Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
University of Pittsburgh
Graduate School of Public Health
Department of Epidemiology
Center for Aging and Population Health
130 N. Bellefield Avenue, Room 444
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412.383.1309 (voice)
412.383.1308 (fax)
glynnn@edc.pitt.edu
www.caph.pitt.edu


Research Interests

• Physical activity in older adults
• Actigraphy to assess physical activity levels
• Genetic epidemiology of energy expenditure and obesity
• Determinants of successful aging and longevity

Research Support

Principal Investigator


• Genetic Epidemiology of Energy Metabolism in Black Girls (2002-2007), NIH/NHLBI (PI Subcontract from University of New Mexico, Dr. Sue Kimm)
• Case-Control Study of Hodgkin's Disease in Children (2002-2007), NIH/NCI (PI Subcontract from University of New Mexico, Dr. Seymour Grufferman)
Co-Investigator


• Physical Exercise to Prevent Disability Pilot Study (2001-2007) PI: Anne B.
• Families of cohort survivors over 90 - Study Center (2004-2009) PI: Anne B. Newman, MD, MPH

Current Positions:

• Leader, Operations Core for the Center for Aging and Population Health
• Project Director, Long Life Family Study
• Project Director, Lifestyles and Interventions for Elders Study (LIFE)

Education and Training:

• University of Massachusetts at Amherst B.S., 1987, Exercise Science
• University of Virginia M.Ed., 1993, Exercise Physiology
• University of Pittsburgh Ph.D., 1994, Epidemiology
• University of Pittsburgh Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1995, Epidemiology of Aging Training Grant

Selected Publications:

Picarsic JL, Glynn NW, Taylor CA, Katula JA, Goldman SE, Studenski SA, Newman AB. Self-reported napping and duration and quality of sleep in the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders Pilot Study J Am Geriatr Soc 2008;56:1674-80 with accompanying editorial. (corresponding author)

Goodpaster BH, Chomentowski P, Ward BK, Rossi A, Glynn NW, Delmonico MJ, Kritchevsky SB, Pahor M, Newman AB. Effects of physical activity on strength and skeletal muscle fat infiltration in older adults: a randomized controlled trial. J Appl Physiol. 2008;105:1498-503.

Pruitt LA, Glynn NW, King AC, Guralnik JM, Aiken EK, Miller G, Haskell WL. Use of accelerometry to measure physical activity in older adults at risk for mobility disability. J Aging Phys Act. 2008 Oct;16(4):416-34.

Rejeski WJ, King AC, Katula JA, Kritchevsky S, Miller ME, Walkup MP, Glynn NW, Pahor M; LIFE Investigators. Physical activity in prefrail older adults: confidence and satisfaction related to physical function. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2008;63:P19-26.

Rejeski WJ, Miller ME, King AC, Studenski SA, Katula JA, Fielding RA, Glynn NW, Walkup MP, Ashmore JA; LIFE Investigators. Predictors of adherence to physical activity in the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders pilot study (LIFE-P). Clin Interv Aging 2007;2:485-94.

Fielding RA, Katula J, Miller ME, Abbott-Pillola K, Jordan A, Glynn NW, Goodpaster B, Walkup MP, King AC, Rejeski WJ. Activity adherence and physical function in older adults with functional limitations. Med Sci Sports Exercise 2007;39:1197-2004.

Groessl EJ, Kaplan RM, Rjeski WJ, Katula JA, King AC, Frierson G, Glynn NW, Hsu FC, Walkup M, Pahor M. Health-related quality of life in older adults at risk for disability. Am J Prev Med 2007; 33:214-8.

Katula JA, Kritchevsky SB, Guralnik JM, Glynn NW, Pruitt L, Wallace K, Walkup MP, Hsu FC, Studenski SA, Gill TM, Groessl EJ, Wallace JM, Pahor M. Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders Pilot Study: Recruitment and Baseline Characteristics. JAGS 2007;55:674-683.

Pahor M, Blair SN, Espeland M, Fielding R, Gill TM, Guralnik JM, Hadley EC, King AC, Kritchevsky SB, Maraldi C, Miller ME, Newman AB, Rejeski WJ, Romashkan S, Studenski S, The LIFE Study Investigators. Effects of a Physical Activity Intervention on Measures of Physical Performance: Results of the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders Pilot (LIFE-P) Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2006;61:1157-1165.

