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Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH

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    19972020

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    Elected Member, National Academy of Kinesiology

    Fellow, American College of Sports Medicine (FACSM)

    Fellow, The Obesity Society (FTOS)

    Research interests

    Dr. Kathryn Schmitz is a leading researcher in exercise oncology - the use of exercise in cancer prevention, control and survivorship.

    Dr. Schmitz, who has led many exercise trials and translated her work into clinical practice, has published more than 240 peer-reviewed scientific papers and has had $25 million in funding for her research since 2001.

    She was the lead author of the first American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Roundtable on Exercise for Cancer Survivors, which published guidance for exercise testing and prescription for cancer survivors in July 2010.

    In March 2018, Dr. Schmitz chaired an International Multidisciplinary ACSM Roundtable on Exercise and Cancer Prevention and Control, at which physicians, outpatient rehabilitation specialists, researchers and exercise professionals in the room broadly agreed that the field of exercise oncology needs to be elevated further. Dr. Schmitz’s professional mission is to determine how to do so.

    Education/Academic qualification

    Epidemiology, MPH, University of Minnesota

    … → 1999

    Kinesiology and Exercise Science, PhD, University of Minnesota

    … → 1998

    Exercise Physiology, MSEd, Queens College

    … → 1994

    Economics, BA, University of North Carolina

    … → 1984

    External positions

    President, American College of Sports Medicine

    Jun 2018 → May 2019

    Chair, Obesity and Cancer Section, The Obesity Society

    2016 → 2017

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