MSU Denver Experts Guide
Health and Wellness
Kelsey Asplin
Department: Health Professions
Title: Lecturer
Expertise: Natural health, Gut health, Stress, Gut-brain connection

Brian Bagwell
Department: Human Services and Counseling
Title: Professor
Expertise: Workplace violence, critical incident stress management, trauma, treating claustrophobic firefighters, and perception of threat and deescalation of violence strategies for first responders, employers and mental health clinicians.

Micah Battson
Department: Nutrition
Title: Assistant Professor
Expertise: Dietary patterns and individual nutrients on health and disease, Aging, Obesity, Diabetes, Gut microbiome, Metabolism, Cardiovascular disease

Susan Bertelsen
Department: Human Performance and Sport, School of Education
Title: Professor
Expertise: Adult and children physical activity, Physical education, Personal training, Psychosocial effects of exercise

Jennifer Bolton
Department: Nutrition
Title: Professor
Expertise: School nutrition, infant or childhood feeding, prenatal nutrition, breastfeeding, initiating solids, healthy foods for children, childhood obesity, trans fat

Colleen Colles
Department: Human Performance and Sport
Title: Professor
Expertise: Gender equity issues in sport, Legal issues in sport, Sport internships, Study abroad, and Sport management pedagogy

Lincoln Davie
Department: School of Hospitality
Title: Assistant Professor, Outdoor Recreation
Expertise: Outdoor recreation, Adventure sports, Curriculum & instruction, Technology-enhanced teaching and learning

Cynthia Dormer
Department: Nutrition
Title: Professor
Expertise: Wellness goal setting and motivation, Weight management, Healthy eating, Obesity prevention, Weight bias.

Carol Jensen
Department: Health Professions
Title: Retired Professor Emeritus - Integrative Health Care
Expertise: Health education, Complementary and alternative therapies, Nursing, Integration of Eastern and Western therapies

Katrina Little
Department: Nursing
Title: Lecturer
Expertise: Maternal-newborn health care, Community health nursing, Nursing faculty education

Nhu Nguyen
Department: School of Education
Title: Professor
Expertise: Physical Fitness

Malena Perdomo
Department: Nutrition
Title: Affiliate Professor
Expertise: Nutrition and Dietetics

Joe Quatrochi
Department: Human Performance and Sport
Title: Professor
Expertise: Health promotion, Physical activity and disease prevention, Physical activity and heart disease, Physical activity and obesity, Weight loss, Cancer survivorship issues, Exercise physiology, Exercise, Physical activity and disease prevention, Physical fitness

Diane Ream
Department: Nursing
Title: Lecturer
Expertise: Nursing leadership and management, NICU, Home health

Erin Seedorf
Department: Health Professions
Title: Assistant Professor
Expertise: Public health, Population health, Public health policy, Local public health, Community engagement/advocacy

Ben Thompson
Department: Human Performance and Sport
Title: Professor
Expertise: Cardiovascular (aerobic) fitness, Resistance training, General exercise program design, Cardiovascular disease and physical activity, Endothelial function, Weight loss, Fitness certifications, Exercise physiology

Michelle Tollefson
Department: Health Professions
Title: Associate Professor
Expertise: Wellness coaching, Lifestyle medicine (changes/habits), Women’s health, Holistic health, Integrated medication, Gynecology, Stress treatments, Stress management, Nutrition, Diet, Women's health issues, Medical/health trends, Pop culture, Preventative health
