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Freedson named to president's council science board

Patty FreedsonPatty S. Freedson, professor and chair of the Kinesiology Department, has been named to the science board of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.

The board makes recommendations to the council and its staff on program development and evaluation.

Freedson’s selection was based on her contributions to the research and science of physical activity, fitness and health. Her research interests include physical activity and its assessment, fitness, health in different populations, pediatric exercise physiology and fitness test development.

January 2, 2007.

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