The School of Hospitality, Recreation & Tourism would like to congratulate Professor Leila Kelleher on successfully defending her doctoral dissertation and completing the PhD Program at the University of Western Ontario’s, School of Kinesiology.

Leila’s thesis was titled “The Functional Movement Screen is not a Valid Measure of Movement Competency” and focused on the validity of the Functional Movement Screen (FMS) as a dynamic movement assessment tool. The FMS is widely used in the fitness industry however research has demonstrated that it does not accurately assess an individual’s global movement competency.

Please join us in congratulating Leila in this major achievement.

Susan Somerville
Dean, School of Hospitality, Recreation & Tourism