Curriculum Vitae for Lori D. Wilson, Ph.D.
2761 Bunting Circle, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Cell: (714) 812-4076
Email: ldwilson1005@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Post Doctoral Fellow Exercise Immunology/Physiology
National Institutes of Health T32 Grant 2007-2010
Administered by University of California, Irvine, CA
Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Pediatrics
Ph.D. Environmental Health Science and Policy
Emphasis in Epidemiology and Public Health
University of California, Irvine, CA 2004
Dissertation Enabling Objectives Influencing Willingness to Use Acupuncture
M.S.
Kinesiology, Emphasis in Exercise Physiology
California State University, Long Beach, CA 1999
Thesis Is Maximal Oxygen Uptake the Same for Men and Women
B.S.
Health Science, Emphasis in Community Health
California State University, Long Beach, CA 1997
Magna Cum Laude
CERTIFICATIONS
Zumba Certified 2014 - present
Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist, American College of Sports Medicine, 2012 - present
CPR and First Aid Certified, American Red Cross, current
Certified Fitness Instructor for Older Adults, 1999, Secure Horizons
Certified Health Education Specialist, 1997-2012, Nat’l Com. for Health Education Credentialing
Certified Personal Trainer, 1995-2010, American Council on Exercise
Certified Group Fitness Instructor, 1994-2010, American Council on Exercise
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
American College of Sports Medicine, 2006 to present
IDEA, International Association of Fitness Professionals, 1994 to 2004
Orange County Wellness Coalition, 1998 to 2004
Society of Public Health Education, 1997 to 1999
HONORS, AWARDS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
2012
Outstanding Graduate Alumnus Award, CSULB, Dept. Kinesiology
2011
Awarded Adjunct Faculty Status, Northern Arizona University
2011
Volunteer Health Educator for Hoag Health Ministries
2007
Contributing Author, Environmental Science: Systems and Solutions,
Instructor Manual, Jones & Bartlett Publishers
2006
Outstanding Alumnus Award, CSULB, Department of Kinesiology
2006
Guest consultant, Cal Poly Pomona Institutional Review Board
2006-2012
Director, Huntington Beach Water Polo Club Foundation
2002, 2003
Outstanding Mentor Award, UC Irvine
2001
1999
1999
1997
1996-98
1995-98
Model of Unity Award, Baha’is of Aliso Viejo
Graduate Dean’s List of Scholars, CSULB
Dorothy Deatherage Scholarship, CSULB
Graduate Magna Cum Laude, CSULB
Chair, Annual Walk for Peace, Costa Mesa
Volunteer Fitness/PE Instructor, Newport Mesa School District
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Lecturer California State University, Long Beach, Department of Kinesiology. Classes: KIN 301 Exercise
Physiology Lecture and Lab; KIN 552 Exercise Testing and Training in Health and Disease, (Graduate Course),
KIN 551 Advanced Exercise Physiology (Graduate Course), KIN465/565 Clinical ECG. Spring 2010-present
Part-time Faculty Northern Arizona University, Health Science Department, Flagstaff, AZ. Classes:
HS404 Epidemiology online only, HS250 Prevention Concepts for Risky Health Behaviors online and
residential. Fall 2012 to 2013.
Post Doctoral Fellow, Exercise Science, Research Training Grant Recipient, National Institutes of Health
T32AR047752, University of California, Irvine. Experience included conducting various laboratory
techniques to assess immunological response to exercise in children i.e. immunoassays, flow cytometry, cell
culture techniques, exercise testing in laboratory and field settings. Presented research at professional meetings.
Research grant preparation, administration and management including IRB documents. July 2007-2010.
UC Irvine Continuing Medical Education (CME) Course titled: A Practitioner’s Guide to Children’s
Exercise in Health and Disease. Duties for this 3-day course was to serve as lead organizer and one of 12
faculty members. As lead organizer, prepared the application, administered the CME credit, prepared the test
evaluation, and coordinated the teaching assignments with other faculty. As a faculty member, provided the
following lecturers: Introduction to Exercise Testing in Children; Exercise Field Tests; Sports Injuries in
Children; and Laboratory Demonstration and Instruction in 1) Evaluation of Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction in Children, and 2) Maximal Exercise Testing with Gas Exchange Evaluation. Faculty member 2005 -2010.
