About the Director

Professor Fiatarone
Singh, MD, FRACP,
is the John Sutton
Chair of Exercise and
Sport Science in the
School of Exercise
and Sport Science
of the University of
Sydney, Australia.

Professor Maria Fiatarone Singh, MD, FRACP,
is a geriatrician whose research, clinical, and teaching career has focused on the integration of geriatric medicine, exercise physiology, and nutrition as a means to improve quality of life for the aged. She is a fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians and the Gerontological Society of America, and is board-certified in internal medicine and geriatrics in the United States. She is the principal investigator of research supported by the National Institute of Health in the United States and the NH&MRC and ARC in Australia, as well as private foundations and health care companies. She has published extensively in the area of aging, exercise and nutrition, having edited one book, authored over 80 peer reviewed journal articles, 70book chapters and reviews, and contributed to numerous lay publications.

She has served on many national policy and advisory boards, is on the editorial board of the Journal of Gerontology, as well as a reviewer for many of the major international internal medicine, physiology, exercise, gerontology, and nutrition journals. She is a recipient of the Edward Henderson Award for outstanding medical students in gerontology and the New Investigator Award, both from the American Geriatrics Society, the USDA Scientist of the year in 1995, the Brookdale Foundation National Fellowship Award, and the Herbert de Vries Award for Excellence in contributions to exercise and aging. Professor Fiatarone Singh is a professor of Medicine, Exercise and Sport Science at the University of Sydney, a senior researcher at the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged and a visiting scientist at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, both in Boston, MA. She is Founder and Executive Director of the Fit For Your Life Foundation, Ltd.

For further information on Professor
Fiatarone Singh’s current publications and research activities, please visit:
www.fhs.usyd.edu.au/ess/fiatarone/
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