RYAN BURNSProfile page
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Associate Professor
Health & Kinesiology
- Associate ProfessorHealth & Kinesiology
- 801-695-5035 (Mobile)
- University of Utah, Health & Kinesiology, 1850 E 250 S Room 237-D, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, United States
BIO
I am an Associate Professor within the Department of Health and Kinesiology within the College of Health. My research interests are physical activity epidemiology, interventions and promotion in young people including children, adolescents, and young adults. I also have interests in the measurement issues of physical activity and fitness, in addition to examining correlates of health behaviors within the context of the 24-hour movement behavior framework. I teach undergraduate courses in motor development and graduate courses in Research Design and Data Analysis. I am the Editor-in-Chief for the journal Preventive Medicine Reports, Associate Editor at Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, and serve on the Editorial Boards for Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Journal of Physical Activity and Health, and Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science. Through the American Statistical Association, I am an Accredited Professional Statistician (PStat®).
INSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS
- Associate ProfessorHealth & Kinesiology1 Jul 2025 - present
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Utah, Health-Kinesiology1 Jul 2018 - 1 Jul 2020
DEGREES
- BS, NeuroscienceUniversity of Pittsburgh2005
- MS, Exercise PhysiologyUniversity of Texas Arlington2008
- PhD, Exercise and Sport ScienceUniversity of Utah2014
CERTIFICATIONS
- Accredited Professional Statistician® (PStat®)American Statistical Association, Alexandria, United States20 Apr 2026 - present
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Post-Doctoral Research AssociateUniversity of Utah, Health and Kinesiology, United States18 Dec 2015 - 14 Aug 2018Postdoctoral FellowshipSupervised by Brusseau TAB
LANGUAGES
- English