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Today's podcast guest is the newest addition to the Huffines Institute, Dr. Jenna Yentes! Dr. Yentes' research focus at Texas A&M is primarily on functional resiliency and reserve in older adults. Her previous research focused on functional outcomes in those that suffer from pulmonary disease, namely chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Dr. Yentes’ group were the first to document biomechanical changes in gait in persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. She has also explored the clinical utility of locomotor respiratory coupling in this population. Her research has shown that non-varying coupling is related to energy expenditure. In addition, Dr. Yentes has published several methods papers regarding the use of nonlinear algorithms such as sample entropy with human movement data. Her work in this area has pushed for increased transparency regarding selection of parameters to be used in such algorithms, as many findings can be an artifact of parameter choice. She hopes to continue her work in this area, cultivating proper use and interpretation of nonlinear data.

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Our podcast guest today is Dr. Jeff Potteiger, a professor in the Department of Movement Science at Grand Valley State University. He received his Ph.D. from Auburn University, his M.S. degree from McDaniel College, and his B.S. degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Potteiger has been a faculty member at Indiana State University, the University of Kansas, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Miami University. Dr. Potteiger has served in university administrative roles as a laboratory director, graduate program director, department chairperson, dean, and associate provost for research. 

Here he discusses the road that led him to where he is now, as well as acknowledging the people who were there along the way!

Today our guest, Dr. Sue Bloomfield kicks off the first episode of our “History of Exercise Science” series! Dr. Bloomfield achieved her B.S. in Biology at Oberlin College in Ohio, her M.A. in Physical Education at the University of Iowa, and her Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology at The Ohio State University, then joined the Health and Kinesiology faculty at Texas A&M in 1993. Her research interests focused on the integrative physiology of bone, with specific reference to skeletal adaptations to disuse, microgravity, caloric deficiency, and inflammation. Dr. Bloomfield is a fellow in the American College of Sports Medicine and in the National Academy of Kinesiology. Her research was funded for twenty years by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NASA) and Department of Defense. Dr. Bloomfield is a frequent member of NASA advisory panels and also served on two National Academy committees advising NASA for 5 years. Dr. Bloomfield served as Assistant Provost in the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies from 2012-2016 and as Associate Dean for Research in the College of Education and Human Development, overseeing CEHD research and Development Office staff functions. Dr. Bloomfield has authored or co-authored 64 scholarly papers and contributed a chapter to the book, Novel Findings in Bone Biology: Impact on Bone Health for Women (Springer New York, 2013).

In the episode she talks about the careers of, along with her personal experiences with, exercise physiology legends, Carl Gisolfi and Charles Tipton (whose biographies are linked below!)

Carl Gisolfi:

https://clas.uiowa.edu/faculty/carl-gisolfi

Charles Tipton

https://physiology.arizona.edu/news/2021/editorial-tribute-charles-m-tip-tipton-1927-2021

It’s Podcast Friday!  Join us today for our discussion of a large new study that has shown that regular moderate exercise is the second best way to prevent COVID hospitalization and death.  Dr. Bob Sallis from Kaiser Permanente and former President of the American College of Sports Medicine joins us to discuss their recent huge study about the effect of regular exercise on COVID responses.  This study was unique in that it had almost 49,000 subjects with at least 6 months of exercise data before the pandemic, and then what happened to these subjects when they got COVID.  This was truly one-of-a-kind study and join us to find out how it was done and the ramifications of the results! (click here for the original study and the New York Times piece on the study).  

We are excited to bring you a conversation with a former Huffines Institute podcast producer Ms. Kelli Selman and her adventures since leaving the Huffines Institute. This conversation is targeted to those individuals who want to work in the strength and conditioning field and illustrates how to get in the field and the opportunities available for those in the field. Did we mention China?

If you want ACSM’s recommendations on exercising during the COVID-19 pandemic follow the link: bit.ly/Exercise_Pandemic

Don’t forget we have a video version of this podcast available at huffinesinstitute.org.

Here is a great multi-speaker video - made for student athletes at Texas A&M - that answers all the questions you have about getting the COVID vaccination. The expert panel is made up of:

• Dr. JP Bramhall (MD) Team Physician for Texas A&M and Founder of Central Texas Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics, 

Great, great information about getting vaccinated. Why are you waiting?

If you want ACSM’s recommendations on exercising during the COVID-19 pandemic follow the link: bit.ly/Exercise_Pandemic

Don’t forget we have a video version of this podcast available at huffinesinstitute.org.

One of the biggest reasons for people not to get COVID vaccinated is concerns about the safety of the vaccine. While there are many sources of information on this topic, the best is the scientific literature where this has actually been studied.  Most people don’t know that they can easily access these scientific papers and read them for themselves. The podcast covers tips and tricks to finding these papers and understanding what they say (hint:  it’s not hard!). So, join us to today as we talk about how to find COVID vaccine safety information! You may be saving yourself and others you love!

If you want ACSM’s recommendations on exercising during the COVID-19 pandemic follow the link: bit.ly/Exercise_Pandemic

Don’t forget we have a video version of this podcast available at huffinesinstitute.org.

Did you know that your community may affect whether you get COVID or not? Join the Huffines Institute podcast today as we talk 'community and COVID' with Dr. George Cunningham from the Division of Sport Management at Texas A&M. Dr. Cunningham’s work show a close association between your community’s health attitudes and your risk of COVID infection. This is a great conversation on how our community can influence our health.

If you want ACSM’s recommendations on exercising during the COVID-19 pandemic follow the link: bit.ly/Exercise_Pandemic

Don’t forget we have a video version of this podcast available at huffinesinstitute.org

Join the Huffines Institute podcast today as we talk to Dr. Tim Callaghan from the School of Public Health at Texas A&M as we talk about vaccine hesitancy. Why are some people not getting the COVID vaccination?  How can we educate people about the vaccine?  We talk about these topics and many others on this podcast!

If you want ACSM’s recommendations on exercising during the COVID-19 pandemic follow the link: bit.ly/Exercise_Pandemic

To see what we are up to, check out our website at huffinesinstitute.org

The award winning Hilliard Discussions are back! But, there's a twist... Rather than the typical short lecture format, the Hilliard Discussions will be hosted as debates.

What will this look like, you ask? Well, we will have two experts on opposing sides of a certain topic in the area of sports medicine and human performance. Then, they will debate and respectfully argue their points backed by evidence from their research/experience. Sounds fun, I know!

Additionally, Hilliard Discussions will now occur semi-annually: one in January and one in September.

The next Hilliard Discussion will be on January 27th, 2021 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm CST in an online format! A link to the event will be posted on huffinesinstitute.org soon.

The topic that will be discussed is: Does the scientific literature inhibit scientific truth? Talking on the pro side of the topic will be Dr. Brian Nosek, and talking on the con side will be Dr. Andy Young.

Hope to see you there!