Episode 4: April 2, 2021
In the fourth episode of the spring season, , an associate professor of exercise science in the , was the featured faculty guest. He discussed his work on how modified high-intensity exercise can be developed into a viable intervention to combat Type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes is a major public health concern placing a heavy burden on health care systems and exacting an age-dependent toll on well-being and quality of life. Among the most effect strategies to improve adherence is participation in time-efficient high-intensity exercise. This approach has the added advantage in that it also improves insulin sensitivity when compared to lower intensity, continuous duration exercise. ²ÝÁñÊÓƵing these approaches as clinical recommendations would greatly improve initial Type 2 diabetes patient outcomes by pragmatically improving physical activity adherence.
Kliszczewicz is part of one of five ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ research teams which received a two-year grant from ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ's . He is working with collaborators Trisha VanDusseldorp and Gerald Mangine, both associate professors of exercise science, and Carol Chrestensen, professor of chemistry, to focus on Omega-3 fatty acids for disease prevention.
Kliszczewicz, who joined the in 2013, earned a Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology from Auburn University. He has served as the coordinator for ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ's since 2015. A member of the American College of Sports Medicine, he received a fellowship from that organization in 2018.
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