CU-led study of student-athlete alumni aims to improve health and wellness programs
How have former CU Boulder student-athletes fared long-term compared to Buffs who didn't play sports in college? What's the university doing right to support their lasting health and wellness? And what could it and other collegiate programs do better?
These are the questions CU Boulder research faculty and the Athletic Department will set out to answer this summer, via a first-of-its-kind study of 1,600 alumni who graduated over the past quarter-century.
"No one has ever done a study quite like this before, comparing student-athlete alumni to non-student-athlete alumni across a long period of time and a wide range of health measures," said Principal Investigator Theresa Hernandez, a professor of psychology and neuroscience.