Kimm SYS, Glynn NW, McMahon RP, Voorhees CC, Striegel-Moore RH, Daniels SR. Barriers to participation in physical activities during adolescence: Perceived or Actual? Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2006;38:534-40.

Kimm SYS, Glynn NW, Obarzanek E, Aston CE, Daniels SR. Demographic and psychosocial correlates of misreporting of energy intake in a biracial cohort of young women. Obesity 2006;14:156-64.

Kimm SYS, Glynn NW, Obarzanek E, Kriska AM, Daniels SR, Barton BA, Liu K. Racial differences in correlates of misreporting of energy intake in adolescent females. Lancet 2005;366:301-7.

Whooley MA, Cauley JA, Zmuda JM, Haney EM, Glynn NW. Depressive symptoms and bone mineral density in older men. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 2004;17:88-92.

Kimm SYS, Glynn NW, Aston CE, Damcott CM, Poehlman ET, Daniels SR, Ferrell RE. Racial differences in the relationship between uncoupling protein genes and resting energy expenditure. Am J Clin Nutr 2002;75:714-19 (with accompanying editorial).

Kimm SYS, Glynn NW, Kriska AM, Barton BA, Kronsberg SS, Daniels SR, Crawford PB, Sabry ZI, Liu K. Decline in physical activity in black girls and white girls during adolescence. New Engl J Med 2002;347:709-15 (with accompanying editorial).

Kimm SYS, Glynn NW, Aston CE, Poehlman ET, Daniels SR. Race, resting energy expenditure, and adiposity in young women. Am J Epidemiol 2001;154:718-24.

Kimm SYS, Glynn NW, Kriska A, Fitzgerald SJ, Aaron DJ, Similo SL, Barton BA. Longitudinal assessment of physical activity from childhood to adolescence. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2000;32:1445-1454.

Kimm SYS, Pasagian-Macaulay A, Aston CE, McAllister AE, Glynn NW, Kamboh MI, Ferrell RE. Correlated of lipoprotein(a) levels in a biracial cohort of young girls: The NHLBI Growth and Health Study. J Pediatr 1999;135(2 pt 1):169-76.

Munin MC, Rudy TE, Glynn NW, Crossett LS, Rubash HE. Randomized trial of early inpatient rehabilitation after elective hip and knee arthroplasty. JAMA 1998;279:847-852.

Zmuda JM, Cauley JA, Kriska A, Glynn NW, Gutai JP, Kuller LH. Longitudinal relationship between endogenous testosterone and cardiovascular disease risk factors in middle-aged men: a 13-year follow-up of former Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial participants. Am J Epidemiol 1997:146:609-17.

Salamone LM, Glynn NW, Black D, Ferrell R, Palermo L, Epstein R, Kuller L, Cauley JA. Determinants of premenopausal bone mineral density: The interplay of genetic and lifestyle factors. J Bone and Mineral Res 1996;11:1557-65.

Munin MC, Kwoh CK, Glynn NW, Crossett L, Rubash HE. Discharge outcome after elective hip and knee arthroplasty. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1995;74:294-301.

Glynn NW, Cauley JA, Meilahn EN, Charron A, Anderson S, Kuller LH. Determinants of bone mineral density in older men. J Bone and Mineral Res 1995;10:1769-77.

Salamone LM,Glynn NW, Black D, Epstein R, Palermo L, Meilahn E, Kuller L, Cauley JA. Body composition and bone mineral density in premenopausal and early perimenopausal women. J Bone and Mineral Res 1995;10:1762-68.

Hetzler RK, Warhaftig-Glynn N, Thompson DL, Dowling E, Weltman A. Effects of acute caffeine withdrawal on habituated male runners. J Appl Physiol 1994;76:1043-1048.

Cauley JA, Gutai JP, Glynn NW, Bayles MP, Cottington E, Kuller LK. Serum estrone concentrations and coronary artery disease in postmenopausal women. Arteriosclerosis and Thrombosis 1994;14:14-18.