February 17th, 2012 | Published in alumni, Sports Management
Alumnus Gordon Warren (Ph.D., 1989) received the Henry J. Montoye Scholar Award at the Southeast Chapter Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine on February 10, 2012.
Dr. Warren is a professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at Georgia State University, where he has been on the faculty since 1998. His research focus over the last 20 years has been on the molecular- and cellular-level mechanisms contributing to muscle strength impairments resulting from eccentric-contraction induced muscle injury, estrogen deficiency, aging, muscular dystrophy, fatigue and spinal cord injury, and how the inflammatory response modulates the recovery of strength from injury. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, the Department of Defense, and the Muscular Dystrophy Association. His publications have been cited over 2500 times in the scientific literature.
Dr. Bryan McCullick’s research on after-school physical education as a means of combating obesity and improving academic achievement is featured in the fall issue of the UGAResearch magazine.. 
Beginning in the summer of 2012, the the UGA Kinesiology Department will offer an M.S.-nonthesis with a specialization in sport management and policy at the UGA Gwinnett Campus. 
Dr. James Zhang has joined the UGA Department of Kinesiology as a Professor and Director of the International Center for Sport
A study by Dr. Michael Schmidt, assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology, has found that aist circumference, not BMI, is best predictor of future cardiovascular risk in children. 
