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Research Focus
Our research focuses on the benefits of specific types of physical activity and exercise on health and human performance. The Department has adopted the charge of Exercise is Prevention and direct a large portion of our research attention toward the front end of the public health spectrum, where physical activity is the most potent.
Current research includes:
- Our novel study of exergaming on energy expenditure in school children (Todd A. Miller, PhD) is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation;
- Clinical studies of the effects of post-meal exercise on glycemic control in older people (Loretta DiPietro, PhD, MPH) are funded by the National Institute of Aging and are the first of their kind to provide simultaneous and continuous measurements of substrate utilization and glucose over 48-h in older people;
- Developing projects, along with the US Department of Agriculture to study the effects of post-exercise nutrition on insulin sensitivity in young adults (Jean Gutierrez, PhD);
- Working with colleagues in other departments to determine the effects of basketball team building on cancer survivorship (Mary Barron, PhD); and
- Developing a novel method of predicting adherence to youth sport participation among children and their families (Amanda Visek, PhD).
Dr. Loretta DiPietro at USDA lab conducting research on substrate utilization.
Research Expertise
Faculty areas of expertise include:
- Physical Activity Epidemiology
- Aging
- Regulation of glucose and fat metabolism
- Sport psychology
- Exercise psychology
- Behavior change
- Aggression and violence in sport
- Youth sport psychosocial issues
- Psychological skills training for athletes/teams
- Sport fandom
- Psychometrics
- Model and theory development
- Regulation of fat metabolism
- Movement analysis
- Diet composition and metabolism
- Cardiac rehabilitation
- Clinical exercise testing
- Exercise and secondary conditions in special populations
- Use of commercial health clubs
Walk A Hound
Exercise Science graduate student Cindy Lentino presented her thesis research,Walk a Hound and Lose Some Pounds, at the annual American College of Sports Medicine Conference. Read more...