jamieson, L. (2005). A Developmental Approach. In K. Bayless, C. Ross, R. Mull & L. Jamieson, Recreational Sport Management, 4th Edition. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

Articles

Notess, M. & Lorenzen-Huber, L. (2007). Online learning for seniors: Barriers and opportunities. Elearn Magazine, Research Papers. May 31, 2007. Access: www.elearnmag.org

Camp, L., Connelly, K., Huber, L., Shankar, K., (2006). Beyond consent: User defined privacy in ubicomp. Proceedings from the "Nurturing technologies in the domestic environment" workshop at Ubicomp 2006: Eighth International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, September, 2006. Orange County: CA.

Frey G.C., Johnston J.D., Lorenzen-Huber L.M., Field C.A. (2005). Association between heart rate and accelerometry measures of physical activity in older adults. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 35, S115 (published abstract).

Lorenzen-Huber, L. & Myllykangas, S. (2003). GET LINKS: Online curriculum in gerontology. Seven full courses in gerontology published online, Indiana University. Access: www.indiana.edu/~gero

Courses Recently Taught:

• C354/H524/P513 Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Gerontology

• P517 Adult Development and Aging

• C315/C615/P445/K500 Health in the Later Years

• H317/H617 Health, Technology, and Aging