This program is under review.
No applications are currently being accepted.

Faculty and Staff

Nationally recognized faculty with advanced research and clinical expertise teach in the BS Exercise Physiology & Metabolism degree program.

• Sally E. Blank, PhD, FACSM, ACSM Exercise Specialist® certified
  Associate Professor and Director, Program in Health Sciences.
  Research focus: stress-related effects of exercise and its impact on immune function, integrative biobehavioral interventions for cancer survivors.
• Janet Beary, PhD, RD, CHES
  Clinical Assistant Professor, Program in Health Sciences.
  Research focus: weight management, eating disorders, and diet’s effect on bladder symptoms.
• Maddy Houghton PhD, RD
  Adjunct Associate Professor, human nutrition,WSU; Associate Professor, Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Idaho. 
  Research focus: breast feeding, world food supply, infant feeding practices, sports nutrition, eating disorders, hunger, Native Americans, international issues, and comparative cultures.
• E. Carolyn Johnson,  PhD, FACSM
  Associate Professor, Program in Health Sciences.
  Research focus: cells from small blood vessels in the body and the damaging effects of conditions associated with diabetes, high protein intake, and atherosclerosis, as well as the protective effect of ethanol on processes underlying atherosclerosis in these cells.
• Saren Kennedy, Secretary Senior
• Judy Knuth, MS, Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist® (RCEP)
  Clinical Instructor.
• Erin Kincaid-McIntosh, Program Coordinator. (509) 358-7626. Email: phs@wsu.edu
• Susan A. Kynast-Gales, PhD, RD
  Clinical Assistant Professor, Program in Health Sciences.
  Research focus: effects of stress and circadian rhythms, diabetes, kidney stones, caffeine and blood pressure.
• Mark McMulkin, PhD, Biomechanical Engineer
  Clinical Assistant Professor, Program in Health Sciences.
  Director, Motion Analysis Laboratory, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Spokane.
• John S. Troppmann, MA, NSCA-CSCS, -CPT
  WSU Spokane Adjunct Instructor. 
  Spokane Falls Community College Department Chair, Head Strength Coach, and Director of health/fitness technician program.

Medical Advisors

• Bruce Erhart Becker, MD, MS, BOARD EXAMINATIONS: Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners; Diplomate, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ; Diplomate, American Association of Electromyography and Electrodiagnosis; Diplomate, American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine; HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES: St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute, Sacred Heart Medical Center, Deaconess Hospital and Medical Center, Holy Family Hospital.

• Samuel G. Joseph, DO, FACP, FCCP, BOARD EXAMINATIONS: National Board of Osteopathic Examiners - Parts I, II, III ; Diplomat, American Board of Internal Medicine; American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine; American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Section; Diplomat, American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Section; Diplomat, American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Section; HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES: Sacred Heart Medical Center, Deaconess Medical Center, Valley General Hospital, and St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute; Medical Consultant, St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute.