Rod K. Dishman, PhD, is a professor of exercise science, an
adjunct professor of psychology, and the director of the Exercise
Psychology Laboratory at the University of Georgia at Athens. He is also
an adjunct professor in the Arnold School of Public Health at the
University of South Carolina at Columbia. Dr. Dishman is a reviewer for
more than 50 journals, including Journal of the American Medical
Association (JAMA) and American Journal of Public Health. He
has served on editorial boards of numerous journals in preventive
medicine and public health, such as Exercise and Sport Science Reviews,
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, and Health
Psychology and as an exercise consultant to public health agencies
in the United States, Canada, and Europe. He has published approximately
150 peer-reviewed articles and written or edited several books related
to physical activity and health.
Dr. Dishman is an American College of Sports Medicine fellow, where he
has served as a member of the Research Advisory Committee and the Board
of Trustees. He was a member of the jury for selection of the Olympic
Prize in Sport Sciences awarded by the International Olympic Committee's
Medical Commission and served on the scientific advisory committee for
the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. He resides in
Athens, Georgia.
Gregory Heath, DHSc, MPH, has been contributing to the field of
exercise science and health promotion for over 25 years. Dr. Heath is
the Guerry Professor of Exercise Science and head of the department of
health and human performance at the University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga. Previously, he worked at the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention as lead health scientist in the Physical Activity and
Health Branch. He has extensive experience in conducting studies and
data analyses in the areas of physical activity epidemiology and public
health practice.
Dr. Heath is a fellow in the Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, the
American Heart Association, and the American College of Sports Medicine.
He earned his doctorate of health science in applied physiology and
nutrition and his master's of public health in epidemiology from Loma
Linda University.
I-Min Lee, MBBS, MPH, ScD, is an associate professor of medicine
at Harvard Medical School, an associate professor of epidemiology at
Harvard School of Public Health, and an associate epidemiologist at
Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Her main research interest is in
the role of physical activity in promoting health and preventing chronic
disease. This extends to characteristics associated with a physically
active way of life, such as maintenance of ideal body weight. She also
is concerned with issues relating to women's health. Lee has published
more than 190 peer-reviewed articles and is a frequent invited
presenter, teacher, and speaker at local, national, and international
levels.
A reviewer for 30 journals, including Lancet and New England
Journal of Medicine, Lee also serves on the editorial board for Harvard
Women’s Health Watch, Medicine & Science in Sports &
Exercise, and the Brazilian Journal of Physical Activity and
Health.
Lee is an elected member of the American Epidemiological Society and a
member of the Society for Epidemiologic Research, the American Heart
Association, and the International Society for Physical Activity and
Health. She is a member and fellow of the American College of Sports
Medicine (ACSM) and has served on the ACSM’s Research Advisory Committee
and Board of Trustees. Dr. Lee also served on the scientific advisory
committee for the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans.
Lee is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, in particular
the Young Epidemiologist Award from the Royal Society of Medicine in the
United Kingdom (1999); the William G. Anderson Award from the American
Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (2007);
the Charles C. Shepard Award from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (2009); and the ACSM’s Citation Award (2011).
Lee resides in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Harold W. (Bill) Kohl, III, PhD, is a professor of epidemiology
and kinesiology at the University of Texas School of Public Health
Austin Regional Campus and the University of Texas at Austin. Before
this appointment, he served as lead epidemiologist and team leader in
the Physical Activity and Health Branch of the Division of Nutrition and
Physical Activity at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in
Atlanta.
He has worked since 1984 in the area of physical activity and health,
including conducting research, developing and evaluating intervention
programs for adults and children, and developing and advising on policy
issues. He earned his doctorate in epidemiology and community health
studies at the University of Texas Houston Health Science Center School
of Public Health and a master’s of science degree in public health at
the University of South Carolina. Kohl’s other areas of specialization
are biostatistics and health promotion.
His research interests include current focuses on physical activity,
exercise, fitness and health, and sports medicine surveillance systems
for musculoskeletal injuries. In his recent efforts, he has concentrated
on national and international physical activity surveillance and
epidemiology issues as well as program development and evaluation
studies for the promotion of school-based physical activity for children
and adolescents.
Kohl has served as an elected trustee and is a fellow of the American
College of Sports Medicine and is a fellow in the National Academy of
Kinesiology. He is the founding president of the International Society
for Physical Activity and Health. He has served in an editorial capacity
for several scientific journals and is currently coeditor of the Journal
of Physical Activity and Health. He has published more than 150
articles, chapters, and monographs in the scientific literature.
Tinker D. Murray, PhD, is a professor of health and human
performance at Texas State University in San Marcos. He earned his PhD
in physical education from Texas A&M University in 1984. His research
interests include school-based and clinical-based youth physical
activity interventions for the prevention of obesity and diabetes,
continuing education opportunities for coaching education, and personal
fitness and training applications related to exercise physiology.
From 1982 to 1984, Murray served as director of cardiac rehabilitation
at Brooke Army Medical Center, where he was twice recognized for his
exceptional performance. Since 1984, he has been at Southwest Texas and
Texas State University, where he served as the director of employee
wellness from 1984 to 1988 and director of the exercise performance
laboratory from 1984 to 2000. He was a volunteer assistant cross country
and track coach at Southwest Texas from 1985 to 1988 and helped win
three Gulf Star Conference titles.
From 1985 to 1988, he was a subcommittee member for the Governor's
Commission on Physical Fitness that developed the Fit Youth Today
Program. He served as lecturer and examiner for the USA Track and Field
Level II Coaching Certification Program from 1988 to 2008 and as the
vice chair of the Governor's Commission for Physical Fitness in Texas
from 1993 to 1994. He has worked with the Texas High School Coaches
Association (THSCA) since 2003 as a facilitator with the Professional
Development Cooperative, which promotes continuing education
opportunities.
Murray is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and
is certified as an ACSM program director. He was a two-time president of
the Texas regional chapter of ACSM (1987 and 1994). He served on the
national ACSM Board of Trustees from 1998 to 2001. In the fall of 2003,
he was a guest researcher at the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity. He has
been a member of the International Society for Physical Activity and
Health (ISPAH) since 2009 and has attended all three biannual meetings
of the International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health.