Uncategorized Archives | Department of Health & Exercise Science

Study: Overweight older adults lose weight, keep it off by moving more.”We hope that these findings empower older adults to seek out an array of enjoyable activities that help them to move more throughout the day and to sit less,” said Fanning, an assistant professor of health and exercise science at Wake Forest University

Dr. Michael Berry, HES Professor, has been awarded the Bitove Family Faculty Fellowship. The Wake Forest Faculty Fellowship Program is a program of financial support designed to honor WFU’s best teacher-scholars.

Dr. Gary Miller’s ENGAGED proposal funded

Congratulations Dr. Gary Miller, Associate Chair and Professor of HES, whose proposal entitled “Enhancing Undergraduate Education and Research in Aging to Eliminate Health Disparities (ENGAGED)” has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and by (subaward/subcontract from) WFU Health Sciences.

SEACSM Henry J. Montoye Lecture – Dr. Peter Brubaker, HES Chair

Dr. Peter Brubaker (Chair of HES) gave the 2021 Henry J. Montoye Lecture (virtually) at the American College of Sports Medicine (South East Chpt.) Conference on Friday Feb. 19th. Dr. Messier (1999) and Dr. Berry (2016) have also been invited to give this honorary lecture! […]

Intense Strength Training Does Not Ease Knee Pain, Study Finds

Congratulations Mark Woodard, HES Grants & Contracts Manager!

Congratulations…Research Funding for HES Faculty!

Congratulations! Dr. Jeff Katula, Associate Professor of Health and Exercise Science, received funding for “Strategic Grant – U.S. POINTER Study” by the Alzheimer’s Association and Rush University Medical Center. Congratulations to Dr. Kristen Beavers, Associate Professor of Health and Exercise Science, whose proposal entitled “Incorporating […]