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Associate Professor
Colorado State University
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Heather Leach, Ph.D, ACSM-CEP, CET joined the Department of Health and Exercise Science in the fall of 2015, after completing a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Calgary. Prior to her postdoc, Dr. Leach completed a B.S. in Exercise Science, at the University of South Alabama, an M.S. in Exercise Physiology at the University of Texas at Arlington, and a Ph.D. in Kinesiology at the University of Houston. Dr. Leach is also a Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist and Certified Cancer Exercise Trainer through the American College of Sports Medicine. Her research focuses on 1) the Social Ecologic determinants of physical activity adoption and maintenance, 2) the physical and psychosocial benefits of physical activity for cancer survivors and other chronic disease populations, and 3) translation of physical activity intervention research into standard health care practice and sustainable community programming.
