Our faculty's diverse research interests range from nutrition and oxidation stress to hormonal regulation of metabolism to the risk factors that precipitate degenerative joint disease.
Research Topics: Burns; ergonomics of protective clothing; environmental physiology; firefighter health and safety; recovery; thermal stress; work physiology.
Associate Director of Elite Athlete Performance, Center for Research and Education in Special Environments
Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Heat stress and hydration effects on health and exercise performance; exercise energetics, metabolism, and physiology; lower extremity injury prevention
Director, Nutrition and Health Research Laboratory
Graduate Program Director
Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Professor
Department of Community Health and Health Behavior
School of Public Health and Health Professions
Research Topics: Caffeine use among adolescents; exercise and nutrition interactions; factors that influence ingestive behavior and the development of obesity in humans.