UConn-AAUP Excellence Awards. Teaching Innovation

Elected as an Active Fellow in the National Academy of Kinesiology

Renamed to Linda S. Pescatello Doctoral Scholarship
2018 - present

New England American College of Sports Medicine David N. Camaione Doctoral Scholarship

University of Connecticut Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award on the Graduate Level

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, 2013

American College of Sports Medicine, 2011

Citation Award

Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering, Member

Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee, Health Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Tai Ji Quan as antihypertensive lifestyle therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Using the Immediate Blood Pressure Benefits of Exercise to Improve Exercise Adherence Among Adults With Hypertension: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Yoga as Antihypertensive Lifestyle Therapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

A Systematically Assembled Signature of Genes to Be Deep-Sequenced for Their Associations With the Blood Pressure Response to Exercise

Health behavior change in cardiovascular disease prevention and management: Meta-Review of behavior change techniques to affect self-regulation processes

Can Exercise Improve Cognitive Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease?

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Dr. Linda S. Pescatello is a Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Connecticut (UConn), Storrs.  She holds affiliate appointments in the Departments of Allied Health Sciences and Physiology and Neurobiology and is a Principal Investigator at the Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy at UConn.  Her research focuses on exercise prescription to optimize health benefits, namely adults with hypertension and overweight and obesity; and on genetic and clinical determinants of the response of health-related phenotypes to exercise, particularly blood pressure and muscle strength.  Dr. Pescatello is an American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Citation Award recipient, was an associate editor of ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription the eighth edition, was the senior editor of ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription the ninth edition, and she served as an expert panel and writing team member on an update of the ACSM’s exercise preparticipation health screening recommendations published in Medicine & Science in Exercise & Sport.   Dr. Pescatello recently served as a member of the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee, and the working groups of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology and the Council of Hypertension of the European Society of Cardiology Position Statement on Exercise and Hypertension. She has authored served over 180 manuscripts, four books, and 16 book chapters, and has had numerous UConn, American Heart Association, National Dairy Council, National Institutes of Health, and Unites States Department of Agriculture-funded grants.  Dr. Pescatello has served as an ACSM Vice President of Basic and Allied Science, Chair of the ACSM Pronouncements Committee, and as a member of the ACSM Board of Trustees and Administrative Council.  Dr. Pescatello is also a Past President of the New England Chapter of the ACSM, and serves on their Board of Trustees.

Blood Pressure

Cardiovascular Disease

Complementary and Alternative Exercise

Exercise Genomics

Exercise Prescription

Hypertension

Obesity

Physical Activity

Exercise Prescription Online Graduate Certificate Program

Extreme Exercise Carries Metabolic Consequences: Study

Staying Physically Active May Lower Your Risk of Death by 30%

How Will Our Bodies Change From Being Inside for Months?

Don't get TOO much exercise during your coronavirus quarantine. Here's why.

Study: Yoga Breathing and Relaxation Lower Blood Pressure

In Just 15 Minutes, Your Future Will Seem Brighter

The Task of Being Happy is a ‘Walk in the Park’ for Some

Tai Chi Resembles Drugs, Aerobics in Blood Pressure Lowering

The influence of gender on blood pressure benefits of nontraditionl exercise modes among aults with hypertension:  A meta-review

Highlighted Symposium. Exercise and Medications in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors

The Need for Exercise Recommendations for Children and Adolescents Post-Bariatric Surgery: A Systematic Review

Alternative Types of Exercise to Prevent and Treat Hypertension:  The Wave of the Future

Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology

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