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Appendix D
Biographical Sketches of
Committee Members
Russell R. Pate, Ph.D. (Chair), is professor of exercise science at the
Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Caro-
lina, Columbia. Dr. Pate's research interests and expertise focus on physi-
cal activity measurement, determinants, and promotion in children and
youth. He also directs a national postgraduate course aimed at develop-
ing research competencies related to physical activity and public health.
Dr. Pate is involved in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
funded Prevention Research Center at the University of South Carolina.
His research includes studies on preschoolers' physical activity levels and
how schools can influence these levels, as well as multicenter trials on the
promotion of physical activity among middle and high school-age girls. Dr.
Pate was a member of the Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Commit-
tee of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and served on
the 2005 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. He is a past president
of both the American College of Sports Medicine and the National Coali-
tion on Promoting Physical Activity. Dr. Pate served as a member of the
Institute of Medicine Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children
and Youth and Committee on Progress in Preventing Obesity in Children
and Youth, and is a current member of the Standing Committee on Child-
hood Obesity Prevention. He received a B.S. in physical education from
Springfield College and an M.S. and Ph.D. in exercise physiology from the
University of Oregon.
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Cameron Blimkie, Ph.D., is professor in the Department of Kinesiology at
McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. He is a specialist in pediatric
exercise physiology, known internationally for his expertise in the neu-
romuscular and musculoskeletal adaptations of children to exercise. He
recently completed a 6-year term as director of the Graduate Program in
Kinesiology. Dr. Blimkie is former foundation chair of pediatric exercise
science research at the New Children's Hospital in Sydney, Australia, and
has held invited visiting professorships at the Catholic University of Leu-
ven, Belgium, and the Department of Pediatrics, the University Hospital of
Geneva, Switzerland. He is a former vice president of the Canadian Society
for Exercise Physiology and served as a consultant to the Swiss Musculo-
Skeletal Health Research Program. Dr. Blimkie has also been a member of
the editorial board of the journal Pediatric Exercise Science for the past 20
years and is a longtime fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine
(ACSM). He was an invited contributor to the Clinical Guidelines on Osteo-
porosis issued by the Osteoporosis Society of Canada, to the Bone Health
section of the recent Guidelines for Youth Physical Activity sponsored by
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and to a recent consensus
statement on Training Considerations for Young Athletes sponsored by
the International Olympic Committee Medical Commission. Dr. Blimkie's
research spans a spectrum of special clinical populations, including children
with obesity, diabetes, and cystic fibrosis, as well as normal healthy children
and elite young athletes. He received his B.A. in combined arts and physical
education from McMaster University and his M.A. in physical education
and Ph.D. in medical physiology from the University of Western Ontario.
Darla Castelli, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Kinesi-
ology and Health Education at the University of Texas at Austin. Formerly
a health and physical education teacher, she is a past president of the
Maine Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
(AHPERD) and a 1995 teacher of the year. From a pedagogical perspec-
tive, Dr. Castelli studies the effects of physical activity and metabolic risk
factors on cognitive performance in school-aged children. She has presented
her work at congressional briefings in Washington, DC, in support of the
Fit Kids Act. For her role in this research, she was named a 2006 young
scholar by the International Association of Physical Education in Higher
Education and a past-president's scholar by the 2007 Illinois Association
for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. Dr. Castelli has pub-
lished in Preventive Medicine, Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise,
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, and Developmental Psychol-
ogy. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the
American Dietetic Association, and the U.S. Department of Education. She
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obtained her M.S. from Northern Illinois University and her Ph.D. from
the University of South Carolina.
Charles B. Corbin, Ph.D., is professor emeritus in the Department of Exercise
and Wellness at Arizona State University. Dr. Corbin has published more
than 200 professional, research, and popular articles and 90 books on fitness
and wellness. He is a fellow emeritus and former president of the National
Academy of Kinesiology. Among his awards are the Healthy American Fit-
ness Leaders Award of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
(PCPFS, now President's Council on Physical Fitness, Sports and Nutrition
[PCFSN]) and National Jaycees; the American Alliance for Health, Physical
Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) Honor Award; the Physi-
cal Fitness Council Honor Award; the National Association for Sport and
Physical Education (NASPE) Hall of Fame; ACSM Cureton Lecturer; the Dis-
tinguished Service Award of the President's Council; and the Gulick Award
(AAHPERD). He is a lifetime member of AAHPERD and a longtime member
and fellow in ACSM. Dr. Corbin was named alliance scholar by AAHPERD
and distinguished scholar by the National Association of Kinesiology and
Physical Education in Higher Education (NAKPEHE). He served as editor of
several periodicals, including Quest and the PCFSN Research Digest. He was
the first chair of the Scientific Board of the PCFSN. He was named as a distin-
guished alumnus by the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health
at the University of Illinois and was honored as centennial scholar by the
University of New Mexico at the university's 100th anniversary. Dr. Corbin
received his B.S. from the University of New Mexico, his M.S. from the Uni-
versity of Illinois, and his Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico.
