Kristi Hallisy, PT, DSc
Congratulations to Kristi Hallisy, PT, DSc (Associate Professor, CHS) on being awarded a Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Project Grant by the Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment. Dr. Hallisy’s project, Inclusive Tai Chi: Promoting Leaders of Color to Adapt Tai Chi for Latinx & African American Elders, aims to collaborate with community partners to build capacity and train peer-concordant Tai Chi Prime leaders to deliver inclusive tai chi to older adults at falls risk in Milwaukee’s Latinx and African American communities.
The Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment is a competitive grant program that fosters public engagement and the advancement of the Wisconsin Idea – a commitment to public service and bringing the University’s influence beyond the classroom to the people of Wisconsin and the world. The endowment supports the development of new and innovative projects, new dimensions to existing translational outreach, public engagement activities, and community-based research.
Published: May 2022