Dr. Debra A. Bemben, Associate Professor and Graduate Liaison
Exercise Physiology
dbemben@ou.edu | Bio

Research Interests:

• Endocrine Response to Exercise
• Bone Metablism and Exercise
• Bone Health in Postmenopausal Women

Research Interests:

• Aging
• Neuromuscular
• BodyComposition
• Blood flow

Dr. Mary K. Dinger, Associate Professor
Health Promotion
mkdinger@ou.edu | Bio

Research Interests:

• Program Evaluation
• Physical Activity Measurement
• Instrument Development

Dr. Joel T. Cramer, Assistant Professor
Exercise Physiology
jcramer@ou.edu | Bio

Research Interests:

• Effects of stretching on performance & risk of injury
• Muscle-tendon stiffness
• Neural vs. hypertrophic adaptations to strength training
• Efficacy of nutritional supplements as ergogenic aids

Dr. E. Laurette Taylor, Associate Professor
Health Promotion
eltaylor@ou.edu | Bio

Research Interests:

• Functional outcomes
• Health effects of lifestyle modification
• Lifestyle intervention to reduce chronic disease risk factors

Dr. Jeffrey R. Stout, Assistant Professor
Exercise Physiology
jrstout@ou.edu | Bio

Research Interests:

• effects of nutritional intervention on neuromuscular and metabolic fatigue, muscle function, and body composition in various populations

Dr. Chad M. Kerksick, Assistant Professor
Exercise Physiology
chad_kerksick@ou.edu | Bio

Research Interests:

• Acute and chronic exercise and nutritional interventions on the physiological and cellular adaptations that impact muscle function, hypertrophy and atrophy in athletes, aging, and other clinical populations.
• Indicators of substrate utilization to exercise and nutritional interventions in healthy as well as diabetic and other clinical populations.
• Relationship of oxidative stress and cellular adaptations in healthy and clinical populations.

Dr. Danielle R. Brittain, Assistant Professor Health Promotion
dbrittain@ou.edu | Bio

Research interests:

• identification of theory-based socio-cultural determinants of physical activity
• development and assessment of individual/population health outcomes of interventions containing socio-cultural change components

Dr. Craig W. Hofford, Associate Professor
Health Promotion
chofford@ou.edu | Bio

• stress assessment
• burnout

Dr. Travis W. Beck, Assistant Professor
Exercise Physiology
tbeck@ou.edu | Bio

Research Interests:

• Noninvasive assessment of neuromuscular function
• Surface electromyography (EMG) and mechanomyography (MMG)
• Digital signal processing techniques

Dr. Mark A. Anderson
Adjunct Associate Professor
Exercise Physiology/Physical Therapy
Mark-Anderson@ouhsc.edu

Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, OU Health Sciences Center

Dr. Trent E. Gabert
Professor
tgabert@ou.edu

Associate Dean College of Liberal Studies, University of Oklahoma

Dr. Allen W. Knehans
Adjunct Professor
Samuel Roberts Noble Presidential Professor
Nutritional Biochemistry
Allen-Knehans@ouhsc.edu

Department of Nutritional Sciences, OU Health Sciences Center

Dr. Deborah Goodman
Human Sexuality
dgoodman@ou.edu

Dr. Ronald Ratliff, Professor Emeritus
Exercise Physiology
raratliff@ou.edu | Bio

Research Interests:

• Health effects of exercise
• Human Performance

Diane McBride
Assistant to the Chair
dianemcbride@ou.edu
Huston Huffman Center Room 114
(405) 325-5212
(405) 325-0594 FAX

Tonnie Tucker
Staff Assistant II
ttucker@ou.edu
Huston Huffman Center Room 104
(405) 325-5211
(405) 325-0594 FAX