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Kevin Davy

Professor
  • Focus area(s): Etiology, prevention, and treatment of cardiometabolic dysfunction in aging and obesity
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1872 Garvin
Suite 1575
  • Graduate Program Track(s): Clinical Physiology & Metabolism

Education

Postdoctoral Fellow, Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 1996

Ph.D., Applied Physiology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, 1992

M.A., Exercise Physiology, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, 1988

B.S., Physical Education, State University of New York at Cortland, Cortland, NY, 1986

Experience

2012 – present: Co-Director/Director, Translational Obesity Research Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA

2009 – present: Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercises, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA

2003 – 2009: Associate Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercises, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA

2002 – 2003: Associate Professor, Departments of Physiology and Biophysics & Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

2001 – 2002: Associate Professor, Departments of Health and Exercise Science & Physiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

1997 – 2001: Assistant Professor, Departments of Health and Exercise Science & Physiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

1995 – 1997: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Selected Major Awards

  • 2001 – 2006 – NIH/NHLBI Independent Scientist Award
  • 1996 – 2001 – NIH/NIA Special Emphasis Career Award
  • 1993 – 1996 – NIH/NHLBI Individual National Research Service Award

Program Focus

My research focuses on the cardiometabolic consequences of obesity, aging, and exercise. Current studies are focused on the cardiometabolic consequences of diets high in ultra-processed foods and the response of energy expenditure to physical activity in humans.