Is exercise training superior to CPAP for promoting health in individuals with obstructive sleep apnea?
Shawn Youngstedt, PhD is a “Double Dawg” having earned both a master of arts and a doctor of philosophy degree from the University of Georgia Kinesiology Department in 1991 and 1995, respectively.
Dr. Youngstedt has held prior academic appointments at several prestigious, research-intensive Universities. These have included appointments in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California at San Diego (1994 to 2003) and in the Department of Exercise Science at the University of South Carolina at Columbia (2003 to 2013). Currently, Dr. Youngstedt is a Professor in the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation at Arizona State University.
Dr. Youngstedt’s research record is truly outstanding. His work is has involved diverse samples and methods. Dr. Youngstedt’s work has included studies of elementary children, college students, healthy young and older adults, whites and minorities, civilians and military personnel, and groups suffering from a host health concerns and medical illnesses, including those with obesity, anxiety/depressive concerns, HIV, sleep apnea and insomnia. Dr. Youngstedt’s approaches have ranged from research with rats to large sample epidemiology studies to quantitative reviews of published research using meta-analytic techniques. Most of his experimental research has involved clinical studies of humans.
Dr. Youngstedt is perhaps most well-known for his discoveries about relationships between physical activity and both circadian rhythms and sleep. Dr. Youngstedt has published more than 110 peer reviewed data-based and review articles. These contributions to new knowledge have appeared in leading science journals in his research areas including Chronobiology International, Sleep, Journal of Circadian Rhythms, Journal of Gerontology, Journal of Physiology and Military Medicine.
