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Center for Exercise Medicine

Moving Research into Medicine

The UAB Center for Exercise Medicine (UCEM) focuses on improving the health and well-being of children and adults of all ages through acceleration of innovative, exercise-based interdisciplinary research across five pillars – precision, regeneration, rehabilitation, interaction, and sustainability.

Interested in participating in exercise research?

We are looking for volunteers for various exercise-based studies to help understand the role of exercise as medicine at the molecular, cellular and clinical levels. By participating, you receive supervised exercise training from certified trainers, valuable information about your health.

Opportunities to Participate

Research

The center's research mission is to build a foundation of excellence for innovative and large-scale, multi-investigator studies that help advance the field of exercise biology and medicine.

Our Studies and Services

Training & Education

UCEM offers a multi-tiered education and training program structured for exercise medicine researchers ranging from undergraduates to senior scientists.

Poster Winners 3rd Symp


As part of the annual symposium, $500 travel scholarships were awarded to the top three presenters in the trainee poster competition. Congratulations to the winners! Pictured above from left to right: Neil A. Kelly, Corey Noles, and C. Brooks Mobley.

Neil A. Kelly, CDIB, UAB Center for Exercise Medicine, UAB
Quantification and Characterization of Type I Myofiber Grouping: Effects of Age and Resistance Exercise Training

Corey Noles, Department of Human Studies, UAB
High Intensity vs. Moderate Intensity Exercise Training: A Comparison of Modalities for Improving Body Composition in Overweight/Obese Adolescent Males

C. Brooks Mobley, School of Kinesiology, Auburn University
Anabolic Effects of Whey Protein- and Milk-Derived Exosomes on Skeletal Muscle