Arnold School of Public Health

Arnold School of Public Health
University of South Carolina
921 Sumter Street
Columbia, SC 29208

Phone: 803-777-5032
Fax: 803-777-4783

Steven N. Blair P.E.D.
Professor
Faculty Affiliate, Prevention Research Center

Public Health Research Building, 225
921 Assembly Street
Columbia, SC 29208

Phone: (803) 777-0567
Fax: (803) 777-2504
Email: sblair@mailbox.sc.edu

Curriculum Vita

Biographical Information:
1962, B.A., Physical Education, Kansas Wesleyan University
1965, M.S., Physical Education, Indiana University
1968, P.E.D., Physical Education, Indiana University
1978-80, Post-doctoral scholar in preventive cardiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

Honorary Doctoral Degrees:

Doctor Honoris Causa, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
Doctor of Health Science degree, Lander University, USA
Doctor of Science Honoris Causa, University of Bristol, UK

Awards:

American Heart Association Population Research Prize in 2008
MERIT Award from the National Institutes of Health
Robert Levy Lecture Award from the American Heart Association
Surgeon General's Medallion
Honor Award from the American College of Sports Medicine

Interest:
The associations between lifestyle and health, with a specific emphasis on exercise, physical fitness, body composition, and chronic disease

Selected Publications:

Selective list of highly cited papers

NIH Biosketch

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