Hilinski’s Hope, the Institute to Promote Athlete Health at UNC Greensboro and Prevention Strategies have partnered to educate, advocate, and remove the stigma associated with mental illness in collegiate athletics through the empowerment of student-athletes. Together, the organizations are producing an athlete-centered, mental health skills deve

The U.S. Center for SafeSport (The Center), the independent and exclusive authority charged by Congress with responding to and preventing all forms of abuse and misconduct within the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement, engaged researchers from the Institute to Promote Athlete Health & Wellness (IPAHW) at UNC Greensboro and Prevention Strategi

The Institute’s Founding Director Dr. David Wyrick and Managing Director Dr. Jeff Milroy presented at the NCAA Division II APPLE Institute, hosted by the APPLE Institute and the Gordie Center. Their presentation focused on how student-athletes and their respective athletics programs commonly align on the belief that elite sport performance is

Researchers from The Institute to Promote Athlete Health and Wellness and Prevention Strategies are partnering with key stakeholders from the Kingdom of Bahrain and officials from D.A.R.E. America to evaluate and optimize the Ma’an Peaceful Coexistence and Anti-Extremism middle and high school programs The study will utilize the innovative, en

IPAHW researcher Stephen Hebard PhD, recently discussed mental health literacy with Mojo Sports. Dr. Hebard also shared ways that coaches, and parents, can normalize the conversation around mental well-being. Dr. Hebard is also the Director of Research and Innovation for Prevention Strategies, the commercialization partner of IPAHW.