Guest(s)
Russell Pate, Ph.D., FACSM
Topic
ACSM's National Physical Activity Plan
Guest Info
Russell Pate, Ph.D., FACSM, is a past-president of the American College of Sports Medicine and has been a member of the University of South Carolina (USC) faculty since 1974. As an exercise physiologist, his interests are in physical activity and physical fitness in children and the health implications of physical exercise.
A native of upstate New York, Dr. Pate received his undergraduate degree from Springfield College and his master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of Oregon. He is a professor in the Department of Exercise Science at the University. During leaves of absence, he has held positions at the University of Virginia and the Medical College of Georgia.
Dr. Pate has published more 150 scholarly papers and has authored and edited five books. His research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the American Heart Association. He has served in several leadership positions with the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), and in 1993-94 served as that organization's president. He is a past-president of the National Coalition on Promoting Physical Activity. He is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education, and he has served since 1988 as an appointed member of the South Carolina Governor's Council on Physical Fitness. In 1996 he received the Citation Award from the American College of Sports Medicine, and in 1999 he received the Alliance Scholar Award of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
A lifelong distance runner, Dr. Pate competed in three U.S. Olympic Trials marathons and twice placed among the top ten finishers in the Boston Marathon. For more than 20 years he served as president of the Carolina Marathon Association, which hosted the U.S. Olympic Trials: Women's Marathon in both 1996 and 2000.
A native of upstate New York, Dr. Pate received his undergraduate degree from Springfield College and his master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of Oregon. He is a professor in the Department of Exercise Science at the University. During leaves of absence, he has held positions at the University of Virginia and the Medical College of Georgia.
Dr. Pate has published more 150 scholarly papers and has authored and edited five books. His research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the American Heart Association. He has served in several leadership positions with the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), and in 1993-94 served as that organization's president. He is a past-president of the National Coalition on Promoting Physical Activity. He is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education, and he has served since 1988 as an appointed member of the South Carolina Governor's Council on Physical Fitness. In 1996 he received the Citation Award from the American College of Sports Medicine, and in 1999 he received the Alliance Scholar Award of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
A lifelong distance runner, Dr. Pate competed in three U.S. Olympic Trials marathons and twice placed among the top ten finishers in the Boston Marathon. For more than 20 years he served as president of the Carolina Marathon Association, which hosted the U.S. Olympic Trials: Women's Marathon in both 1996 and 2000.
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Host
Melanie Cole, M.S.
Original Air Date
7 / 7 / 2009
