FACULTY AND STAFF DIRECTORY
edmund acevedo, ph.d. , professor
health and human performance
department chair- Research Interests
My primary research focus is on the impact of stress and fitness level on an individual’s health. These interests have led to investigations examining concurrent mental and physical challenges on cardiorespiratory responses and indicators of inflammation and of endothelial wall function. A secondary area of interest is focused on hormonal responses to exercise and their relationship to health and human performance. And finally, a tertiary general focus has been on mental and physiological factors impacting human performance.
Curriculum VitaeEmail : eoacevedo@vcu.edu
Phone : 804.828.1948
Fax :804.828.1946
Selected Publications:
- Acevedo, E.O.,Webb, H.E., Weldy, M.L., Fabianke, E.C., Orndorff, G.R., & Starks, M.A. (in press). Cardiorespiratory response of high fit and low fit subjects to mental challenge during exercise. International Journal of Sports Medicine.
- Kraemer, R.R., Durand, R.J., Acevedo, E.O., Johnson, L.G., Kraemer, G.R., Hebert, E.P., & Castracane, V.D. (2004). Rigorous running increases growth hormone and IGF-I without altering ghrelin. Experimental Biology and Medicine, 229, 240-246
- Acevedo, E.O., Kraemer, R.R., Haltom, R.W., & Tryniecki, J.L. (2003). Perceptual responses at running velocities proximal to the onset of blood lactate accumulation. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 43, 267-273.
- Kraemer, R.R., Durand, R.J., Acevedo, E.O., Johnson, L.G., Synovitz, L.B., Kraemer, G.R., Gimpel, T., & Castracane, V. D. (2003). Effects of high intensity exercise on leptin and testosterone concentrations in well-trained males. Endocrine, 21, 261-266.
- Feltenstein, M.W., Lambdin, L.C., Webb, H.E., Warnick, J.E., Kahn, S.I., Kahn, I.A., Acevedo, E.O., & Sufka, K.J. (2003). Corticosterone response in the chick social separation-stress paradigm. Physiology and Behavior, 78, 489-493.
- Williams, J.S., Wongsathikun, J. Boon, S.M., & Acevedo, E.O. (2002). Specific inspiratory muscle training fails to improve endurance exercise capacity in competitive athletes. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 34(7), 1194-1198.
- Acevedo, E.O., Dzewaltowski, D.A., Kubitz, K.A., & Kraemer, R.R. (1999). The effects of proposed challenge on effort sense and cardiorespiratory responses during exercise. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 31, 1460-1465.
health and human performance faculty Edmund Acevedo , Department Chair Brent Arnold Deborah Getty Robert Davis Joann Richardson Ronald Evans Scott Ross Alan Freedman Beverly Warren Richard Gayle
Affiliate/Collateral Faculty Jeffrey Erickson Kimberly Taylor R Lee Franco Diane Wilson Jacod Neufeld Pamela Wiegardt
Staff Valerie Ellis