Faculty

Brian Hand

Assistant Professor

Education

• M.S.: University of Illinois
• B.S.: Cornell University

Teaching Interests

• KNES 313 Physiology of Exercise
• KNES 469 Research Methods in Exercise Science

Research and Professional Interests

• Effect of exercise training on quality of life in older and/or diseased populations
• Effect of exercise training on fitness, function, social aspects in individuals with ASD

Recent Publications

• Hand BD, MC Kostek, RE Ferrell, MJ Delmonico, LW Douglass, SM Roth, JM Hagberg, and BF Hurley.  The Influence of insulin-like growth factor pathway gene polymorphisms on the strength training response of muscle phenotypes in older adults.   Journal of Applied Physiology, 103:1678-1687, 2007.
• Yao L, MJ Delmonico, SM Roth, BD Hand, J Johns, J Conway, L Douglass, BF Hurley.  Adrenergic receptor genotype influence on midthigh intermuscular fat response to strength training in middle-aged and older adults.    Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 62:658-663, 2007.
• Delmonico MJ, MC Kostek, ND Doldo, BD Hand, S Walsh, JM Conway, CR Carignan, SM Roth, and BF Hurley.  Alpha-actinin-3 (ACTN3) R577X polymorphism influences knee extensor peak power response to strength training in older men and women.  Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 62:206-212, 2007.

News/Interesting Tidbits

• Qualified for the 2009 Boston Marathon last June at the Mayor’s Marathon in Anchorage, Alaska