Newswise — The American College of Sports Medicine is pleased to announce that Susan A. Bloomfield, Ph.D., FACSM is a recipient of its 2016 Citation Award. Dr. Bloomfield was selected for this award because of her significant contributions to sports medicine and the exercise sciences. She was recognized at an awards banquet during the association’s annual meeting.
“Citation Award winners are selected for their leadership and contributions in the areas of research and scholarship, clinical care, administrative services or educational services,” said Liz Joy, president of ACSM. “We’re happy to recognize Dr. Bloomfield’s tremendous accomplishments.”
Dr. Bloomfield is a professor of health and kinesiology at Texas A&M University where she also serves as assistant provost for graduate and professional studies. She received her Ph.D. in exercise physiology from The Ohio State University in 1992 after completing a M.A. from The University of Iowa and a B.A. from Oberlin College.
Professor Bloomfield’s research has focused for the last 25 years on the mechanisms behind bone loss due to disuse and how to mitigate the deleterious impact of microgravity and inactivity on skeletal integrity and the role of nutrition for modifying these effects. Dr. Bloomfield’s work has been funded by approximately $10 million over two decades, largely by NASA, to identify countermeasures against the rapid loss of cancellous bone with simulated microgravity. Her university teaching has won awards, and she has mentored more than 20 graduate student dissertations and theses.
Dr. Bloomfield’s Citation Award is one of six that were given this year. Other recipients include:
Adrian E. Bauman, MB.BS., M.P.H., Ph.D. University of SydneySydney, Australia
Rodney K. Dishman, Ph.D., FACSMUniversity of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia
Melinda M. Manore, Ph.D., R.D., C.S.S.D., FACSMOregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon
Francis G. O’Connor, M.D., FACSMUniformed Services University, Department of Military and Emergency MedicineBethesda, Maryland
Margot Putukian, M.D., FACSMPrinceton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey
Find more information and view past recipients at http://www.acsm.org/find-continuing-education/awards-grants/honor-citation-awards.
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