Maria Kosma

Dr. Kosma’s research interests include evidence-based and practical ways to promote physical activity and public health across the lifespan. She has used such philosophies as phronesis and embodied consciousness to facilitate understanding of physical activity, lifestyle choices, and health. She has published quantitative and qualitative studies, mixed-methods designs, concept-based papers, reviews, and humanistic analyses examining the links among multi-modal exercise programs, body schema, long-lasting exercise participation, and health She is the Head of the Sport Unit for ATINER and an editor for the Athens Journal of Sports Other editorial appointments include guest editing for Frontiers in Public Health, the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and OBM: Integrative and Complementary Medicine.