UW-Madison Department of Kinesiology - Lisa Colbert

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Kinesiology
School of Education
UW-Madison
Unit II Gym
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Madison, WI  53706-1121

Tel: 608/262-0259
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Email: kines@education.wisc.edu
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Bio for Lisa Colbert
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Associate Professor

Kinesiology
School of Education (SoE)

2035 Gymnasium-Natatorium  binoculars icon
2000 Observatory Dr
Madison, WI 53706-1121
Office: 608/265-5946

lhcolbert@education.wisc.edu

Education

1999 - MPH, General public health - epidemiology emphasis
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC

1998 - Ph D, Exercise science - exercise physiology emphasis
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC

1992 - MS, Physical Education - physiology emphasis
University of Delaware
Newark, DE

1989 - BS, Physical Education - athletic training emphasis, Biology, Cum laude
University of Delaware
Newark, DE


The following is a representative sample of professional development activities.

2004. Activity Type: Program, Title: Summer Institute: Teaching and Learning in the New Millenium, Sponsoring Organization: The Teaching Academy, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.

2001. Activity Type: Seminar, Title: Physical Activity and Public Health, Sponsoring Organization: Research in Directions and Strategies, Hilton Head, SC.
Description: Director - Russel Pate.

2000. Activity Type: Workshop, Title: Grants and Grantsmanship Workshop, Sponsoring Organization: Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health.

1999. Activity Type: Seminar, Title: Cancer Prevention & Control Academic Course, Sponsoring Organization: Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health.

 

 

Research Interests

Physical activity in the prevention of cancer, benefits of physical activity in the elderly, application of exercise in the clinical cancer population, and measurement of physical activity

The following is a representative sample of publications.

Alosco, M.L., Spitznagel, M.B., Cohen, R., Lawrence, S., Colbert, L.H., Josephson, R., Waechter, D., Hughes, J., Roseneck, J., & Gunstad, J. (2012). Cognitive impairment is independently associated with reduced instrumental activities of daily living in persons with heart failure. J Cardiovasc Nurs, 27(1), 44-50.

Ellingson, L.D., Colbert, L.H., & Cook, D.B. (2012). Physical activity is related to pain sensitivity in healthy women. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.

Julius, B.R., Ward, B.A., Stein, J.H., McBride, P.E., Fiore, M.C., Baker, T.B., Nieto, F.J., & Colbert, L.H. (2011). Ambulatory activity and associations with cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors in smokers. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 8, 994-1003.

McLoughlin, M.J., Colbert, L.H., & Cook, D.B. (2011). Are women with fibromyalgia less physically active than healthy women? Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 43(5), 905-912.

Colbert, L.H., Matthews, C.E., Havighurst, T.C., Kim, K., & Schoeller, D.A. (2011). Comparitive validity of physical activity measures in older adults. Medicine and Science in Sports & Exercise, 43(5), 867-876.

Colbert, L.H., & Schoeller, D.A. (2011). Expending our physical activity (measurement) budget wisely. Journal of Applied Physiology, 11, 606-7.

Rogers, C.J., Colbert, L.H., Perkins, S.N., & Hursting, S.D. (2010). Calorie restriction, exercise, and colon cancer prevention: a mechanistic perspective. In A McTiernan (Eds.), Physical Activity, Dietary Calorie Restriction, and Cancer, Springer Publishing.

Klepin, H.D., Geiger, A.M., Tooze, J.A., Newman, A.B., Colbert, L.H., Bauer, D.C., Satterfield, S., Pavon, J., & Kritchevsky, S.B. (2010). Physical performance and subsequent disability and survival in older adults with malignancy: Results from the Health Aging and Body Composition Study. J Am Geriatr Soc, 58, 76-82.

Colbert, L.H., Westerlind, K.C., Perkins, S.N., Haines, D.C., Berrigan, D., Donehower, L.A., Fuchs-Young, R., & Hursting, S.D. (2009). Exercise effects on tumorigenesis in a p53-deficient mouse model of breast cancer. Med Sci Sports Exerc., 41, 1597-605.

Johnson, B.L., Trentham-Dietz, A., Koltyn, K.F., & Colbert, L.H. (2009). Physical activity and function in older, long-term colorectal cancer survivors from the state of Wisconsin. Cancer Causes Control, 20, 775-84.

The following is a representative sample of presentations.

Ellingson, L.D., Presenter & Author, Colbert, L.H., Author Only, & Cook, D.B., Author Only (2012). Physical Activity is Related to Pain Sensitivity in Healthy Women, Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, ACSM, San Francisco, California.

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