Kathy Gunter, Ph.D.

Kathy Gunter, Ph.D.

Professor and Extension Specialist
kathy.gunter@oregonstate.edu

Office: 541-737-3624

Hallie E. Ford Center

Hallie E. Ford Center 247

2631 SW Campus Way

2631 SW Campus Way
Corvallis, OR 97331
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Biography

Kathy has a majority appointment in Health Extension and is a member of the Kinesiology program faculty. She serves as director of the Healthy Lifestyles and Obesity Prevention Research Core at the Hallie E. Ford Center for Healthy Children and Families. Her research focuses on developing, implementing and evaluating physical activity programs. She has directed these efforts toward individuals, families, childcare environments, schools and rural populations.

She is currently the principal investigator (with Deborah John) on a five-year, federally funded project to understand the effects of school and community environments on family and child physical activity and healthy eating behaviors, and child risk for obesity.

Beyond OSU
Personal Interests: 

Running, cycling, reading and enjoying time with family and friends

Publications

2012

Book Chapter

H. C. Almstedt and Gunter, K., Impact Exercise for Optimal Bone Health in Growing Children: An Evidenced-based Approach to Exercise Prescription., in Handbook of Growth and Growth Monitoring in Health and Disease, New York: Springer, 2012, pp. 2413-2426.

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