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Holden S. MacRae

Professor of Sports Medicine
Coordinator of Sports Medicine
Natural Science Division, Seaver College
RAC 197

Education

  • PhD, Physiology, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 1991
  • MEd, Exercise Physiology, University of Texas at Austin, 1984
  • BS, Sports Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 1981
  • BA, English and Physical Education, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, 1979

 

  • Research Physiologist, Division General Medicine, V.A. Greater Los Angeles Health Care System.
  • Editorial Board, ACSM's Health and Fitness Journal
  • American Physiological Society
  • American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
  • Southwest Chapter, American College of Sports Medicine
  • $18,550 Veterans Administration, 1999 (Co-investigator)
  • $8,855 CardioDyne, 1996 (Principal investigator)
  • $1,694,340 National Institute on Aging, 1995 (Co-investigator)
  • $20,000 Claude Pepper Older Adult Independence Center, 1995 (Principal investigator)

Topics

  • Determination of optimal training thresholds in sub-elite and elite cyclists and runners.
  • Exercise intervention strategies in clinical populations to reduce morbidity associated with the disease process.
  • The metabolic, cardiovascular, and muscular variables that contribute to optimal exercise performance during high-intensity exercise.

Courses

  • Human Physiology
  • Physiology of Exercise
  • Exercise in Health & Disease
  • Research in Sports Medicine
  • Exercise Seminar