”Rest is Best” – Paradigm Shifts in Physical Activity Guidance for Patients – Prof. Kathryn Schmitz (Pt1) | Physical Activity Researcher
Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH, is the Associate Director of Population Sciences at Penn State University College of Medicine, and, jointly, serves as Full Professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine. Dr. Kathryn Schmitz is a leading researcher in exercise oncology – the use of exercise in cancer prevention, control and survivorship. Her research extends from the role of physical activity in the prevention and etiology of obesity-related cancers to the usefulness of activity for rehabilitation and health promotion in cancer survivors of all cancers. Dr. Schmitz serves on the expert panel for the YMCA/Livestrong Foundation Cancer Survivorship Collaborative, wrote the cancer survivorship section of the 2008 U.S. DHHS report of the Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee, served on the ad hoc committee that developed the ACSM Cancer Exercise Trainer certification, and is the lead author of the ACSM Roundtable on Exercise for Cancer Survivors, which published guida