Pamela Swan

Pamela D. Swan, PhD, FACSM, FTOS
Associate Professor, Exercise Science

Awards

• 2014 Recipient ASU's Outstanding Doctoral Mentor Award

Education

• PhD - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1991
• MS - University of North Carolina, Greensboro, 1987
• BA - University of California, Santa Barbara, 1978

Research Interests

My research focus has been to study the physiological effects of exercise and diet on obesity and chronic lifestyle diseases. Recently my attention has been to explore novel physical activity modalities (such as whole body vibration exercise training) to help improve metabolic and musculoskeletal fitness in women following extreme weight loss (bariatric surgery).

Recent Publications ((1) Senior/ Corresponding Author; (2) Student working under my primary mentorship)

• Zeigler ZS (2), Birchfield N, Moreno K (2), James D, Swan PD (1) (2018) “Fatness and Fluctuating Body Weight: Effect on Central Vasculature”, BioResearch Open Access 7:1, 1–11, DOI: 10.1089/biores.2017.0044.
• Ashurst J, van Woerden I, Dunton G, Todd M, Ohri-Vachaspati P, Swan PD, Bruening M, (2018). “The association among emotions and food choices in first-year college students using mobile-ecological momentary assessments”, BMC Public Health, 18(1):573. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5447-0.
• Aslam F (2), Iqbal S; Nasir M, Anjum AA, Swan PD, Sweazea K. (2017). “Effect of Hydrogenated Fat Replacement with White Sesame Seed Oil on Physical, Chemical and Nutritional Properties of Cookies”. Italian Journal of Food Science. 30:1-13.
• Aslam F (2), Iqbal S; Nasir M, Anjum AA, Swan PD, Sweazea K. (2017). “Evaluation of White Sesame Seed Oil on Glucose Control, Antioxidant Activity and Biomarkers of Hepatic, Cardiac, and Renal Function in Male Sprague- Dawley Rats With Chemically Induced Diabetes”. Journal of Medicinal Food. May;20(5):448-457. doi: 10.1089/jmf.2016.0065. Epub 2017 Mar 23.
• Zeigler Z (2) & Swan PD 1 (2016). “Acute Effects of Whole Body Vibration with Resistance Exercise on Post Exercise Blood Pressure and Oxygen Consumption in Prehypertensive Adults”, Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness. 1- 10. doi:10.1016/j.jesf.2015.12.001.
• Benton MJ, Raab S, Waggener GT & Swan PD (2016). “Effect of Training Status on Oxygen Consumption in Women after Resistance Exercise”, Journal of Strength Conditioning Research, 30(3):800-806.
• James D (2), Sebren A, DerAnanian C, Breuning M, Rooney L, Araas T & Swan PD (1)(2016). “Associations Among Self-Compassion, Eating Behaviors, and Stress In College Freshmen”, Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 12:81-91.
• Smith L (2), Wherry S (2), Larkey LK, Ainsworth BE & Swan PD (1). (2015). “Energy Expenditure and Cardiovascular Responses to Tai Chi Easy” Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 23(6):802-5.
• Der Ananian C, Soroush A, Ainsworth BE, Belyea M, Walker J (2) Poortvliet E, Swan PD,& Ygnve A (2015). “Trajectories And Predictors Of Steps In A Worksite Intervention: ASUKI-Step”, Health Behavior and Policy Review, 2(1): 46-61.
• Kelly SB, Brown LE, Hooker SP, Swan PD, Buman MP, Alvar BA, & Black LE. (2015). “Comparison of Concentric and Eccentric Bench Press Repetitions To Failure”. J Strength Cond Res. Apr;29(4):1027-32
• Zeigler Z(2), Swan PD (1), Bhammar D, & Gaesser GA. (2015). “Use of A Walking Workstation  Reduces Ambulatory Blood Pressure In Prehypertension”, Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 2015 Jun 16;12. Suppl 1:S119-27.1