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Damon Swift

  • Associate Professor

Office Location

Student Health and Wellness Building 340E
550 Brandon Avenue
Charlottesville, VA 22903

Biography

Damon Swift's primary research interest is evaluating the effect of different exercise training programs on cardiovascular and diabetes risk factors. He is particularly interested in the impact of exercise on weight loss, weight maintenance and risk factors for heart disease in obese and health disparity populations. Swift’s research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association. 

Education

Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2010

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Preschool- and childcare center-based interventions to increase fruit and vegetable intake in preschool children in the United States

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The effect of exercise training level on arterial stiffness after clinically significant weight loss

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Associations of Percent Body Fat and Motor Skill Development in Preschool-Aged Children: National Youth Fitness Survey

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The Effect of Aerobic Training and Increasing Nonexercise Physical Activity on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors.

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