The Department of Health, Exercise Science and Recreation Management is hosting their annual Kevser Ermin Memorial Lecture on March 29, 2018 at 7 p.m. in the Turner Center Auditorium.
Our distinguished guest lecturer, Dr. Kevin Hefferman, will present “Muscular Strength, Strength Training and Vascular Health.”
Dr. Hefferman is a Dean’s Associate Professor of Exercise Science and Director of the Human Performance Lab at Syracuse University (SU). He received his BS in Exercise Science from the University of Scranton, his MS in Applied Physiology and Nutrition from Teachers College- Columbia University, and his Ph.D in Kinesiology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He completed postdoctoral research training at Tufts Medical Center in the Molecular Cardiology Research Institute.
He received New Investigator Awards from the American College of Sports Medicine in 2010 and the North American Artery Society in 2013. He is currently the president elect for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine.
Dr. Heffernan uses experiential learning to engage students in an active lab environment and thoroughly enjoys mentoring students through the research process, from idea conceptualization to manuscript publication.
The Human Performance Lab investigates the interaction of diet, nutritional supplementation and exercise (with an emphasis on resistance exercise) on vascular function in health, disease and disability across the human lifespan. The lab has received/is currently funded by: the Dairy Research Institute, the American Heart Association, the American College of Sports Medicine, the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.
Their mission is to use exercise as medicine to prevent and treat chronic disease “one step at a time…one rep at a time.”
Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend.
No registration is required. For more information, contact the Department of Health, Exercise Science and Recreation Management at (662) 915-5521.
