Personal Statement: My Experience To Exposure To Exercise Science

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My exposure to exercise physiology is far from conventional. Rather than engaging it as an academic hobbyist, I was drawn to it out of necessity and utility in the U.S. Army. Rather than following anachronistic military physical training, I took it upon myself to learn more about exercise science. What started as tool for my job soon turned into my passion. I understood how exercise physiology was more than a foray into the underpinnings of strength and conditioning, but something that had a meaningful purpose in a very tangible way. Long before I ever saw the research, I saw the practice. Implementing the principles established by the research piqued my passion to learn more and inspired me to conduct research of my own.
My first opportunity to conduct research was with Dr. Hsin-Yi Liu of North Carolina Central University, implementing a study from the ground up to analyze adaptations following physical fitness courses. To assess adaptations we measured the anthropometric, body composition, and body mass index adaptations, as well as physical fitness improvement before and after intervention. I was excited to endeavor in my first scholarly experience with quantitative research and body composition using an air displacement plethysmography system. Serving as a research …show more content…

Liu, I was ready for my next challenge. Nothing challenged me nearly as much as when I was awarded a summer internship position at the National Institutes of Health under Dr. Kong Chen. Working under Dr. Chen I was charged with learning about pioneering research in brown adipose tissue and methods to validate measurement of energy expenditure. The goal of my project was to validate an indirect calorimeter using a gas infusion model. I introduced artificial carbon dioxide and oxygen rates imitating the rates of obese, pediatric and/or healthy patients to determine the accuracy of the calorimeter measurements. A manuscript describing these results is currently in

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