Emily Guseman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Irvine Hall 211, Athens Campus
Diabetes Institute
Primary Care
Athens
Education:
- Kinesiology (PhD), Michigan State University, 2012
- Exercise and Sport Science (MA), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005
- Kinesiology (BS), Pennsylvania State University, 2003
Certifications:
- ACSM Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist (ACSM-CEP), 2006
Expertise:
- Physical activity
- Exercise physiology
- Pediatric exercise physiology
- Childhood obesity
- Metabolic syndrome
- Physical activity assessment
- Physical fitness
- Child lifestyle behaviors
- Obesity
- Pediatrics
- Epidemiology
- Diabetes
Summary of Work:
My research considers how lifestyle behaviors, including physical activity and sleep interact with stressors to influence development of obesity & metabolic syndrome during childhood. We are working to identify weight loss-independent interventions to improve health among children with obesity.
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