Center for Integrative Movement Sciences (CIMS)

Promoting Innovation and Discovery in All Fields Associated with Movement

Drive innovations in technology, medicine and rehabilitation

Welcome to CIMS

Exercise, mobility and healthy daily activity levels are central to human health, wellbeing and effective medical care. The mission of the Center for Integrative Movement Sciences is to promote understanding of the role of movement in human health and to drive innovations in technology, medicine and rehabilitation based upon fundamental principles in movement physiology, biomechanics and sensorimotor control.

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Resources

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Education/Training

News

IMSI faculty and student researchers at SICB 2025

November 22, 2024

IMSI is proud to announce the participation of our distinguished faculty and talented students at the upcoming Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) 2025 Annual Meeting. This event brings…

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We’re hiring!

May 15, 2024

We are hiring for several positions aligned with the NSF-funded Integrative Movement Sciences Institute at UCI. These positions offer the opportunity to integrate with an excellent network of colleagues at…

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Call for applications to the Dr. M. Marlene Godoy Fellowship in Movement Sciences

April 17, 2024

The Center for Integrative Movement Sciences (CIMS) is pleased to announce a research fellowship to support undergraduate students engaging in intensive Summer research. The fellowship is open to current UCI…

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Call for applications for the Integrative Movement Sciences Summer Institute!

March 13, 2024

We are now recruiting research trainees and near-peer mentors for the Integrative Movement Sciences Summer Institute 2024! Do you love biology, physics, physiology and biomechanics? Do you find movement to…

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CIMS Director Monica Daley leading $15 million NSF Integrative Movement Sciences Institute!  

March 12, 2024

We are excited to announce our NSF-funded Integrative Movement Sciences Institute (IMSI), led by a team at UCI (PI-Monica Daley), USC (Co-PI Jill McNitt-Gray), NAU (Co-PI Kiisa Nishikawa), Co School…

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Call for applications to the Dr. M. Marlene Godoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Movement Sciences

May 2, 2023

The Center for Integrative Movement Sciences (CIMS) is pleased to announce an undergraduate research fellowship available to support students to engage in intensive Summer research. The fellowship is open to…

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Recruiting participants for movement & well-being study

October 26, 2022

Join STREAM:  Students who are resilient, empowered & movingWant to participate in research & manage stress? We are recruiting STEM and COHS students who are 18 and older who:• Are from…

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Center Approval!

February 12, 2021

The Center for Integrative Movement Sciences (CIMS) was approved as a recognized Research Center in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of California, Irvine.

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Events

Upcoming Events

If you have any questions about upcoming events please email CIMS@uci.edu.