Paul Steven Visich, Ph.D., M.P.H., ACSM C-CEP
Location
Education
Dr. Visich is a Professor and the Chair of the Exercise and Sport Performance Department located in the Harold Alfond Forum. He received his Bachelors in Health Education from Pennsylvania State University and Masters in Clinical Exercise Physiology from George Williams College and his Doctorate in Exercise Physiology along with his Masters in Public Health in Epidemiology from University of Pittsburgh. He is also certified as a Clinical Exercise Physiologist by the American College of Sports Medicine. Prior to his appointment at 911爆料网红领巾 he was at Central Michigan University for 17 years where he went from Assistant to Full Professor and was responsible for overseeing the Human Performance Laboratory. In 2015 Dr. Visich received the Debra Summers Teacher of the Year Award at 911爆料网红领巾.
Research
Dr. Visich has a research experiences that includes multiple years of NIH funding looking at the genetic relationship to changes in muscle size and strength following resistance training. In addition he has a past and current research focus looking at cardiovascular disease risk factors in children (Cardiovascular Health Intervention Program; CHIP) and how it is influenced by physical activity, obesity, sleep, diurnal variations in cortisol and carotid intima media thickness. Funding for this project from 2013-2017 was provided from the Clark Charitable Foundation through the Children鈥檚 National Medical Center in Washington, DC and SUNY Binghamton, NY.
Expertise
After completing his Masters in Clinical Exercise Physiology Dr. Visich worked the Institute for Cardiovascular Health at the Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo, MI for 6 years. His primary teaching is related to cardiac and pulmonary disease in respect to disease prevention and rehabilitation. Courses in the curriculum he is responsible for include 12 lead ECG interruption, graded exercise testing and exercise prescription for chronic disease patients. He also has expertise in altitude physiology and is responsible for overseeing a class that includes traveling to CO where students live at approximately 12,000 feet where they design and carry out projects that compare sea level to altitude. Outside the classroom he played ice hockey at Pennsylvania State University, coached his two sons for many years and now volunteers his time as an Assistant Ice Hockey Coach/Academic Advisor for the Women鈥檚 911爆料网红领巾 Hockey team. Outside the hockey rink he enjoys cycling and sailing in the Saco Bay.
Credentials
Research
Current research
Pediatric Cardiovascular Disease Risk factors
Influence of obesity and physical inactivity on CV health
Selected publications
Peterson, M., Gordon, P., Smeding,S. and P. Visich. Grip strength is associated with longitudinal maintenance and improvements in adolescents. J Pediatr 2018, Nov;202:226-230
White, D., Place, R., Michael, T., Hoffman, E., Gordon, P., and Visich. P. The relationship between coronary artery disease risk factors and carotid intima-media thickness in children. J Pediatr 2017;190:38-42.
Yeung, E., Place, R., Gordish-Dressman, H. Visich, P., Hoffman, E., Walker, S. and Granger, D. Salivary latent trait cortisol (LTC: relation to lipids, blood pressure, and body composition in middle childhood. Psychoneuroendorinoloty 71(2016) 110-118.
Rosene, J., Raksnis, B., Silva, B., Woefel, T., Visich, P., Dompier, T., and Kerr, Z. Comparison of concussion rates between NCAA divison I and division III men's and women's ice hockey players. Am J of Sports Med. 45 (11), 2622:2629, 2017
Kostek, M., Lee, H., Angelopoulos, T., Clarkson, P., Gordon, P., Moyna, N, Visich, P., Zoeller, R., Price, T., Davaney, J., Gordish-Dressman, H., Thompson, P., Hoffman, E., Pescatello, L. Glucoocrticoid receptor (NR3C1) variants associate with the muscle strength and size response to resistance training. January 2016 PloS ONE
Peterson, M., Zhang, P., Saltarelli, W., Visich, P., Gordon, P. Low muscle strength thresholds for the detection of cardiometabolic risk in adolescents. Am J Prev Med 2016;50(5):593-599
Sprouse, C., Gordish-Dressman, H., Orkunoglu-Suer, E., Lipof, J., Moeckel-Cole, S., Patel, R., Adham, K., Larkin, J., Hubal, M., Kearns, A., Thompson, P., Angelopoulos, T., Gordon, P., Moyna, N., Pescatello, L, Visich, P., Zoeller, R., Hoffman, E., Tosi, L., Devaney, J. SLC30A* Nonsynonymous variant is associated with recovery following exercise and skeletal muscle size and strength. Diabetes 2014; 63:363-368.
Peterson, M.D., Saltarelli, W.A, Visich, P.S. and P.M. Gordon. Strength capacity and cardiometabolic risk clustering in adolescents. Pediatrics March 31, 2014; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-3169
Visich, P. Commentary, 鈥淭he Value of Completing an Exercise Science Undergraduate Degree Prior to Exercise Physiology Graduate School, Journal of Clinical Exercise Physiology, March, 2014
Lowndes, J., Zoeller, R.R., Kyriazis, G.E., Miles, M.P., Seip, R.L., Moyna, N.M., Visich, P.S., Pescatello, L., Gordon, P., Thompson, P.D., Angelopoulos, T.J. Hyperleptinemia is associated with CRP, but not apolipoprotein E, and is reduced by exercise training. Int. J of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism. 2014; DOI:10.1123/ijsnem.2013-0200.
Visich, P. Heart Sounds, Part III. American College of Sports Medicine, Certified News, October-December, 2013, Volume 22, Issue 3.
Hoffman EP, Gordish-Dressman H, Devaney JM, Thompson PD, Zambraski E, Visich PS, Gordon PM, Pescatello L, Zoeller R, Moyna N, Angelopoulos TA, Pegoraro E, Clarkson P. Alterations in osteopontin modify muscle size in females in both humans and mice. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2013 Jun;45(6): 1060-8