Current academic titles: Emeritus prof. of applied physiol. (since 1991), Teachers College, Columbia U.
Emeritus prof. of pediatrics & physiology (since 2005), Medical College of Georgia.
Selected former positions: Asst. prof. of physical educ., City U of NY (Hunter College); Co-director of Center
for Health Promotion, Columbia U; Co-director of Georgia Center for the Study of Obesity & Related Disorders; Adjunct prof. of nutrition, UNC- Chapel Hill.
Research grants: More than $15 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health.
Book: The high energy factor. Random House, 1983.
Selected Recent Invited Presentations
Stem cell differentiation into fat & lean cells: implications for prevention of child obesity: U of GA; U of
Southern Calif.; National Inst. of Child Health & Development; U of Bremen, Germany; U of Groningen, Netherlands; Internat. Society of Behavioral Nutrition & Physical Activity, Ghent, Belgium; Ohio U.
How can youths develop lean & healthy bodies? A new perspective. Duke U; Case-Western Reserve U;
Slippery Rock U; UMass.-Boston.
How parents, schools & communities can help youths develop healthy bodies: some surprising implications of
recent research. Ohio U; Minneapolis.
Volunteer teaching: Frontiers in medicine Osher Life-Long Learning Inst. at Duke U.
