The Physical Activity Epidemiology and Assessment Laboratory, housed in the Women's Building (Room 20), is utilized for research projects related to assessment of free-living physical activity and/or energy expenditure in a variety of population groups.

The lab also serves as a home-base for research staff working on community-based physical activity and obesity prevention intervention projects.

The lab contains numerous state-of-the-art objective monitoring devices, including Actigraph GT1M and 7164 accelerometers, Actical omni-directional accelerometers, RT3 tri-axial accelerometers, Yamax Digiwalker SW-200 pedometers, and Polar heart rate monitors.

The lab also provides direct measurement of energy expenditure in free-living situations using the Oxycon Mobile portable indirect calorimetry system. In addition, the lab has computers and data analysis software for managing and analyzing physical activity data.