DIVISION OF KINESIOLOGY AND HEALTH

FACULTY SCHOLARLY RESEARCH

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

2006

Alderman, B.L., (PI) (2007).  The effects of aerobic and resistance exercise training on cardiovascular reactivity to stress in sedentary normotensive men and women.  University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences Faculty Seed Grant (Funded:  $5,000).  

Jenkins, J.M. [PI] (04/06-04/07). Learning, Leadership, and Success: Innovations in First-Year Learning. LeaRN, University of Wyoming (funded $1,500.00)

2005

Jenkins, J. [PI]. Contributors to Physical Activities. College of Health Sciences Summer Seed Grant, University of Wyoming (Funded: $5,000)

Thomas, D. Paul. [PI] (08/04-08/06). Impact and Mechanisms of the Effect of Pre-existing Left Ventricular Hypertrophy on Myocardial Infarction-induced Adverse Chamber Remodeling. Medical Research Council of South Africa. (Funded: $43,430)

Wallhead, T. [PI]. Sport Education and Student Engagement. College of Health Sciences Summer Seed Grant, University of Wyoming (Funded: $4,815)

2004

Bartee, R.T. [PI] (03/04-01/07). An Evaluation of the Wyoming Coordinated School Health Program Pilot Project. Wyoming Department of Health and Safety Unit, Cheyenne, Wyo.(Funded: $110,802)

Bartee, R.T. [PI] (05/04-07/04). Strengthening Teaching and Research Between University of Wyoming and University of the Sunshine Coast ( Australia ). International Programs, University of Wyoming (Funded: $2,000)

Bartee, R.T. [PI] (07/04-06/05). An E. Wyoming Department of Education, Cheyenne, Wyo. (Funded: $60,000)

Bartee, R.T. [PI] (07/04-06/05). Coordinated School Health Technical Assistance, Staff Support, and Program Implementation. Wyoming Department of Education, Health and Safety Unit, Cheyenne, WY (Funded: $60,000)

Benham-Deal, T. [PI] (08/04-06/06). WDE Advising the Superintendent of Public Administration - Health and Physical Education. Wyoming Department of Education (Funded; $120,000.00)

Benham-Deal, T. [PI] (2004). Health Education Assessment Project (HEAP). Council of Chief State School Officers, State Collaborative on the Assessment of Student Standards, Washington, DC (Funded: $17,589)

Smith, D.T. [PI] (6/1/2004-5/31/2005). Biomedical Research Center Infrastructure: Obesity Prevention and Intervention. WIN the Rockies , University of Wyoming (Funded: $7000)

Smith, D.T. [PI]. Obesity and Disease Risk Prevention: A Longitudinal Physical Activity Intervention. College of Health Sciences Summer Seed Grant, University of Wyoming (Funded: $5,000)

Smith, D.T. [Primary Investigator] (7/01/04-6/30/09). Building Clinical Research Infrastructures: Developing Capacity for Community-Based Health Research. 2P20RR016474-04 NIH/NCRR. Consultants: Winnail , S.D. & Bartee, T. (Funded: $9,656,520, R.O. Kelley [PI])

Thomas, D. P. (2004). Medical Research Council of Africa, Distinguished Visiting Scientist Award (Funded: 20,000 Kruger)

Leedy, G. [PI]; Connolly, C., Jenkins, J., & Kuennen, S. Women in Sport – A Feminist Approach (2004). Development of a Multi-disciplinary Intellectual Community (I) Course, University of Wyoming Ellbogen Center for Teaching and Learning (Funded: $5,000)

Stephans, M.B. [PI], Smith, D.T. [Co-I], & Wilhelm, S. [I] (2004-2005). Testing Protocols for Rural Sample Data Collection. Center for Research on Chronic Health Conditions in Rural Dwellers (CRCHC) (Funded: $9,000)

Winnail, S. [PI], & Bartee, T. [CoPI] (02/04-02/05). Evaluating Collaborative Efforts to Reduce Teen Sexual Risk.  Wyoming Department of Education, Health and Safety Unit, Cheyenne, Wyo. (Funded: $9,315)

2003

Bartee, R. T. [PI], & Winnail , S.D. [Co-PI] (10/03-08/04). Wyoming 's Public Health Workforce Development Initiative. University of Washington, Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, Seattle, Wash. (Funded: $40,458)

Bartee, R.T. [PI] (05/03-07/03). Dietary Supplement Use and High Risk Behaviors among College Students. College of Health Sciences Summer Grant Research Program, University of Wyoming (Funded: $1,000)

Bartee, R.T. [PI] (05/03-07/03). The Impact of Body Size and Composition on College Students’ Body Self-Esteem. College of Health Sciences Summer Grant Research Program, University of Wyoming (Funded: $1,000)

