Student and Faculty Activities

Relay for Life
Walking all night to raise money for cancer research.

Grand Canyon Trip
The annual departmental pilgrimage to the wonder of Arizona. For a weekend in September, the faculty, staff, and graduate students camp and hike in the Grand Canyon as a way to welcome in the new academic year. 2008 was a cold and rainy trip, but this did not deter our graduate students and faculty from hiking to the river and back and along the rim of this natural world wonder.

Scholarly Activities

ASU Speaker Series
Visiting scholars provide lectures about their current research topics. The schedule for 2008-2009 is in process.

2007 Building Healthy Lifestyles Conference

Instructions on how to download Conference Podcasts
In 2007 we hosted the 2 nd annual BHL Conference with Dr. Steven Blair as the keynote speaker. Nearly 250 attendees from Arizona and neighboring states listened to experts in physical activity, nutrition, and wellness discussed their involvement in promoting healthy lifestyles.

The event was audio and videotaped as podcasts. Click here to view the 2007 BHLC Conference Pod-casts in iTunes.

Alvar BA., Rhea MR, Peterson M D, Dodd DJ. Dose-Response To Strength Training. INDE Publishers, Barcelona, Spain. 2008. In Press.

Peterson MD, Alvar BA, Dodd DJ, Rhea MR, Favre M. Undulation Training for Development of Hierarchical Fitness and Job Performance. J Str Con Res. 2008, In Press

DeBate RD, White J, Pettee KK. Psychometric properties of the commitment to physical activity scale in a sample of 3rd – 5th grade girls. Am J Health Promotion.

Der Ananian CA, Wilcox S, Watkins K, Saunders R, Evans A. Factors associated with exercise participation in adults with arthritis. J Phys Act Aging. 2008;16, 96-114.

Freedson PS, Brendley K, Ainsworth BE, Kohl HW III, Owen N, Leslie E. New techniques and issues in assessing walking behavior. Med Sci Sports Exer Sci, in press.

Griffin S, Wilson DK, Buck J, Wilcox S, Ainsworth BE. Physical activity influences in a disadvantaged African American Community and the Community’s Proposed Solutions. Health Promotion Practice, 2008 Apr;9(2):180-90

Kang M., Tudor-Locke C, Bassett DR, Ainsworth BE, Reis JP, Schwartz A, Strath S. How many days are enough? A study of 365 days of pedometer monitoring. Res Q Exerc Sport, in press.

Keller C, Fluery J, Perez A, Ainsworth BE, Vaughan L. Using Visual Methods to Uncover Context. Qualitative Health Res, in press.

Keller C, Ainsworth BE, et al. Overweight and obesity postpartum Hispanic women. Health Care Women Int 2008, in press.

Keller C, Records K, Ainsworth BE, Permana P, Coonrod DV. Interventions for weight management in postpartum women. JOGNN 2008:37;1-9.

Kruger J, Lee CD, Ainsworth BE, Macera CA. Body size satisfactory and physical activity levels among men and women. Obesity, in press.

Kruger J, Yore MM, Ainsworth BE, Macera CA. Physical activity patterns associated with weight-control status: Differences by race and sex. J PA & Health 2008;5:456-469.

Pettee K, Storee K, Conroy M, Ainsworth BE. A Lifestyle Approach for Primary CVD Prevention in Peri-to Early Postmenopausal Women. Am J Lifestyle Med, in press.

Reis JP, Macera CA, Ainsworth BE, Hipp DA. Prevalence of total walking in the US: 2002-2003. J Phys Act Health 2008;5:337-346.

Records K. Ainsworth BE et al. Overweight and obesity in postpartum Hispanic women. Health Care Women Intl, in press.

Sisson, S.B. & Tudor-Locke, C. Comparison of cyclists' and motorists' utilitarian physical activity at an urban university, Preventive Medicine, 2008; 46:77-79.

Sisson, S.B., McClain, J.J., & Tudor-Locke, C. Campus walkability, pedometer-determined steps, and moderate to vigorous physical activity: A comparison of two university campuses. Journal of the American College Health, 2008, 56(5):585-592.

Storti KL, Pettee KK, Brach JS, Berlin J, Richardson CR, Kriska AM. Gait Speed and Step-Count Monitor Accuracy in Community Dwelling Older Adults (2008). Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 40(1): 59-64.