Stephen R. Daniels, M.D., Ph.D., is professor and chair of the Depart-
ment of Pediatrics at University of Colorado School of Medicine. He is
also pediatrician-in-chief and L. Joseph Butterfield chair in pediatrics at
The Children's Hospital. Dr. Daniels held numerous academic and clinical
appointments at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and the
Cincinnati Children's Hospital before joining the University of Colorado
School of Medicine and The Children's Hospital. His area of expertise is
preventive cardiology, and he has a longtime interest in the application of
sophisticated epidemiologic and biostatistical methods to pediatric clinical
research problems. The role of lifestyle factors, such as diet and physical
activity, is central to many of his studies. Dr. Daniels has received numer-
ous awards and honors throughout his career. He has been an active par-
ticipant and leader in many national investigative committees and study
sections, including the American Academy of Pediatrics' Committee on
Nutrition; the American Heart Association's Council for Cardiovascular
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Disease in the Young; and the International Pediatric Hypertension Associa-
tion's executive board, which he recently chaired. He has also served as a
frequent participant in grant review study sections and science panels of the
National Institutes of Health. Dr. Daniels has served as associate editor for
the Journal of Pediatrics since 1995. He is a peer reviewer for many other
journals and is widely published in the medical literature. He is co-author
of Medical Epidemiology, an introductory textbook for medical students,
and co-author and editor of the book Pediatric Prevention of Atheroscle-
rotic Cardiovascular Disease, published in 2006. He earned his M.D. from
the University of Chicago in 1977, his M.P.H. from Harvard University in
1979, and his Ph.D. in epidemiology from the University of North Caro-
lina in 1989. He completed his residency in pediatrics and his fellowship in
pediatric cardiology at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
in 1981 and 1984, respectively.
Harold W. Kohl III, Ph.D., is professor in the School of Public Health and
Michael and Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living at the University of
Texas Health Science Center-Houston, and professor in the Department
of Kinesiology and Health Education at the University of Texas-Austin.
Dr. Kohl is founder and director of the University of Texas Physical Activ-
ity Epidemiology Program, where he is responsible for student training,
research, and community service related to physical activity and public
health. Dr. Kohl presently is co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Physical
Activity and Health. His previous service includes directing physical activity
epidemiology and surveillance projects in the Division of Nutrition, Physi-
cal Activity, and Obesity at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dr. Kohl's research focuses on the specific area of epidemiology related
to physical inactivity and obesity, in adults but also in children. He has
researched the development of a system for measuring the effectiveness of
state physical education policies in schools, as well as historical changes in
physical activity. Dr. Kohl also studies the effect of the built environment
on physical activity and is currently researching a planned development
that implements "smart growth" techniques that support physically active
lifestyles. He received an M.S.P.H. from the University of South Carolina
School of Public Health in epidemiology and biostatistics and a Ph.D. from
the University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston School of Public
Health in community health studies.
Robert M. Malina, Ph.D., is professor emeritus in the Department of Kine-
siology and Health Education at the University of Texas at Austin and an
adjunct research professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Tarleton
State University. Dr. Malina is also a visiting professor at the Research Insti-
tute for Sport and Exercise Sciences at Liverpool John Moores University in
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the United Kingdom and at the University School of Physical Education in
Wroclaw, Poland. He has extensive research experience in the field of physi-
cal growth and maturation of children and youth and has published about
700 articles and book chapters. He has received many honors, including the
Alliance Scholar Award from AAHPERD, the Citation Award from ACSM,
the Honor Award from the North American Society for Pediatric Exercise
Medicine, the Distinguished Scholar Award from the North American
Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, the Hetherington
Award from the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education,
and the Franz Boas Distinguished Achievement Award from the Human
Biology Association. He is a foreign member of the Polish Academy of Sci-
ences (Division II, Biological Sciences) and a member of many professional
organizations, including AAHPERD, ACSM, the American Association of
Physical Anthropologists, the Society for the Study of Human Biology, the
Human Biology Association, the European Anthropological Association,
the Society for Research in Child Development, the American Association
for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Kinesiology and
Physical Education, and the International Association of Sport Kinetics. He
also serves on the editorial board of numerous journals, including Annals
of Human Biology; Journal of Sports Sciences; Clinical Journal of Sports
Medicine; Pediatric Exercise Science; Ovidius University Annals, Series
Physical Education and Sport; Italian Journal of Sport Sciences; Interna-
tional Journal of Sport and Health Science; and Indian Journal of Sport
Sciences. Dr. Malina earned a Ph.D. in physical education from the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, Madison in 1963 and a second Ph.D. in anthropology
from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968. He was awarded honorary
doctorates from Catholic University (Belgium) in 1989, University School
of Physical Education in Cracow (Poland) in 2001, University School of
Physical Education in Wroclaw (Poland) in 2006, and University of Coim-
bra (Portugal) in 2008.
