Biographical Profile
Interest Background
International Activity
Professional Preparation
Positions & Appointments
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
Websites
Steven Blair
Blair, Steven N.
Visiting Professor
Dr. Blair's work looks at the associations between lifestyle and health, with a specific emphasis on exercise, physical fitness, body composition, and chronic disease.
Biographical Profile
- College
- Arnold School of Public Health
- Department
- Exercise Science
- Tenure Status
- Tenured
International Activity
- International Activities
- Yes
- Type of Activity
- Research, Service
- Countries
- England, Germany, Australia, Ireland, Sweden, Japan, Denmark, Canada, Norway, Finland, The Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Brazil, New Zealand, China, Northern Ireland
- Description
- I give frequent lectures at international meetings. I have presented lectures in Germany, China, Australia, New Zealand, England, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Wales, Sweden, Norway, Turkey, Russia, Brazil, India, and Canada. Research projects include collaborations with investigators from England, Australia, Finland, Canada, and Germany. I serve on international medical/scientific boards for private companies and academic organizations in Ireland, Italy, China, and the U.S.
- Institution/Entity
- Technical University of Munich; Beijing Sports University; Karolinska Institute in Stockholm; Clarity Project in Dublin.
- Institutional Focus Areas
- Health Sciences
Interest Background
- Do you include students in your research?
- Graduates
- Interest Keywords
- Epidemiological studies, physical activity,physical fitness, as determinants of health outcomes, cognitive and behavioral interventions, healthful lifestyles
- Institutional Focus Areas
- Health Sciences
- Personal Focus Areas
- Epidemiological studies , physical activity, physical fitness
Professional Preparation(Education & Training)
| Dates | Institution | Location | Degree | Field of Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 - 1980 | Stanford University | Palo Alto, California | Post Doctoral Scholar | Preventive Cardiology/Epidemiology |
| 1968 | Indiana University | Bloomington, Indiana | P.E.D. | Physical Education |
| 1965 | Indiana University | Bloomington, Indiana | M.S. | Physcial Education |
| 1962 | Kansas Wesleyan University | Salina, Kansas | B.S. | Physical Education & Biology |
Positions & Appointments
| Dates | Description | Institution/Entity |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 - 1985 | Arnold School of Public Health, Instructor to Professor, University of South Carolina | |
| 1995 - 2002 | Director of Research, The Cooper Institute, Dallas, Texas | |
| 2002 - 2006 | President and CEO, The Cooper Institute, Dallas, Texas | |
| 2006 | Tenured Professor, Department of Exercise Science and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina | |
| 1984 | Director of Epidemiology, The Cooper Institute, Dallas, Texas |
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
| Dates | Type | Description | Foundation/Entity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Award | Burris F. Husman Lecturer | University of Maryland-College Park |
| 2008 | Award | Ramsey Lecturer | University of Georgia-Athens |
| 2008 | Award | Population Science Research Prize | American Heart Association |
| 2009 | Award | Fries Lecturer | Georgia Southern University |
| 2009 | Award | Lawther Lecturer | University of North Carolina-Greensboro |
| 2009 | Award | Establishment of the annual Steven N. Blair Award for Research on Physical Activity and Health | American Heart Association; Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism |
| 2010 | Award | International Folksam Epidemiology Prize Karolinska Institute | |
| 2010 | Award | Population Science Research Prize | American Heart Association |
| 2011 | Award | Henry J. Montoye Scholar Award | Southeastern American College of Sports Medicine |
| 2013 | Award | USC Educational Foundation Research Award for Health Sciences | University of South Carolina |
| 2014 | Award | President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition Lifetime Achievement Award | President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition Lifetime Achievement |
| 2014 | Award | Population Science and Public Health Award | World Obesity Federation |
| 2015 | Award | Top Ten Leisure Paper - "Time Running Reduces All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality Risk" with Russell Pate and Xuemei Sui | American Heart Association - Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic Health Council |
| Award | Benjamin Meaker Fellow | University of Bristol, UK | |
| Award | National Institutes of Health Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award | ||
| Award | ACSM Honor Award | ||
| Award | National Fitness Hall of Fame | ||
| Award | Fellow | American Epidemiological Society, American Heart Association, American College of Sports Medicine, National Academy of Kinesiology, Society of Behavioral Medicine, Obesity Society, Technical Universit | |
| Award | Honorary Member of the Order of the Horse Collar Knights of Kuopio University | ||
| Award | Landsdowne Scholar, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Award | Surgeon General's Medallion | ||
| Award | ICSSPE Gold Medal | ||
| Award | IDEA Lifetime Achievement Award | ||
| Award | IHRSA Person of the Year | ||
| Award | Healthy American Fitness Leader | ||
| Award | R. Tait McKenzie Recognition Award, AAHPERD | ||
| Award | Citation Award, ACSM | ||
| Award | W.W. Patty Distinguished Alumni Award, Indiana University | ||
| Award | Honor Award, AAHPERD | ||
| Award | Person of the Year, International Racket Sports Association | ||
| Award | "Runner's World" All-Star Team | ||
| Award | Kansas Wesleyan University Distinguished Alumni Award |
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