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Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have landed just under $1 million from the National Institutes of Health to study why two people doing the same exercise can get different results.
A research team led by Patti Freedson, chair of the UMass kinesiology department, received a two-year $985,000 grant from the NIH. UMass statistician John Staudenmayer, exercise physiologist Barry Braun, proposal editor Meg Bouvier, and doctoral students Sarah Kosey and Kate Lyden fill out the research team.
In October 2008, the federal government issued the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (PAGA). The study is intended to improve the measures researchers use to assess doses of physical activity.
Last month, UMass Amherst got more than $11.7 million from the NIH to renovate lab space and build two new laboratories in the Lederle Graduate Research Center. UMass plans to combine the NIH funds with campus funds to renovate three floors of Lederle in the biochemistry, molecular biology and chemistry departments.
Also last month, UMass Amherst professor Thomas Russell received $16 million to fund his research on improving the performance of polymer materials in converting sunlight into electricity — part of $47 million in grants the UMass system received under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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