Baylor University College of Health and Human Sciences Hosts World Class Speaker for American College of Sports Medicine Fall Lecture Tour
WACO, TX (October 15, 2014) – The Health, Human Performance and Recreation (HHPR) department of Baylor University College of Health and Human Sciences is hosting the 2014 Texas Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (TACSM) Fall Lecture Tour on Thursday, October 16th at 12:30 p.m. in the Baylor Science Building, RM D.110. The community is invited to the free lecture and visitor parking is available by calling (254) 710-7275 or by email at parking@baylor.edu.
“We are honored to welcome to Baylor University the world-class speaker, Dr. Patricia L. Painter, Research Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Utah. Her work with chronic kidney disease patients is acclaimed internationally,” said Dr. Shelley F. Conroy, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE, Inaugural Dean, Baylor University College of Health and Human Sciences. “Dr. Painter’s presentation, “Implementation of Exercise in Populations with Chronic Disease: Translation of Science into Practice” is designed to have broad applicability for those interested in clinical research methodology. Please consider this an open invitation to join us on October 16th.”
“The Fall Lecture Tour is a commitment from the TACSM to enhance statewide educational offerings in the exercise sciences,” said Peter W. Grandjean, Ph.D., FACSM, Professor and Director of the Baylor Laboratories for Exercise Science and Technology (BLEST), Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation, Baylor University College of Health and Human Sciences. “This is a tremendous opportunity for our Department, College and University to partner with TACSM in order to highlight the work being done across our disciplines to improve our quality of life and the human condition.”
“Dr. Painter’s research has helped to establish that severe physical limitations and many symptoms of fatigue and weakness experienced by patients with kidney disease can be improved with exercise training,” said Grandjean. “The mechanisms of limitations have not been fully identified, but sarcopenia and resulting muscle dysfunction contribute, as well as abnormal cardiac responses to exercise may contribute. Dr. Painter is interested in the physiologic limitations to exercise in patients with kidney disease as well as how to best incorporate counseling and encouragement for increased physical activity within the health care setting of dialysis and after transplant.”
Globally distinguished for her work, Dr. Painter is an established investigator whose research addresses the efficacy of exercise in those with chronic kidney disease – particularly patients having undergone kidney transplant or those being treated with dialysis. Dr. Painter has completed three (RO1) NIH funded studies in kidney and liver transplant and several privately funded studies on the effects of exercise training in patients treated with dialysis. Her studies have included exercise training studies as well as a studies to determine physiologic limitations to exercise in patients with renal disease.
ABOUT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
Baylor University is a private Christian University and a nationally ranked research institution, characterized as having “high research activity” by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University provides a vibrant campus community for approximately 16,000 students by blending interdisciplinary research with an international reputation for educational excellence and a faculty commitment to teaching and scholarship. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas through the efforts of Baptist pioneers, Baylor is the oldest continually operating University in Texas. Located in Waco, Baylor welcomes students from all 50 states and more than 80 countries to study a broad range of degrees among its 12 nationally recognized academic divisions. Baylor sponsors 19 varsity athletic teams and is a founding member of the Big 12 Conference.
ABOUT COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES
After more than three years of evaluation and input from Baylor regents, deans, faculty and staff, and external entities, the Baylor Board of Regents approved the creation of the College of Health and Human Sciences on May 16, 2014. This was also a direct result of identified priorities for strengthening the health sciences through Baylor’s strategic vision, Pro Futuris, which serves as a compass for the University’s future. The anchor academic units that form the new College –Communication Sciences and Disorders, Family and Consumer Sciences, Health, Human Performance and Recreation, and the Louise Herrington School of Nursing – share a common purpose: improving health and the quality of life. The new College is working to create curricula that will promote a team-based approach to patient care and will establish interdisciplinary research collaborations to advance solutions for improving the quality of life for individuals, families, and communities. For more information visit, https://www.baylor.edu/chhs/
ABOUT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND RECREATION
The Department of HHPR is focused on diverse aspects of health, activity, recreation, and quality of life. These topics are particularly timely. At no time in our nation's history have we likely devoted such focused attention toward fitness, sport performance, health, and recreation. Among other activity- and health-related fields, graduates from HHPR will find great vocational opportunity in church recreation, outdoor recreation, exercise physiology, sport psychology, sport management, athletic training, health education, physical therapy, occupational therapy, medical practice, and nutrition.