Our work includes investigation of genetic factors that influence response to exercise training in a multi-racial population of college students in the Training Interventions and Genetics of Exercise Response (TIGER) Study. Participants in this study undergo 30 weeks of exercise training and are measured for a number of physiological parameters including body composition using DXA, blood pressure, heart rate, aerobic capacity, and blood components including lipids, glucose, insulin, and adipokines. Through this study, we have developed a comprehensive approach to quantifying exercise dose through the use of heart rate monitoring, as a means of determining more accurately at what level exercise induces physiologic change and how genetic variation may play a role in such change. Work on this project would include analysis of an extensive array of physiologic, genetic, and behavioral data.
Basic understanding of statistical analysis
This project is ongoing