Jennifer Sacheck, Ph.D., is associate professor of nutrition in the John
Hancock Research Center on Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Pre-
vention at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and a sci-
entist in the Antioxidants Research Laboratory at the Jean Mayer Human
Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University. She is an active
member of ACSM and the Obesity Society. Dr. Sacheck's research exper-
tise lies at the intersection of diet, physical activity, and health. Past and
current studies in youth have involved biological, anthropometric, dietary,
physical activity, and fitness measurements in both school and community
settings. Currently, she is examining the impact of school-based physical
fitness results and obesity on cardiovascular disease risk factors in urban
schoolchildren and the relationship between changes in school-based fitness
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and the remission of overweight/obesity. Dr. Sacheck has authored reports
on the childhood obesity epidemic in New England for the Massachusetts
Health Policy Forum and the Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Foundation and
has also led several evaluations of community-based programs that target
disadvantaged overweight/obese youth. She received her B.S. in biology
from Syracuse University; her M.S. in exercise science from the University
of Massachusetts, Amherst; and her Ph.D. in nutritional science from Tufts
University. She completed her postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical
School.
David Stodden, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Health,
Exercise, and Sport Sciences at Texas Tech University. Prior to his current
position, he was an assistant professor in the School of Human Move-
ment, Sport, and Leisure Studies at Bowling Green State University and a
consultant and strength and conditioning coach for the Cleveland Indians
organization. His research focuses on promoting the acquisition of funda-
mental motor skills and on the association of motor skill competence with
physical activity, health-related physical fitness, perceived competence, and
obesity across the life span. Dr. Stodden is a member of the North American
Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, A AHPERD, and
the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). He is serving
as academic support on a committee for the National Physical Activity Plan,
Education Sector. He also is a certified strength and conditioning specialist
(NSCA). Dr. Stodden received his B.S. in biology from Buena Vista Univer-
sity, his M.S. in exercise and sport science from Iowa State University, and
his Ph.D. in motor behavior from Auburn University.
Melicia Whitt-Glover, Ph.D., is president and chief executive officer of
Gramercy Research Group, LLC. She is also adjunct assistant professor in
the Department of Applied Behavioral Science at the University of Kansas,
adjunct faculty member in the Department of Nutrition at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and adjunct associate professor in the
Department of Epidemiology and Prevention at Wake Forest University
Health Sciences. She serves as a reviewer for journals that include American
Journal of Preventive Medicine, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Ethnicity
and Disease, International Journal of Obesity, Journal of Physical Activity
and Health, Medicine and Science in Sports & Exercise, Research Quarterly
for Exercise & Sport, and Sports Medicine. Dr. Whitt-Glover serves on the
editorial board of American Journal of Health Behavior and as a member
of the African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network, ACSM,
and the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.
Her honors and awards include an ACSM fellowship and an African Ameri-
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can Professors Program fellowship from the University of South Carolina.
Dr. Whitt-Glover received her B.A. and M.A. in exercise physiology from
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her Ph.D. in epidemiology
from the University of South Carolina.
Weimo Zhu, Ph.D., is professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Com-
munity Health, College of Applied Health Sciences, at the University of Illi-
nois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). He is a member of several professional
organizations, including AAHPERD, the American Educational Research
Association, the Rasch Measurement Special Interest Group, the American
Educational Research Association, the National Council on Measurement
in Education, ACSM, and the American Statistical Association. He serves
on the editorial boards of several journals, including International Journal
of Applied Sport Science, Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise
Science, Journal of Applied Measurement, Journal of Physical Activity and
Health, and International Education. Honors and awards received by Dr.
Zhu include an American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Educa-
tion fellowship; membership on the President's Council on Physical Fitness
and Sports Science Board; faculty fellow at the Academy for Entrepre-
neurial Leadership, UIUC; Outstanding Leadership ACSM-UIUC Walking
for Health Specialty Conference: October 13-15, 2005, from ACSM; and
the Measurement Honor Award from the Measurement and Evaluation
Council, AAHPERD. Dr. Zhu received his B.S. in physical education from
Nanjing Normal University, China; his M.S. in exercise physiology from
Shanghai Institute of Physical Education, China; and his Ph.D. in physical
education from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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