Mirja Hirvensalo, Ph. D., is a professor of Sports Pedagogy at University of Jyvaskyla and now served as the vice dean of Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences. Dr. Mirja Hirvensalo mainly focuses on physical education, and has published more than 39 papers on the effects and associations of physical activity on the metabolic syndrome, type a personality, and job strain, and youth sport participation as a predictor of adult physical activity. She hosted several research projects on adolescent physical activity and sports education reform. She is also involved in editorial boards and reviewer such as “Scandinavian Journal of Medicine” and “Science in Sports”, and “BMC Public Health”. She was awarded the International Institute of Higher Education Prize in 2015 for his outstanding contribution to the field of physical education.