Ph.D. in Kinesiology - New Mexico Tech

Presentations
First Author
Physical functional Performance in Older Adults in Italy, Switzerland, and the United States.
SYMPOSIUM AT: 19 th IAGG World Congress on Geriatrics and Gerontology. (Paris, France. July 5,
2009).
Physical Function and Quality of Life in the Oldest-Old. INVITED LECTURE. CS-PFP Conference
(Athens, GA; June 5, 2008).
INVITED LECTURE. American Alliance of Health Physical Education recreation and Dance (Fort Worth,
TX; April 8, 2008)
Oxygen Uptake Efficiency: An Index of functional lifespan. Annual Meeting of the New England Chapter
of the American College of Sports Medicine (Providence, RI; November 14, 2007).
Socio-Cultural Factors and Falls Risk Factors among Independent-Living Older Adults. Annual Meeting of
the American College of Sports Medicine (New Orleans, LA; June 1, 2007).
Criterion and Construct Validity of the Yale Physical Activity Questionnaire. Annual Meeting of the
American College of Sports Medicine (Indianapolis, IN; May 31, 2005)
Exercise and Peripheral Neuropathy. SYMPOSIUM with L Li, J Hondzinski, R Gardner, and MA Welsch,
Louisiana State University. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Chapter of the American College of
Sports Medicine. (Charlotte, NC; January, 2005).
The Louisiana Healthy Aging Study: INVITED LECTURE. 4 th Convego Sporte Salute, (Padova, Italy;
March 6 th , 2004).
Social function, physical function, and self-prescribed physical activity in older adults. 6 th World Congress
on Aging and Physical Activity (London Ontario; August 6 th , 2004).
Predicting VO2max of older adults from oxygen uptake efficiency durig the cs-pfp functional fitness test.
Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine (San Francisco, CA; June, 2003).
Physical function, cognitive function, and quality of life in the very- and oldest-old: SYMPOSIUM with K
Cherry, Louisiana State University, Dedpartment of Psychology. 49 th Annual meeting of the Southeastern
Psychological Association (New Orleans, LA; March, 2003).
Issues in conducting Aging Research: Obtaining IRB Approval: COLLOQUIUM. Annual Meeting of the
American College of Sports Medicine (St. Louis, MO; June, 2002).
Combining physical functional ability tasks and self-report of ADLs predicts health-related quality of life in
older adults. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Chapter of American College of Sports Medicine
(Atlanta, GA; January, 2002).
Physical functional ability, exercise-training, and heart rate variability among older adults.Annual Meeting
of the American College of Sports Medicine (Baltimore, MD; June, 2001).
Exercise, Aging and Functional Outcomes: A Critical Dimension for Meaningful Results: SYMPOSIUM
with ME Cress, University of Georgia; J Petrella, University of Georgia; MA Welsch, Louisiana State
University. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine.
(Columbia, SC; January, 2001).