Dr. Edington serves the University of
Michigan as director of Health Management Research Center, Professor in the
Division of Kinesiology, research scientist in the School of Public Health,
and a frequent faculty member of the Michigan Business School's Executive
Education Program.
Trained in mathematics, kinesiology and
biochemistry, Dr. Edington received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Michigan
State University and completed his M.S. at Florida State University. He
taught at the University of Massachusetts before coming to Michigan in 1976.
Dr. Edington is the author or co-author of over 400 articles, presentations,
and several books, including Biology of
Physical Activity, Biological
Awareness, Frontiers of Exercise
Biology, and The One Minute
Manager Gets Fit .
Dr. Edington's
teaching
and research focus
on the relationship between healthy lifestyles, vitality and quality of
life, as they benefit both individuals and organizations. He is specifically
interested in how individual health promotion, worksite wellness activities
and programs within organizations impact health care cost containment,
productivity and human resource development. In essence, the HMRC studies
the precursors to disease and vitality.