Specialist in Exercise Physiology, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Department of
Pediatrics. Research specialist for multiple National Institutes of Health (NIH) projects and other research
activities conducted at the General Clinical Research Center/Institute of Clinical and Translational Science at
the UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange, CA. Duties include study design and management, subject
recruitment, subject screening, cardiopulmonary testing, pulmonary function testing, preparation of NIH
progress reports, preparation of human subject protocol and consent documents, processing blood samples and
coordinating with immunology laboratory for analytical testing. 2005 - 2010.
Adjunct Lecturer, University of California, Irvine, Department of Environmental Health Science and
Policy and Public Health. Lead instructor the following courses: Environmental Health Science,
Environmental Science, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Lead Instructor for Laboratory portion of
Graduate Statistics Courses Data Analysis A and B. During this time I maintained course websites and
administered online testing. 2001 - 2008.
Adjunct Lecturer, California State University, Long Beach. Teaching lecture and laboratory testing in
exercise physiology for the Department of Kinesiology, 2005 - 2007.
Owner and CEO, Reliance Wellness Company. Administration and participation in delivery of health
education and health promotion services to hospitals, HMOs, senior centers, employers, cities and other public
agencies, and individuals for clients in CA, AZ, and UT. Oversight and management of Reliance's network of
80 health specialists, providing exercise training and fitness services, nutrition and dietetic counseling, stress
management services, health and fitness screenings, smoking cessation programs, and lectures on a wide variety
of health topics. 1994 - 2005.
Lab Assistant, California State University, Long Beach, CA. Served as Lab Assistant for Exercise Physiology
courses. Responsible for instruction of students in performing exercise tests including maximal oxygen uptake,
lactate threshold (blood and ventilation techniques), ECGs, body composition testing (BMI, body density by
submersion, skin-fold and testing), lung volume and tidal volume tests and other maximal exercise capacity
tests. 1995 - 1997.
Group Fitness Instructor and Personal Training, 24-Hour Fitness (various locations) and The Pacific Club,
Newport Beach. I taught low and high impact aerobics, step aerobics, 24-Hour Lift (strength training), yoga,
Body Pump, Interval Training and Senior Fitness classes. Served as Group Fitness Manager for three clubs in
Costa Mesa and Newport Beach. 1990 – 2008.
RESEARCH
Co-investigator: Impact of Exercise on Cancer and Chemotherapy-Related Fatigue during Cancer Treatment.
Funding from Nursing Oncology Society. Lead Investigator Sadeeka Al-Majid, PhD. 2011.
Circulating Cytokine and Growth Factors in Barth Syndrome Patients. Received plasma samples from the
Barth Syndrome Foundation bioregistry. Analyzed cytokines and, and ROS and growth factors in Barth
syndrome patients and healthy age-matched controls. Presented findings at the Barth Syndrome Foundation
annual meeting in July of 2010.
Evaluation of immunological markers, pulmonary function, and health status of elite adolescent swimmers.
Funded by USA Swimming Foundation. Duties included: wrote the grant proposal, administered the grant
through UCI Contracts Administration, prepared and managed the IRB documents, recruited and tested the
subjects, performed the laboratory analyses, and prepared the manuscripts and the Foundation progress reports.
2006-2008.
Reliability of Pepex Biomedical Lactate Patch. Funded by Pepex Biomedical Corporation. Analysis of sweat
and blood lactate concentrations during exercise. Duties: Secured funding, IRB preparation, laboratory testing
(hydrostatic weighing, analysis of lactate in blood and sweat, ventilation and expired gas fraction
measurements), data analysis, and final report. 2000-2001.
PUBLICATIONS
Al-Majid S, Wilson LD, Rakovski C, Coburn J. Effect of Exercise on Biobehavioral Outcomes of Fatigue:
Results of a Feasibility Study, Biological Research for Nursing, in press.
Wilson LD, Al-Majid S, Rakovski C, Schwindt CD. Higher IL-6 and IL6:IGF Ratio in Patients with Barth
Syndrome, Journal of Inflammation, 2012, 9(25).
Wilson LD, Zaldivar FP, Schwindt CD, Wang-Rodriguez J, Cooper DM. Circulatory T-Regulatory cells,
exercise and the elite adolescent swimmer, Pediatric Exercise Science, 2009, 21(3), 305-317.
