Series begins with Brubaker guest lecture

The first session of this year’s Department of Kinesiology Professional Seminar Series was held earlier in October with Dr. Peter Brubaker from Wake Forest University leading the discussion.

ECU students listened and interacted as Brubaker presented “Cardiorespiratory Fitness: An Important (but overlooked!) Vital Sign for Clinicians.” The event was held in Minges Coliseum.

Brubaker visited having already provided numerous national and international keynote lectures on his experiences and research expertise. His research for more than 30 years has focused on prevention and management of chronic diseases, particularly heart disease. Brubaker is currently a professor and chair of the Department of Health and Exercise Science at Wake Forest University. He is a Fellow and has been an active member for more than 30 years of the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Association of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation. He has published content in exercise physiology and cardiology, including authoring the textbook “Coronary Artery Disease: Essentials of Prevention and Rehabilitation Programs,” and is a former director of HELPS/Cardiac Rehabilitation at WFU from 1991-2016.