Mobility & Exercise Facility
Sponsors:
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC) in the Birmingham VA
Medical Center
Description:
The Mobility and Exercise Facility serves as the site of both long- and short-term
clinical trials involving resistance training and/or endurance exercise training.
The facility contains multiple resistance exercise stations (Body Masters, Hammer,
DynaBody), an Olympic free weight area, 3 stationary cycles, 2 dumbell racks, and
2 treadmills.
The facility is staffed full-time with masters and doctoral level exercise physiologists
certified by the American College of Sports Medicine (Health/Fitness Instructor)
and/or the National Strength and Conditioning Association (Certified Strength and
Conditioning Specialist). In addition, all facility staff maintain current CPR certification.
Opportunity for faculty involvement:
Faculty, postdoctoral and predoctoral students with an interest in initiating or
participating in ongoing exercise-based research are encouraged to contact the director.
The facility welcomes collaborative efforts on future translational projects involving
exercise training.
Additional information can be found at www.physiology.uab.edu/BammanLab.htm.
Facility contact person:
Marcas M Bamman, Ph.D., F.A.C.S.M.
Associate Professor, UAB Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Director, Center for Aging Translational Research Program
Director, GRECC University of Alabama School of Medicine Core Muscle Research Laboratory
Director, GRECC Mobility and Exercise Facility
Director, GRECC Exercise Physiology Laboratory
Director, Exercise Science Internship Program
Birmingham VA Medical Center
VAMC 11G, zip 0001
(tel) (205) 558-7064
(fax) (205) 558-4749
Web site: www.physiology.uab.edu
Leaders and Key Staff:.
- Marcas Bamman, Ph.D., F.A.C.S.M., C.S.C.S., Director
- S Craig Tuggle, M.A., A.C.S.M. H.F.I., C.S.C.S., Manager
- John K Petrella, Ph.D., Research Associate
- Jeong-su Kim, Ph.D., Research Associate
- Ildiko Nyikos, M.A., Coordinator