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Research Overview
Linda Pescatello, Ph.D., FACSM, has been funded by the American Heart Association for her work on exercise and hypertension; Pratt & Whitney for research relating to comprehensive worksite health promotion interventions; and the USDA for providing personal training physical activity interventions to adolescent, overweight, minority girls. As a member of the Exercise Science and Genetics Collaborative Research Group, she had been funded by Donaghue Medical Research Foundation for her research related to exercise genomics; and is site co-principal investigator of a 5 year multi-center grant project entitled, “Functional Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Associated with Human Size and Strength”, funded by the National Institutes of Health, Aging and Neurological Disorders and Stroke. On-going projects in her laboratory include the effects of cholesterol medications on exercise-induced muscle injury, and genetic determinants of the blood pressure and muscle response to exercise/physical activity. She has received awards for her work from the American College of Sports Medicine, the Association for Worksite Health Promotion, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the University of Connecticut School of Education Alumni Society and School of Allied Health.
Education
Ph.D. University of Connecticut, 1986 (exercise science)
M.A., University of Connecticut, 1981 (exercise science)
B.S., University of Connecticut, 1977 (biology sciences/education)
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Publications
Blanchard BE, GJ Tsongalis, MA Guidry, LA Labelle, M Poulin, AL Taylor, CM Maresh, J Devaney, PD Thompson and LS Pescatello. RAAS polymorphisms alter the acute blood pressure response to dynamic exercise. Eur J Appl Physiol 97: 26-33, 2006.
Marschke LC, G Allen, D Coble, SR Zellner, R Klein, B Auidi, D Murphy and LS Pescatello. Cardiovascular health status and health risk assessment method of preference among worksite employees. Journal of Primary Prevention 27: 67-79, 2006.
Pescatello LS, M Kostek, H Gordish-Dressman, PD Thompson, RL Seip, TB Price, TJ Angelopoulos, PM Clarkson, PM Gordon, NM Moyna, PS Visich, RF Zoeller, JM Devaney and EP Hoffman. ACE ID genotype and the muscle strength and size response to unilateral resistance training. Med Sci Sports Exerc 38: 1074-1081, 2006.
Thompson PD, GJ Tsongalis, JM Ordovas, RL Seip, C Bilbie, , M Miles, R Zoeller, P Visich, P Gordon, T Angelopoulos, LS Pescatello and N Moyna. Angiotensin-converting enzyme genotype and adherence to aerobic exercise training. Prev Cardiol 9: 21-24, 2006.
Gordon ES, HA Gordish-Dressman, J Devaney, P Clarkson, PD Thompson, P Gordon, LS Pescatello, MJ Hubal, EE Pistilli, G Gianetti, B Kesley and EP Hoffman. The effect of non disease genetic testing on self-concept, significant implications for subject perception. Eur J Hum Genetics 13: 1047-1054, 2005.
Pescatello LS. Exercise and hypertension: recent advances in exercise prescription. Cur Hypertens Rep 7: 281-286, 2005.
American College of Sports Medicine. Position Stand: Exercise and hypertension. LS Pescatello (co-chair), Franklin B (co-chair), R Fagard, W Farquhar, GA Kelly and C Ray. Med Sci Sports Exerc 36: 533-553, 2004.
Thompson PD, GJ Tsongalis, C Meckes, M Miles, R Zoeller, P Visich, P Gordon, T Angelopoulos, LS Pescatello, L Bausserman, R Seip and N Moyna. Apolipoprotein E Genotype and Changes in Serum Lipids and Maximal Oxygen Uptake with Exercise Training. Metabolism 53: 193-202, 2004.
Pescatello LS, L Bairos, JL VanHeest, CM Maresh, NR Rodriguez, NM Moyna, C DiPasquale, V Collins, CL Meckes, L Krueger and PD Thompson. Postexercise hypotension differs between white and black women. Am Heart J 145: 364-370, 2003.
Pescatello LS. Does physical activity help weight loss in obesity? In D MacAuley and TM Best (eds.) Evidence Based Sports Medicine London: London, England: BMJ Books, 2002, p.196-215, www.evidbasedsportsmed.com.
Pescatello LS and JM Kulikowich. The after effects of acute and chronic dynamic exercise on ambulatory blood pressure. Med Sci Sports Exerc 33: 1855-1861, 2001.
Pescatello LS, DM Murphy and DG Costanzo. Lower energy expenditure physical activity benefits blood lipids and lipoproteins in older adults living at home. Age and Ageing 29: 433-439, 2000.
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