Vered Arbel
Instructor
Kinesiology and Nutrition
Contact
- Building & Room:
- 349 PEB
- Address:
- 901 W. Roosevelt Rd.
- Office Phone:
- 312.413.8981
Email:
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About
Dr. Vered Arbel is an Instructor in the Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition at the University of Illinois Chicago, where she earned her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Kinesiology. With over 30 years of experience as a professional ballet dancer, choreographer, and fitness business owner. Her expertise includes core stability, qualitative movement analysis, postural assessment, and corrective exercise. She is an ACSM Certified Personal Trainer, a STOTT PILATES Lead Instructor Trainer, and a Biomechanics Method Corrective Exercise Specialist.
She developed interdisciplinary curricula and joint study abroad initiatives. She chairs the Education Committee for Exercise Is Medicine On Campus and is an Honors College Fellow and a faculty evaluator for the American Council on Education.
Her research focuses on hip range of motion, strength, pain, and function in individuals with hip osteoarthritis. Building on her professional and dance backgrounds, she is expanding this work to dancers, exploring how the repetitive movements of dance and core stability influence long-term hip health. Recently, she studied flamenco dancers in Barcelona, examining the correlation between hip range of motion and core variability. As principal investigator on multiple projects, she offers research opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students.
Service to Community
Exercise is Medicine® On Campus committee member and Education Chair
Kinesiology Students Association Faculty Advisor
American Council on Education Faculty Evaluator
Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, England & UIC Partnerships Coordinator
TecnoCampus University, Mataró, Spain & UIC Partnerships Coordinator
EXITO Research Enrichment Program Instructor
Notable Honors
2024, Outstanding First-Year Seminars Instructor Award, University of Illinois Chicago
2024, Honoring Our Professors’ Excellence (HOPE) Award, University of Illinois Chicago
2023, AHS Student Council Excalibur Award for Teaching Excellence, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago
Education
PhD, Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2026
MS, Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2015
BS, Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2012