Professor of Kinesiology, Physiology and Neurobiology, and Professor of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine; author or coauthor of more than 300 manuscripts in scientific literature related to sports medicine and sports science; fellow, American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM); member, American Physiological Society and the Endocrine Society; Editor-In-Chief, Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research; Editor, International Olympic Committee Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine's Endocrinology of Exercise and Sport (published 2005); Associate Editor, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise; member, Journal of Applied Physiology editorial board; past president of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and honored by the NSCA with the Outstanding Sports Scientist Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award, and the first Educator of the Year Award; bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin – LaCrosse; master’s degree in exercise physiology and doctorate in physiology and biochemistry from the University of Wyoming.

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