Faculty

Jerry Jerome

Assistant Professor

Education and Certification

• Ph.D.: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• M.S.: University of Arizona
• B.B.A.: Oglethorpe University
• B.A.: Oglethorpe University

Teaching Interests

• KNES 309 Test and Measurements
• KNES 455/555 Physical Activity Programming for Older Adults

Professional Interest and Research

• Dr. Jerome’s research centers on lifestyle interventions that incorporate physical activity to improving health and wellbeing. His research interests include:
  • Measurement and assessment of physical activity, exercise and fitness
  • Promotion of physical activity, exercise and fitness using evidence-based and theory driven methods
  • Program evaluations including cost and cost-benefit analyses

Recent Publications

• Jerome, G.J., Rohm Young, D., LaFerriere, D., Chen, C., Vollmer, W.M. (2009). Reliability of Physical Activity Estimation Using Accelerometers with Overweight and Obese Adults. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 41(1).
• Jerome, G.J., Rohm Young, D., Dalcin, A., Charleston, J., Anthony, C., Hayes, J., Daumit, G.L. (in press). Physical Activity levels of persons with mental illness attending psychiatric rehabilitation programs. Schizophrenic Research.
• Chen, C., Jerome, G.J., LaFerriere, D., Rohm Young, D., Vollmer, W.M. (in press). Use of RT3 Triaxial Accelerometer in the Weight Loss Maintenance Trial. Journal of physical Activity and Health.
• Rohm Young, D., Jerome, G.J., Chen, C., LaFerriere, D., Vollmer, W.M. (in press). Patterns of Physical Activity Among Overweight and Obese Adults. Preventing Chronic Disease.
• Svetkey L.P., Stevens V.J., Brantley P.J., Appel L.J., Hollis J.F., Loria C., Vollmer W.M., Gullion C.M., Funk K, Smith P., Samuel-Hodge C., Myers V., Lien L.F., Laferriere D., Kennedy B, Jerome G.J., Heinith F., Harsha D., Evans P., Erlinger T., Dalcin A.T., Coughlin J., Charleston J., Champagne C.M., Bauck A., Ard J.D., Aicher K. for the Weight Loss Maintenance Collaborative Research Group (2008). Comparison of Strategies for Sustaining Weight Loss: Main Results of the Weight Loss Maintenance Randomized Trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, 299(10), 1139-1148.
• Jerome, G. J., Glass, T. A., Mielke, M., Wue, Q-L., Andersen, R. E., Fried, L.P. (2006). Physical Activity Participation by Presence and Type of Functional Deficits in Older Women: The Women's Health and Aging Studies. The Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 61A, 1171-1176.