Holden 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)

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.