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MSU Denver Experts Guide
Health and Wellness
Kelsey Asplin
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.
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
Cynthia Dormer
Department: Nutrition
Title: Professor
Expertise: Wellness goal setting and motivation, Weight management, Healthy eating, Obesity prevention, Weight bias.
Carol Jensen
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
Erin Seedorf
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: Associate 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
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
