Paul A. Borsa (Ph.D.) Associate Professor - Sports Medicine

• Effects of overuse impairment, injury and rehabilitation on shoulder function
• Static and dynamic joint stability mechanisms
• Pulsed magnetic field therapy for musculoskeletal injuries

Randy Braith (Ph.D.) Associate Professor - Exercise Physiology

• Homeostatic mechanisms in heart/lung transplant recipients
• Endocrine regulation of circulation in heart failure

James Cauraugh (Ph.D.)  Professor - Motor Behavior

• The nature of motor programming, response preparation, band stimulus-response compatibility 
• Attentional training programs
• Information processing and movement quickness

David Criswell(Ph.D.)  Assistant Professor - Exercise Physiology

Stephen Dodd (Ph.D.)  Professor - Exercise Physiology  

• The effects of neurotoxins on skeletal muscle adaptation
• How heat shock proteins protect skeletal muscles
• Mechanisms of ubiquitin-proteasome action in skeletal muscle wasting

Heather Hausenblas (Ph.D.) Assistant Professor - Sport and Health Psychology

• Eating disorders, body image
• Group dynamics
• Exercise adherence

Christopher Janelle (Ph.D.) Associate Professor – Motor Learning/Sport Psychology

• Visual search and visual selective attention
• Anxiety, arousal, and sport performanc
• Self-regulation and motor learning

David Lowenthal (M.D., Ph.D.) Affiliate Faculty Member - Exercise Physiology

• Drug-exercise interactions; pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics
• Skeletal muscle enzyme adaptations to exercise in the elderly
• Exercise prescriptions and training for the sick as well as healthy elderly

Scott Powers (Ph.D.) Professor - Exercise Physiology

• Respiratory/metabolic adaptations to exercise
• Mechanisms responsible for exercise-induced imperfections in pulmonary gas exchange
• The adaptive strategies of respiratory muscles exposed to chronic stress (e.g., exercise training, aging, corticosteroids)

Mark Tillman(Ph.D.)  Assistant Professor - Biomechanics