Benham Deal, T. [PI], & Byra, M. [Co-PI] (05/03-07/03). Innovative Course Proposal for Summer 2003: Preparing Health Educators for Assessment in Health Education. University of Wyoming (Funded: $4,950)

Benham-Deal, T. [PI] (05/03-05/04). WDE Common Core of Knowledge - Health and Physical Education. Wyoming Department of Education (Funded; $60,000.00)

Thomas, D.P. [PI] (09/03-05/04). International Travel Grant for Sabbatical Leave. International Programs Office, University of Wyoming (Funded: $2000)

McCormick, R.J. [Co-PI], & Thomas, D.P. [Co-PI], Stayton, M. [I], & Gao, B. [I]. Genome-wide Cardiac Transcription Patterns Post-MI. PHS-NIH R-15 Grant. (Funded: $100,000)

Winnail , S.D. [PI], & Bartee, T. [Co-PI] (03/03-02/04). Wyoming Health Workforce Emergency Response Training Needs. Wyoming Department of Health, Cheyenne, Wyo. (Funded: $32,000)

Winnail , S.D. [PI], & Bartee, T. [Co-PI] (09/02-08/03). Wyoming 's Public Health Workforce Development Initiative. University of Washington, Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, Seattle, Wash. (Funded: $40,800)

REFEREED CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

In Press

Byra, M. (2006). Teaching styles and inclusive pedagogies. In D. Kirk, M. O’Sullivan, & D. Macdonald (Eds.). Handbook of research in physical education (pp. 449-466). London: Sage Publications.

Byra, M. (in press). Teaching styles and inclusive pedagogies. In D. Kirk, M. O’Sullivan, & D. Macdonald (Eds.). Handbook of research in physical education. London : Sage Publications.

Landers, D. M., & Alderman, B. L. (in press). Exercise relative to other treatments for reduction of anxiety and depression: Overcoming the principle of least effort. In Promoting Health and Performance for Life: Invited Papers from the 11th World Congress of Sport Psychology.

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

In Press

Beighle, A., Alderman, B.L., Morgan, C., & LeMasurier, G. (in press).  Seasonality in children's pedometer-measured physical activity levels.  Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport.

Ko, B., Wallhead, T. L., & Ward, P. (in press). Professional development workshops: What do teachers learn and use? Journal of Teaching in Physical Education [Monograph]

Bartee, R.T., Olsen, S.E., & Winnail, S.D. (in press). Comparison of health education and basic public health professional competencies. American Journal of Health Studies.

Benham-Deal, T., Jenkins, J., Wallhead, T., & Byra, M. (in press). The impact of standards on physical education in Wyoming - A decade of change. The Physical Educator.

Jenkins, J. M., Jenkins, P., Collums, A., & Wernonig, G. (in press). Student Perceptions of a Conceptual Physical Education Activity Course. The Physical Educator.

Wallhead, T.L., & O’Sullivan, M. (in press). Sport education: Physical education for the new millennium? Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy.

Arent, S.M., Alderman, B., Short, E.J., & Landers, D.M. (in press). The impact of the testing environment on affective changes following acute resistance exercise. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology.

Holt, J.E., Ward, P. & Wallhead, T.L. (in press). The transfer of learning from play practices to game play in young adult soccer players. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy.

Jacobsen, T., & Jenkins, J.M. (in press). Assessment in the weight room. Strategies, 10(3), 11-18.

Marx, E., Hudson, N., Benham-Deal, T., Pateman, B., & Middleton, K. (in press). Promoting health literacy through the Health Education Assessment Project. Journal of School Health.

Ren, J., Duan, J., Thomas, D.P., Fang, C. X., Zhang, H.Y., Muniyappa, R. , Benoit, J. N., Sowers, J. R., Leri, QA., Kajstura, J., & Anversa, P. (in press). Transgenic overexpression of insulin-like growth factor I prevents streptozotocin-induced mechanical dysfunction and upregulation of RhoA signaling in ventricular myocytes. Journal of Molecular Cell Cardiology.

2007

Alderman, B.L., Arent, S.M., Landers, D.M., & Rogers, T.J. (2007).  Aerobic exercise intensity and time of stressor administration influence cardiovascular responses to psychological stress.  Psychophysiology, 44, 759-766.

2006

Alderman, B. L., Beighle, A., & Pangrazi, R. P. (2006). Enhancing motivation in physical education.  Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, 77(2), 41-45, 51.

Benham Deal, T., & Hudson, N. (2006). Are health educators in denial or facing reality? Demonstrating effectiveness within a school accountability system. American Journal of Health Education, 37, 154-158.

Bundle M.W., Zinaman, C.L., Bellizzi, M.J., Wright, S., & Weyand, P.G. (2006) Anaerobic energy release impairs muscle force production and triggers compensatory recruitment during sprint cycling.  American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology (online).