Wilson LD, Zaldivar FP, Schwindt CD, Cooper DM. The Pro- and Anti-inflammatory Cytokine Response to
Exercise in Adolescent Swimmers, Pediatric Asthma, Allergy and Immunology, 2009, 22(3), 95-100.
Schwindt CD, Zaldivar FP, Wilson LD, Leu S, Wang-Rodriguez J, Mills P, Cooper DM. Do Circulating
Leukocytes and Lymphocyte Subtypes Increase in Response to Brief Exercise in Children With and Without
Asthma, British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2007, 41(1), 34-40.
Zaldivar FP, Wang-Rodriguez J, Nemet D, Schwindt C, Galassetti P, Mills PJ, Wilson LD, Cooper DM.
Constitutive Pro- and Anti-inflammatory Cytokines and Growth Factor Response to Exercise in Leukocytes.
Journal of Applied Physiology, 2006, 100(4), 1126-1133.
Davis JA, Wilson LD, Caiozzo VJ, Storer TW, Pham PH. Maximal Oxygen Uptake at the Same Fat-Free Mass
is Greater in Men than Women, Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, 2006, 26(1) 61-6.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Wilson, LD. The effect of exercise on immune function. Presentation was for Northern Arizona University,
Department of Biological Sciences Monthly Guest Lecturer Series, 2012.
Wilson LD, Zaldivar FP, Radom-Aizki S, Cooper DM. Myeloperoxidase production in HL60 cells is
moderated by incubation in varying concentrations of human plasma. Presented at the Experimental Biology
Annual Meeting 2011.
Wilson LD, Schwindt CD, Felgner P. Sensitivity to autoantibodies is greater in sedentary asthmatics and
controls than age- and gender-matched athletes. Presented at the American College of Sports Medicine
Meeting 2011.
Al-Majid S, Coburn J, Wilson LD. Effect of exercise training on women undergoing chemotherapy for
breast cancer. Presented at the Southwest American College of Sports Medicine Meeting 2011.
Wilson LD, Schwindt CD, Zaldivar FP, Cooper DM. Circulating Growth Factors and Inflammatory Cytokines
in Barth Syndrome. Presented at the Barth Syndrome Foundation Conference 2010.
Wilson LD, Zaldivar FP, Cooper DM. High Intensity Exercise Training and Cardiovascular Markers in Elite
Adolescent Swimmers. Presented at American Heart Association Meeting 2010.
Wilson LD, Zaldivar FP, Radom-Aizik S, Cooper DM. Exercise and pubertal development effects on
intracellular and extracellular growth factors and circulating inflammatory mediators. Presented at Pediatric
Academic Societies Meeting 2010.
Wilson LD, Schwindt CD, Graf S, Cooper DM. Exercise-based pulmonary function tests in adolescent
swimmers. Presented at American Thoracic Society Meeting 2009.
Wilson LD, Zaldivar FP, Schwindt CD, Cooper DM. Asthma, peripheral cytokines and the adolescent
swimmer. Presented at Experimental Biology Annual Meeting 2009.
Wilson LD, Schwindt CD, Zaldivar FP, Cooper DM. Circulating T Cells, exercise and the elite adolescent
swimmer. Presented at Experimental Biology Annual Meeting 2008.
Wilson LD, Schwindt CD, Cooper DM. Factors influencing exercise-related changes in peripheral blood
neutrophil counts in children. Presented at Experimental Biology Annual Meeting 2007.
Schwindt CD, Wilson LD, Cooper DM, and Zaldivar FP. The effect of brief exercise on soluble adhesion
molecules and soluble selectins in early and late pubertal males. Presented at Experimental Biology Annual
Meeting 2007.
Zaldivar F, Aizik-Radom S, Wilson LD, Cooper DM. Effect of Brief Exercise on circulating stem cell
mobilization factors in children. Presented at Integrative Physiology of Exercise, American College of Sports
Medicine 2006.
Ischander M, Zaldivar F, Wilson LD, Cooper DM, Jamner MS. Physical activity influences body composition,
inflammatory mediators, growth factors and bone development in BMI-matched female adolescents. Presented
at American College of Sports Medicine 2006.
The Characterization of Acupuncture Points Using fMRI and Quantitative Ultrasonic Methods. Presented at the
Breakthroughs in Healing Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii 2001.