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Cooker Storm Faculty Profile

Cooker Storm

Professor of Sports Medicine
Natural Science Division, Seaver College
RAC 196
310.506.7124

Education

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Disease Prevention Research, School of Medicine, Stanford University, 2006
  • Certificate in Epidemiology, Michigan State University, 2004
  • PhD, Exercise Physiology, Michigan State University, 2004
  • BS, Kinesiology, Michigan State University, 2000

 

  • Paris, H. L., Baranauskas, M. N., Constantini, K., Shei, R. J., Allen, P. E., Jadovitz, J. R., ... & Storm, C. P. (2024). Born high, born fast: Does highland birth confer a pulmonary advantage for sea level endurance?. Experimental Physiology.
  • Tan R., Pennell A., Karl S., Cass J., Go K., Clifford T., Bailey S., and Perkins Storm C. (2023). Effects of dietary nitrate supplementation on back squat and bench press performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutrients.
  • Oddo B. and Storm C. (2019). Arterial distribution of the aortic arch: an examination of the evolutionary, ontogenetic, and physiological basis for asymmetry. Seaver College Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Achievement Symposium. Malibu, CA.
  • Storm C. (2017) Chapter 7: Exercise Prescription for Healthy Populations with Special Considerations: Pregnancy, in ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (10th Ed). New York, NY: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • Perkins, C.D. and Dewalt, H. (2011). CrossFit Training during pregnancy and motherhood: A new scientific frontier. CrossFit Journal, 1-9.
  • Perkins, C.D., Dunn, S., Gallington, K., Carlson, K., Uhrinak, A. (2011). Gestational weight gain relative to Institute of Medicine Recommendations in Hispanic women. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 43(5), 794.
  • Perkins, C.C.D., Pivarnik, J.M., Paneth, N., and Stein, A.D. (2007) Physical activity and fetal growth during pregnancy. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 109(1), 81-87.
  • Urizar, G., Goldberg, J., Perkins, C., Lee, R., Durkin, L., Kiernan, M. (2006). Short bout use among overweight/obese adults: The Stanford Healthy Weight Project. Society of Behavioral Medicine; 27th Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA.
  • Perkins, C.D., Pivarnik, J.M., Reeves, M.J., Feltz, D.L., and Womack C.J. (2005). Maternal physical activity and birth weight: A meta-analysis. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 37(5), S177.
  • Perkins, C.D., Pivarnik, J.M., Stein, A.D., and Rivera, J.M. (2004). Recommended weight gain, maternal physical activity and fetal growth. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 36(5), S41.
  • Pivarnik, J.M., Marshall, J.F., Perkins, C.D., Bauer, P.W., Coe, D.P., and Stover, E.A. (2004). Preeclampsia and Plasma Volume Dynamics. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 36(5), S296.
  • Perkins, C.D., Green, M., and Pivarnik, J.M. (2004). Reliability and validity of the SensorMedics VmaxST portable metabolic analyzer. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 1(4).
  • Pivarnik, J.M., Perkins, C.D., and Moyerbrailean, T. (2003). Athletes and Pregnancy. Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, 46(2), 1-12. [Book Chapter]
  • Perkins, C.D., and Pivarnik, J.M. (2003) Physiological profiles and performance predictors of a women's NCAA Rowing Team. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 17(1), 173-176.
  • Perkins, C.D., Pivarnik, J.M., Rivera, J.M., and Stein, A.D. (2003). Maternal physical activity and birth weight. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 35, S5.
  • Perkins, C.D., and Pivarnik, J.M. (2002). Reliability and Validity of the SensorMedics VmaxST Portable Metabolic Analyzer. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 34, S4.
  • Perkins, C.D., and Pivarnik, J.M. (2001) Physiological Profiles and Performance Predictors of a Women's NCAA Rowing Team. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 33, S248.
  • Perkins, C.D., Allor, K.M., Pivarnik, J.M., and Sam, L.J. (2000). Treadmill Economy in Girls and Women Matched for Height and Weight. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 32, S71.
  • Allor, K.M, Pivarnik, J.M, Sam, L.J, and Perkins, C.D. (2000). Treadmill economy in girls and women matched for height and weight. Journal of Applied Physiology, 89, 512-516.
  • Dissertation: Maternal physical activity and birth weight: a meta-analysis [microform]. Cooker Candace D. Perkins. Michigan State University, 2004.
  • Seaver Impact Award, Pepperdine University, 2022
  • Howard A. White - Teaching Excellence, Pepperdine University, 2019
  • Fellow in Natural Science, Seaver College, Pepperdine University, 2007-2010
  • Associate Editor, BioMed Central, 2010-present
  • Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow, Prevention Research Center, Richard B. Terry Memorial Award, School of Medicine, Stanford University, 2006
  • Excellence in Teaching, Michigan State University, University-wide citation, 2004
  • CF Grant Award: Research in Maternal and Child Health, CrossFit, Inc. 2013-2014
  • Hughes Grant Award: Physiological Profiles of Elite CrossFit Athletes, 2012-2013
  • Wood-Claeyssens Foundation: Health Behaviors in Latin-American Women in the Perinatal Period, 2009-2010
  • The Norris Foundation: Physiology of Exercise Laboratory, 2007-2008
  • NIH T32 Training Grant: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Prevention Research Center, School of Medicine, Stanford University, 2004-2006

Topics

  • Maternal and child health: health behaviors, epidemiology, physiology, epigenetics
  • Preventive medicine
  • Scientific reasoning and research methods

Courses

  • Human Anatomy
  • Epidemiology
  • Research Methods