Tudor-Locke, C., Bassett, Jr., D.R., Rutherford, W.J., Ainsworth, B.E., Chan, C.B., Croteau, K., Giles-Corti, B., Le Masurier, G., Moreau, K., Mrozek, J., Oppert, J.-M., Raustorp, A., Strath, S.J., Thompson, D., Whitt-Glover, M.C., Wilde, B., & Wojcik, J.R. BMI-referenced cut-points for recommended pedometer-determined steps/day in adults, Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 2008; 5(Suppl. 1):S126–S139.

Tudor-Locke C, Ainsworth BE, Popkin B. Patterns of physical activity and overweight among 7-13 year old Russian childresn: a seven-year nationally representative monitoring study. Res Q Ex Sport 2008;79(1):10-17.

Tudor-Locke C, Washington TL, Ainsworth BE, Troiano R. Linking the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) and the Compendium of Physical Activities: Methods and rationale. J Phys Act Health, in press.

Yankura DJ, Conroy MB, Hess R, Pettee KK, Kuller LH, Kriska AM. Impact of weight regain after initial successful weight loss on health-related quality of life in post-menopausal women. Obesity, in press.

Faculty Completed Research
Funded by the 2007-2008 ACSM Paffenbarger-Blair Epidemiology Research Grant, Dr. Kelley Pettee has completed a study validating physical activity questionnaires in middle-aged women.

Faculty and Graduate Student Professional Highlights

Dr. Barbara Ainsworth will give a Presidential Lecture at the 2008 ACSM meeting in Indianapolis, IN. Title “Public Health Approaches to Promoting Physical Activity”

Dr. Catrine Tudor-Locke has been nominated to the ACSM Board of Trustees from 2008-2010.

Dr. Brent Alvar will be on a year-long sabbatical leave for study at the European University of Madrid in 2008-09. He will perform research on muscle strength training and health outcome.

Dr. Brent Alvar gave two lectures at an international training course, The Metabolic Syndrome: An Update on Exercise Training and Metabolic Health. Organized by Metabolic Fitness Associations and U.O.C Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolisy Univeristy of Rome “La Sapienza”. April 4 & 5, 2008.

• From the Inside Looking Out:  Kinetics of Exercise Training Adaptations.
• Strength Training:  Can Resistance Training Modify Metabolic Risk?

Graduate students Melanie Mitros (Ph.D. student) and Carrie White Lumia (M.S. student) received the 2008 Corbin-Pangrazi Scholarships to support their graduate research. Melanie Mitros will be studying falls prevention activities and Carrie Lumia will be studying intergenerational gardening activities.

Graduate student Carrie Lumia will be speaking at the Arizona Senor Center Association Conference July 21 and 22 in Phoenix, AZ

Graduate students Teresa Abraham, Tracy Washington, and Megan Grimstevedt will be speaking at the 2008 ACSM meeting in Indianapolis.

Graduate student Teresa Abraham gave the following talks:

• ASU Polytechnic lecture series.  Talk entitled "Convincing yourself to be physically active".
• Oral presentations at ACSM: "The sex-stratified relationship between sitting and walking"; "Comparison of low cost measures of MVPA to the ActiGraph accelerometer in free-living situations". May 2008
• Conference Presentations: International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health "Comparison of low cost instruments with the ActiGraph accelerometer in 10-11 year old children" April 2008
• Building Healthy Lifestyles Conference: "Comparison of pedometers and accelerometers on step counts in 10-11 year old children" February 2008

Celebrations

Graduates
EXW is proud of our 2008 Ph.D., Masters, and Bachelors Degree Graduates.

Our Ph.D. graduates will begin their post-doctoral careers as follows:

Dr. Corey Huck – Assistant Professor in Exercise Physiology, University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point;
Dr. Daniel Dodds – Visiting faculty in Exercise and Wellness at Chandler-Gilbert Community College and Arizona State University;
Dr. Bonnie Beezhold – Lecturer in Nutrition at Arizona State University;
Dr. Teresa Araas – Wellness Council Coordinator, Sheridan County Memorial Hospital, Sheridan, Wyoming;
Dr. Jeremy Pomeroy (not pictured) – National Institutes of Health in Phoenix, AZ.

Ph.D. graduates from left – Dr. Corey Huck, Dr. Dan Dodds, Dr. Bonnie Beezhold, Dr. Teresa Araas. Missing, Dr. Jeremy Pomeroy.

Congratulations to our MS degree graduates Tori Begay, Kyle Carothers, Melissa Farnsworth Grow, Renee Getz, Tiffany Gray Kristin Heumann, Kaleen Kahl, Chris Keating, Justin Leonard, Kelsey Lundy, Rebecca Rankin, Laura Rooney, Shannon Soria.

We congratulate of BS degree graduates and wish them the very best as they begin their professional careers.