Steven Blair

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Faculty Affiliate, Prevention Research Center

  • Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 921 Assembly Street Columbia, SC 29208, USA
  • www.sph.sc.edu


Biography

Steven N. Blair, P.E.D., FACSM, is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Arnold School of Public Health,
Departments of Exercise Science and Epidemiology/Biostatistics at the University of
South Carolina. 

Professor Blair is a past-president of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity, and the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education as well as co-Chair of the Exercise is Medicine Science Committee.

He has received awards from many professional associations, including a MERIT Award from the National Institutes of Health, an ACSM Honor Award, the Robert Levy Lecture Award, and the Population Research Prize from the American Heart Association.

Professor Blair is also one of the few individuals outside the U.S. Public Health Service to be awarded the U.S. Surgeon General's Medallion. His research focuses on the associations between lifestyle and health, with a specific emphasis on exercise, physical fitness, body composition, and chronic disease. He has published more than 450 papers and chapters in the scientific literature, and served as the senior scientific editor for the U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health.

Education & Experience


Education

Title:
Ph.D
Degree:
Preventive cardiology
Institution:
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
Date:
1978 - 1980
Country:
United States
Title:
P.E.D.
Degree:
Physical Education
Institution:
Indiana University
Date:
1968
Country:
United States
Title:
M.S.
Degree:
Physical Education
Institution:
Indiana University
Date:
1965
Country:
United States
Title:
B.A.
Degree:
Physical Education
Institution:
Kansas Wesleyan University
Date:
1962
Country:
United States


Experience



Location

  • Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 921 Assembly Street Columbia, SC 29208, USA