Harpster, M.H., Bandyopadhyay, S., Thomas, D.P., Ivanov, P.S., Keele, J., Gao, B., Amarendran, V., Gomelsky, M., McCormick, R.J., & Stayton, M. (2006). Earliest changes in the left ventricular transcriptome post-myocharial infarction. Mammalian Genome, 17, 701-715.

Weyand, P.G., Lin J.E., & Bundle M.W. (2006). Sprint performance-duration relationships are set by the fractional duration of external force application. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology. 288, 758-765.

Yang, X., Thomas, D.P., Zhang, S.X., Culver, B.W., Ren, J., Tulis, D., & Sreejayan, N. (2005). Curcumin inhibits PDGF-stimulated vascular smooth muscle cell function and injury-induced neointima formation.  Arteriosclerosis Thrombolic Vascular Biology, 26, 85-90.

2005

Benham-Deal, T. (2005). Preschool children’s accumulated and sustained physical activity. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 100, 443-450.

Jenkins, J.M., Garn, A., & Jenkins, P. (2005). Preservice teacher observations in peer coaching. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 24, 2-23.

DeSouza, C.A., Van Guilder, G.P., Greiner, J.J., Smith, D.T., Hoetzer, G.L., & Stauffer, B.L. (2005). Basal endothelial nitric oxide release is preserved in overweight and obese adults.  Obesity Research, 13(8), 1303-1306

Stauffer, B.L., Hoetzer, G.L., Van Guilder, G.P., Smith, D.T., & DeSouza, C.A. (2005). Gender differences in endothelial tissue-type plasminogen activator release in middle-aged adult humans. Journal of American College of Cardiology, 45(9), 1547-1549.

Valois, Robert F., & Hoyle, T. B. (2005). Health in education: The challenge continues.  American Journal of Health Education, 36(1), 43-47.

Van Guilder, G.P., Hoetzer, G.L., Smith, D.T., Irmiger, H.M., Greiner, J.J., Stauffer, B.L., & DeSouza, C.A. (2005). Endothelial t-PA release is impaired in overweight and obese adults but can be improved with regular aerobic exercise.  American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism, 289, E807-E813.

Winnail, S.D., Bartee, R.T., & Kaste, S. (2005). Existence of the School Health Coordinator in a Frontier State.  Journal of School Health, 75, 329-333.

2004

Bartee, R.T., Grandjean, B., & Bieber, S. (2004). Confirming the reliability of a theory-driven instrument. American Journal of Health Studies, 19, 175-179.

Bartee, R.T.,Grandjean, B., Dunn, M.S., Perko, M.A., Eddy, J.M., & Wang, M.Q. (2004). Predictors of dietary supplement use among adolescent athletes. Pediatric Exercise Science, 16, 250-264.

Byra, M. (2004). Applying a task progression to the reciprocal style of teaching. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, 75(2), 42-46.

Jenkins, J.M. (2004). Sport education in a PETE program. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, 75(5), 31-36.

Jenkins, J.M. (2004). Student led play-day. Strategies, 17, 15-20.

Wallhead, T.L., & Buckworth, J. (2004). The role of physical education in the promotion of youth physical activity. Quest, 56, 285-301.

Wallhead, T.L., & Ntoumanis, N. (2004). Effects of a Sport Education intervention on students’ motivational responses in physical education. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 23, 4-18.

Eisenmann, J.C., Bartee, R.T., & Damori, K. (2004). Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and weight status in rural university students. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 1, 209-217.

Garcia, K., Eisenmann, J.C., & Bartee, R.T. (2004). Does a family history of CHD modify the relationship between physical activity and blood pressure in young adults? European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, 11, 201-206.

Smith-Sonneborn, J., Gotsch, E., Cubin, P., Oeltgen, P., & Thomas, D.P. (2004). Alternative strategy for stress tolerance: Opioids. Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences, 59A, 433-440.
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Stauffer, B.L., Hoetzer, G.L., Smith, D.T., & DeSouza, C.A. (2004). Plasma C-reactive protein is not elevated in physically active postmenopausal women taking hormone replacement therapy. Journal of Applied Physiology, 96(1), 143.

2003

Bartee, R.T., Winnail, S.D., Olsen, S. Diaz, C., & Blevens, J.A. (2003). Assessing competencies of the public health workforce in a frontier state. Journal of Community Health, 28, 459-469.

Smith, D.T., Hoetzer, G.L., Greiner, J.J., Stauffer, B.L., & DeSouza , C.A. (2003). Effects of aging and regular aerobic exercise on endothelial fibrinolytic capacity. Journal of Physiology, 546(1), 289-298.

Smith, D.T., Hoetzer, G.L., Greiner, J.J., Stauffer, B.L., & DeSouza , C.A. (2003). Endothelial release of tissue-type plasminogen activator in the human forearm: Role of nitric oxide. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, 42, 311-314.

