College of Fine and Applied Arts

Travis Triplett (HLES) will travel to Beijing, China, Dec. 5 to 12 as an invited speaker through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. She will give three lectures to approximately 100 Chinese sport coaches about “Sport Training: Recovery and Regeneration.”

Dissertation research conducted by Amy Knab (HLES) was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article about genetics and physical activity. The article can be read at http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-exercise-genes7-2009sep07,0,4862469.story?page=1&track=rss.

David Nieman in the Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science was elected vice president of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the largest sports medicine and exercise science organization in the world. More than 20,000 international, national and regional ACSM members are dedicated to advancing and integrating scientific research to provide educational and practical applications of exercise science and sports medicine. Nieman will serve a two-year term from 2009-2011.

The Department of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science in the College of Fine and Applied Arts will be opening a new human performance laboratory at University Hall in association with The Institute for Health and Human Services.

The laboratory will tentatively be named the “Vascular Biology and Autonomic Studies Laboratory.” Scott Collier from the exercise science faculty will be the principle faculty member conducting research in the laboratory.

Two projects that have already been approved by the Appalachian Institutional Review Board will be conducted in the laboratory this fall. These include: “The Effect of Aerobic Exercise vs. Angiotension Converting Enzyme Inhibition on Hemodynamic, Vascular and Cardiac Autonomic Modulation in Individuals With Pre-to-Stage-One Hypertension” in collaboration with Cate Trate, and “Changes in Vascular and Hemodynamic Parameters Following Acute Exercise and Anti-Oxidant Supplementation” in collaboration with Steve McAnulty and David Nieman.

The University Hall location provides research subjects from the community with ample parking and improved access, and also reduces the burden on the Human Performance Laboratory located in the Holmes Convocation Center. Research should begin in the new laboratory by the third week of September 2009.

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