Texas A&M University System Affiliated Faculty Members
Huffines Institute for Sports Medicine and Human Performance

Department

Faculty

Area of Interest

Department Web Page

AGRICULTURE & LlIFE SCIENCES

 

 

Animal Sciences

Stephen B. Smith

Adipose tissue

http://animalscience.tamu.edu

 

 

 

 

Administration

Jon J. Denton

Information technology

http://tlac.coe.tamu.edu

 

George T. Jessup

Information technology

http://hlknweb.tamu.edu

 

 

  Health &Kinesiology

William S. Barnes

Sports nutrition; strength training and conditioning

http://hlknweb.tamu.edu

SLDK;LSK

Susan A. Bloomfield

Bone adaptations; Female athlete triad

http://hlknweb.tamu.edu

 

John J. Buchanan

Neural control of movement and posture; Reaching-grasping and bimanual coordination skills

http://hlknweb.tamu.edu

 

Stephen F. Crouse

Lipids and metabolism; Exercise in disease prevention; Sports physiology and athletic performance

http://hlknweb.tamu.edu

  Geriatric and Exercise Physiology http://hlknweb.tamu.edu

 

Carl P. Gabbard

Physical development and motor behavior from infancy through adolescence

http://hlknweb.tamu.edu

 

John S. Green

Clinical exercise physiology and cardiac rehabilitation; Physiology of rehabilitation and healing; Statistics and research design

http://jsgreen.tamu.edu

 

John M. Lawler

Free radicals, antioxidants, and aging

http://hlknweb.tamu.edu

  Mike P. Masset

Exercise physiology; Genetics/genomics; Cardiovascular physiology

http://hlknweb.tamu.edu
  Skeletal muslce loss with aging; Muscle hypertrophy; Molecular Epidemiology and obesity http://hlknweb.tamu.edu

 

Charles H. Shea

Motor Neuroscience

http://hlknweb.tamu.edu

  Chris Woodman Determining the interactive effects of aging and exercise training on skeletal muscle vascular beds http://hlknweb.tamu.edu

 

David L. Wright

Motor Neuroscience

http://hlknweb.tamu.edu

       
Nutrition Rosemary L. Walzem Exercise effects on the outcomes of selected diets http://posc.tamu.edu/

ENGINEERING

 

 

 

 

Biomedical Engineering

William A. Hyman

Biomechanics and motion analysis; Biomechanics of injury

http://biomed.tamu.edu

 

Mechanical Engineering

Harry A. Hogan

Bone biomechanics; bone adaptations to mechanical loading and hormonal influences

http://www.mengr.tamu.edu

 

 

LIBERAL ARTS

 

 

 

Psychology

Arnold LeUnes

Psychological assessment; Talent identification; Development of psychological profiles of all levels and types of athletes

http://psychology.tamu.edu

 

 

MEDICINE AND THE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER

 

 

 

Administration

Nancy Dickey

 

www.tamhsc.edu

 

Christopher Colenda

Psychiatry and geriatric psychiatry

http://medicine.tamhsc.edu

Anatomy

David J. Earnest

Circadian rhythms and human performance

http://medicine.tamhsc.edu

Family Medicine Robert B. Hash Family medicine  

Internal Medicine

 Philip D. Houck

Congestive heart failure,

Weather and acute myocardial infarction, Enhanced extracorpeal counter pulsation

 

 http://www.sw.org

 

Cardiology

Daniel J. Larsen

Cardiac evaluation and treatment

http://www.sw.org

 

Thomas Meade

Exercise and lipids; Noninvasive cardiac imaging; Elecytrophysiology of the heart

http://www.sw.org

 

J. James Rohack

Exercise and lipids; Health care delivery systems

http://www.sw.org

 

Curtis C. Stauffer

Left ventricular function and wall thickness

http://www.sw.org

Endocrinology

Veronica K. Piziak

Bone health and exercise; Bone health in athletes

http://www.sw.org

Environmental & Occupational Health

Jerome J. Congleton

Physiology, biomechanics, and athletic performance

www.tamhsc.edu

Family Medicine

W. George Bartels

Clinical sports medicine

http://www.sw.org

 

Mark W. English

Clinical sports medicine

http://www.sw.org

 

John A. Joseph

Sports physiology, nutrition, and psychology

http://www.sw.org

 

Morey Price

Clinical sports medicine

http://www.sw.org

 

Edward Styduhar, Jr.

Clinical sports medicine

http://shs.tamu.edu

Department of Systems Biology and Translational Medicine

Janet L. Parker

Exercise and coronary artery disease

http://mphywww.tamu.edu

Obstetrics/Gynecology

Thomas W. Davis, Jr.

Female athlete triad; Increased activity and pubertal growth

http://www.sw.org

 

William L. Rayburn

Female athlete triad; Increased activity and pubertal growth

http://www.sw.org

Orthopedics

J.P. Bramhall

Shoulder, elbow and knee biomechanics; Sports injuries and Surgery

http://sports.tamu.edu

 

William P. Hamilton

Sports injuries and rehabilitation

http://www.sw.org

 

Derek K. Lichota

Knee and shoulder injuries and rehabilitation

http://www.sw.org

 

Jeffrey N. Spaw

Knee injuries and rehabilitation

http://www.sw.org

 

Thomas O’Shea

Sports injuries

http://www.sw.org

 

Robert Reeve

 

http://www.sw.org

 

Robert Probe

 

http://www.sw.org

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

James H. Albers

Muscle and peripheral nerve pathology

http://www.sw.org

 

SCIENCE

 

 

 

Biology

Vincent M. Cassone

Circadian rhythmicity; mechanisms by which the biological clock affects physiology and behavior

http://www.bio.tamu.edu

 

VETERINARY MEDICINE

 

 

 

Small Animal Medicine

Donald A. Hulse

Degenerative joint disease; Cartilage destruction and joint inflammation

http://cvm.tamu/vsam

 

Nora S. Matthews

Cardiovascular responses to acute exercise

http://cvm.tamu/vsam

Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology
Christine L. Heaps
Cellular and functional adaptations in coronary artery disease with exercise

http://www.cvm.tamu.edu/NewFacultyBios/BIOS/Heaps-VTPP.pdf

Large Animal Medicine and Surgery

William A. Moyer

Physiology and injury in racing horses

http://cvm.tamu/vlam