Dunn, M.S., Bartee, R.T., & Perko, M.A. (2003). Self-reported alcohol use and sexual behaviors of adolescents. Psychological Reports, 92, 339-348.

Hoetzer, G.L., Stauffer, B.L., Greiner, J.J., Casas, Y., Smith, D.T., & DeSouza , C.A. (2003). Influence of oral contraceptive use on endothelial t-PA release in healthy premenopausal women. American Journal of Physiology Endocrinology and Metabolism, 284(1), E90-95.

McGowan, B., Scott, C.B., Mu, A., McCormick, R.J., Thomas, D.P., & Margulies, K.B. (2003). Unloading-induced responses to the normal and hypertrophic left ventricle. American Journal of Physiology Heart Circulation Physiology, 284, H2061-H2068.

McGowan, B.S., C. B. Scott, A. Mu, R. J. McCormick, D. P. Thomas, and K. B. Margulies. Unloading-induced remodeling in the normal and hypertrophic left ventricle. Am. J. Physiol: Heart Circ. Physiol. H2061-H2068, 2003. [Read More]

2002

Benham-Deal, T., Byra, M., Jenkins, J., & Gates, W.K. (2002).  The physical education standards movement in Wyoming:  An effort in partnership.  JOPERD,  73(3), 25-28.

2001

Benham-Deal, T. (2001).  The Three P's to Success:  Preschoolers + Preservice Teacher Education + Performance Standards.  Teaching Elementary Physical Education, 12(5), 17-21.

Thomas, D. P., T. A. Cotter, X. Li, R.J. McCormick and L. E. Gosselin. Exercise training attenuates aging-associated increases in collagen concentration and crosslinking in left but not right ventricle in the rat. Eur. J. Appl. Physiol. 85:164-169, 2001. [Read More]

Zimmerman, S.D., D.P. Thomas, S.G. Velleman, X. Li, T.R. Hansen and R.J. McCormick. Time course of collagen and decorin changes in rat cardiac and skeletal muscle following myocardial infarction. Am. J. Physiol: Heart Circ. Physiol. H1816-H1822, 2001. [Read More]

2000

Thomas, D. P., S. D. Zimmerman, T. R. Hansen, D. T. Martin, and R. J. McCormick. Collagen gene expression in rat left ventricle: interactive effect of age and exercise training. J. Appl. Physiol. 89:1462-1468, 2000. [Read More]

1999

Thomas, D. P. and O. Hudlick. Arteriolar reactivity and capillarization in chronically stimulated rat limb skeletal muscle post-MI. J. Appl. Physiol. 87:2259-2265, 1999. [Read More]

1998

Thomas, D. P., O. Hudlick, M. D. Brown, and D. Deveci. Alterations in small arterioles precede changes in limb skeletal muscle following myocardial infarction. Am. J. Physiol: Heart Circ. Physiol. 275:H1032-H1039, 1998. [Read More]

Gosselin, L. E., C. Adams, T. A. Cotter, R. J. McCormick, and D. P. Thomas. Effect of exercise on passive stiffness in locomotor skeletal muscle: role of extracellular matrix. J. Appl. Physiol. 85:1011-1016, 1998. [Read More]

McCormick, R. J. and D. P. Thomas. Collagen crosslinking in the heart: relationship to development and function. Basic and Applied Myology. 8:143-150,1998.

1996

Rule, D. C., M. K. Andersen, J. W. Bailey, L. Swain, S. J. Ficek, and D. P. Thomas. Frozen storage of ovine, and rat tissues adversely affects lipoprotein lipase activity. J. Nutr. Biochem. 7:577-581, 1996.

1995

Waldo, M. J., B. A. Ide and D. P. Thomas. Postcardiac-event elderly: effect of exercise on cardiopulmonary function. J. Gerontol. Nursing 21:12-19, 1995.

1994

McCormick, R.J., T.I. Musch, B.C. Bergman, and D.P. Thomas. Regional differences in left ventricular collagen accumulation and mature crosslinking following myocardial infarction in rats. Am. J. Physiol. 266 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 35):H354-H359, 1994.

1993

Julin, C. M., and D. P. Thomas. The effects of age and exercise training on size and composition of the rat left main coronary artery. J. Gerontol. 48:B101-B107, 1993.

Zimmerman, S. D., R. J. McCormick, R. K. Vadlamudi, and D. P. Thomas. The effects of aging and endurance training on collagen properties in fast- and slow-twitch rat limb muscle. J. Appl. Physiol. 75:1670-1674, 1993.

1992

Thomas, D.P., R.J. McCormick, S.D. Zimmerman, R.K. Vadlamudi, and L.E. Gosselin. Aging- and training-induced alterations in collagen characteristics of rat left ventricle and papillary muscle. Am. J. Physiol. 263 (Heart Circ. Physiol. 32):H778-H783, 1992.