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Richard Gay Israel, Ed.D.

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Research Interests

• Role of leptin in central regulation of body weight
• Etiology, pathology, epidemiology, and assessment of regional fat distribution
• Assessment of body composition
• Models to measure, classify, and define obesity

Education

• 1976, Ed.D., West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
• 1974, M.A., Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
• 1972, B.S., Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
• 1970, A.S., Abraham Baldwin Junior College, Tifton, GA

Professional Experience

• 1996-present, Professor and Department Head; 2000 - present, Executive Director, Human Performance Clinical/Research Laboratory; Department of Health and Exercise Science, Colorado State University\
• 1986-1996,Professor, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, Director of Human Performance Laboratory
• 1982-1986, Associate Professor, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, Director of Human Performance Laboratory, Founder and Director of the CVD Risk Factor Identification/Reduction Program (1982-1996)
• 1981-1982, Assistant Professor, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, Director of Human Performance Laboratory
• 1980-1981, Associate Professor, Howard University, Washington, D.C., Director of Graduate Studies and Human Performance Laboratory
• 1976-1980, Assistant Professor, Howard University, Washington D.C., Director of Graduate Studies and Human Performance Laboratory

Honors and Awards

• 2005 - President, American College of Sports Medicine Foundation
• 2000, Certificate of Appreciation, from the Health & Exercise Science Faculty, Colorado State University, presented at the ceremonial dedication of the Human Performance Clinical/Research Laboratory
• 1995, Certificate of Appreciation, Board of Trustees, East Carolina University
• 1995, Service Award, Southeast Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine
• 1995, Fellow, American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education
• 1987, Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
• 1986, Edgar J Hooks, Jr. Young Professional Award from the North Carolina Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
• 1986, Research Fellow, Research Consortium of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
• 1985, Fellow, The American College of Sports Medicine
• 1984, Outstanding Young Men of America

Selected Recent Publications

• M.S. Hickey and R.G. Israel. Exercise and Adipose Tissue Production of Cytokines. In: Endurance Exercise and Adipose Tissue. Ed. B.J. Nicklas. Boca Raton, FL CRC Press. pp. 79-100, 2001.
• Cordain, L., Melby, C. L., Hamamoto, A.E, O'Neill, D.S., Cornier, M., Barakat, H.A., Israel, R.G., & Hill, J.O. Influence of moderate chronic wine consumption on insulin sensitivity and other correlates of syndrome X in moderately obese women. Metabolism 49:1473-1478, 2000.
• Terjung, R.L., Clarkson. P., Eichner, E.R., Greenhaff, P.L., Hespel, P.K., Israel, R.G., et. al. The physiological and health effects of oral creatine supplementation. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 32(3): 706-717, 2000.
• Hickey, M.S., Gavigan, K.E., McCammon, M.R., Tyndall, G.L., Pories, W.J., Israel, R.G., & Houmard, J.A. Effects of 7 days of exercise training on insulin action in morbidly obese men. Clinical Exercise Physiology. 1: 24-28, 1999.
• Smith, L.L., Bond, J.A., Holbert, D. Houmard, J.A., Israel, R.G., McCammon, M.R., & Smith, S.S. Differential white cell count after two bouts of downhill running. International Journal of Sports Medicine 19:432-437, 1998.
• Vadlamudi, S., Maclean, P., Israel, R.G., Marks, R.H.L., Hickey, M., Otvos,J., & Barakat, H. Effects of oral combined hormone replacement therapy on plasma lipids and lipoproteins. Metabolism 47(10): 1222-1226, 1998.
• Hickey, M.S., Pories, W.J., MacDonald, K.G. Cory, K.A., Dohm, G.L., Swanson, M.S., Israel, R.G., et. al., A new paradigm for type 2 diabetes mellitus: could it be a disease of the foregut? Annals of Surgery 227: 637-644, 1998.

Books

• Israel, R.G., Israel, K.D., and Longenecker, J.B. Nutrition, Exercise and Weight Control for Better Health: A Practical Guide for the Layperson (Chapel Hill, NC: Institute of Nutrition) 1995.