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The concentration in Exercise and Sport Science offers a research-centered program for individuals interested in pursuing advanced graduate studies in exercise science or developing knowledge and skills necessary to work or serve in clinical and physical activity settings. Coursework provides a strong theoretical background in exercise science, research methods, and statistics. In addition, students will gain experience in collecting and interpreting data obtained through a variety of research and applied procedures conducted in the Human Performance Laboratories. Career Opportunities Graduates of the program are prepared to enter into, or continue in, professions associated with exercise and sport science, exercise physiology, human performance, kinesiology, and sports medicine. Many students continue their professional preparation at the doctoral level. Research Emphases Human performance areas including body composition, clinical physiology and rehabilitation, exercise biochemistry and endocrinology, exercise and sport nutrition, motor learning and/or motor control, muscle physiology and/or morphology, mechanics of gross human movement, overtraining, resistance training and conditioning, and sport and exercise psychology. Faculty | Yuhua Li, PhD (Texas A & M, 1994), Associate Professor Motor Learning and Control: Motor Memory and Environmental Contexts; Practice-Related Variables Influencing Motor Skill Acquisition, Retention and Transfer |  | | Lawrence Weiss, EdD (University of Georgia, 1979), Professor Physiologic and Morphologic Adaptations of the Musculoskeletal System to Training and Detraining; Body Composition Protocol Development for Localized and Whole Body Assessments; Identification of Physiological Variables contributing to Jumping Performance; Protocol Development for Assessing Strength/Power with an Emphasis on Multiple-Joint Velocity-spectrum and Load-spectrum Testing. |  | | Richard Bloomer, PhD (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2003), Assistant Professor Exercise-Induced Oxidative Stress; Skeletal Muscle Injury; Nutritional Supplementation in relation to Health and Performance; Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Rehabilitation. |  | | Brian Schilling, PhD (The University of Memphis, 2004), Assistant Professor Biomechanics of Resistance Exercise; Time-dependent variables of Strength; Optimal Training Interventions for Developing Strength and Power in Athletic, Youth and Aging Populations; Technology for Assessing Sensitive Measures of Strength and Power Performance. |  |
| For More Information Please Contact | Academic Services Coordinator
Department of Health and Sport Sciences
106 Elma Neal Roane Field House
The University of Memphis
Memphis, TN 38152-3480
Tel: (901) 678-4316
Fax: (901) 678-3591
http://hss.memphis.edu |
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