Academics

Meet the Faculty

Holden S. MacRae
Professor of Sports Medicine
Coordinator of Sports Medicine

Division: Natural Science Division
Office: Rockwell Academic Center (RAC) 197
Phone: (310) 506-4278
E-mail: holden.macrae@pepperdine.edu

• Ph.D., Physiology, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 1991
• M.Ed., Exercise Physiology, University of Texas at Austin, 1984
• B.S., Sports Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 1981
• B.A., English and Physical Education, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, 1979

Courses:

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

Key Awards/Affiliations:

• 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)

Academic Interests:

• 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.