Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee Report
Membership Lists
Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee
Members
Chair
William L. Haskell, PhD Stanford Prevention Research Center
Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA
Vice Chair
Miriam E. Nelson, PhD John Hancock Center for Physical Activity and
Nutrition Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Tufts
University Boston, MA
Members
Rod K. Dishman, PhD Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute
Department of Kinesiology College of Education The University of
Georgia Athens, GA
Edward T. Howley, PhD Center for Physical Activity and Health
Department of Exercise, Sport and Leisure Studies College of Education,
Health, and Human Sciences University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN
Wendy M. Kohrt, PhD Division of Geriatric Medicine Department
of Medicine University of Colorado Denver Denver, CO
William E. Kraus, MD Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Department of Medicine Duke University School of Medicine Durham,
NC
I-Min Lee, MBBS, ScD Division of Preventive Medicine Brigham
and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School Department of
Epidemiology Harvard School of Public Health Boston, MA
Anne McTiernan, MD, PhD Division of Public Health Sciences Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, WA
Russell R. Pate, PhD Department of Exercise Science Arnold
School of Public Health University of South Carolina Columbia, SC
Kenneth E. Powell, MD, MPH Public Health and Epidemiologic
Consultant Atlanta, GA
Judith G. Regensteiner, PhD General Internal Medicine and
Cardiology Center for Women's Health Research School of Medicine
University of Colorado Denver Denver, CO
James H. Rimmer, PhD National Center on Physical Activity and
Disability and Rehabilitation Department of Disability and Human
Development University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL
Antronette K. (Toni) Yancey, MD, MPH Department of Health Services
and Center to Eliminate Health Disparities UCLA School of Public
Health Los Angeles, CA
Consultants to Advisory Committee Subcommittees
Jason D. Allen, PhD Duke University Medical Center
Steven N. Blair, PED University of South Carolina
David M. Buchner, MD, MPH National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion Center for Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
A. John Campbell, MD University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Timothy Church, MD, MPH, PhD Pennington Biomedical Research
Center
Stephen R. Daniels, MD University of Colorado School of
Medicine
Loretta DiPietro, PhD, MPH Yale University School of Medicine
Joseph E. Donnelly, EdD University of Kansas
Brian D. Duscha, MS Duke University Medical Center
Christina D. Economos, PhD Tufts University
Roger Fielding, PhD Tufts University
Julie Gilchrist, MD National Center for Injury Prevention and
Control, CDC
Jack Guralnik, MD, PhD National Institute of Aging, National
Institutes of Health
Bernard (Bob) Gutin, PhD University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
Steven M. Haffner, MD University of Texas Health Science Center at
San Antonio
Richard F. Hamman, MD, DrPH University of Colorado Denver
Jennifer Hootman, PhD National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
Amy G. Huebschman, MD University of Colorado Denver
John M. Jakicic, PhD University of Pittsburgh
Bruce Jones, MD, MPH US Army Center for Health Promotion and
Preventive Medicine
George A. Kelley, DA West Virginia University
Harold W. (Bill) Kohl III, PhD National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC; and University of Texas Health
Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health
Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH University of Pennsylvania
Nancy E. Lane, MD University of California Davis Medical Center
Caroline A. Macera, PhD San Diego State University
Robert M. Malina, PhD Tarleton State University
JoAnn Manson, MD, DrPH, MPH Harvard University School of
Public Health
Patrick J. O’Connor, PhD University of Georgia
James M. Pivarnik, PhD Michigan State University
Irene Schauer, MD, PhD University of Colorado Denver
Kathryn H. Schmitz, PhD, MPH University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine
Anita Stewart, PhD University of California, San Francisco
Paul D. Thompson, MD University of Connecticut, Hartford
Hospital
Phillip D. Tomporowski, PhD University of Georgia
US Department of Health and Human Services Staff Physical
Activity Guidelines Steering Committee
Penelope Slade Royall, PT, MSW Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Health (Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) Rear Admiral, US Public
Health Service Director, Secretary’s Prevention Priority
Richard P. Troiano, PhD Captain, US Public Health Service
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Physical Activity
Guidelines Coordinator and Advisory Committee Executive Secretary
Melissa A. Johnson, MS Executive Director, President’s
Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Physical Activity Outreach
Coordinator
Harold W. (Bill) Kohl III, PhD Epidemiology and Surveillance Team
Leader Physical Activity and Health Branch, CDC Physical Activity
Science Coordinator (until January 2008)
Janet E. Fulton, PhD Epidemiology and Surveillance Team Leader
(Acting) Physical Activity and Health Branch, CDC Physical Activity
Science Coordinator (beginning January 2008)
CDC Physical Activity Guidelines Scientific Database
Management Staff
Heidi M. Blanck, PhD Commander, US Public Health Service
David R. Brown, PhD
David M. Buchner, MD, MPH
Susan A. Carlson, MPH
Carl J. Caspersen, PhD, MPH
Jacqueline N. Epping, MEd
Janet E. Fulton, PhD
Patrick Glew, MPH
C. Dexter (Bo) Kimsey, PhD Captain, US Public Health Service
Harold W. (Bill) Kohl III, PhD
L. Michele Maynard, PhD
Candace D. Rutt, PhD
Jesus Soares, MSc, ScD
Linda K. West, MSPH Commander, US Public Health Service
Database and Report Information Specialist
Reba A. Norman, MLM National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion, CDC
Physical Activity Guidelines Management Staff
Christopher W. Barrett, PT, DPT Lieutenant, US Public Health
Service Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Christy Choi Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Tynetta Dreher President’s Council on Physical Fitness and
Sports
Yolande Gary Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Sarah Linde-Feucht, MD Captain, US Public Health Service Office
of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Marian Robinson Office of Health Policy Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Sandra Saunders Office of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion
Wilma M. Tilson, MPH Office of Health Policy Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Eduardo Valdivia Office of Health Policy Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
Jennifer Tucker, MPA National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion, CDC
With assistance from interns and fellows:
Susan Bishop Tamyra Carroll Garcia, MPH Elaina Filauro Scott
Galla Neela Patel, MD, MPH
Technical Writer/Editor
Anne Brown Rodgers
Technical assistance to the subcommittees in preparing the
report was provided by the following individuals:
Pamela Andrews, MS University of Tennessee
Ming-De Chen, OT, MOE University of Illinois at Chicago
Matthew Herring, MS University of Georgia
Mary A. Kennedy, MS Tufts University
Frithjof Müller, MS University of Konstanz, Konstanz,
Germany
Jennifer O'Neill, MPH University of South Carolina
Rebecca M. Speck, MPH University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine
Kathleen Y. Wolin, ScD Washington University School of Medicine
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